Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Too much blog to handle?
I’ve got 12 — count ’em, 12 — posts queued to go up today on Gristmill, and that’s assuming neither I nor any other contributor writes another word. Out of those 12, at least five are essay-length and around nine or ten are substantive and interesting, not just toss-offs. Furthermore, they’re all good. There’s not […]
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In a few short hours
At around 5:30pm Pacific (8:30 EST) today, I’ll be appearing on Air America radio — specifically Radio Nation with Laura Flanders — to discuss media coverage of the State of the Union speech. And related matters. To tell you the truth, I’m not 100% clear on what I’ll be discussing, but rest assured that I’ll […]
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Gore should get up in this thing
Grist’s nonprofit status obviously means we can’t endorse any presidential candidate, and I doubt I’ll personally decide whom to support until much closer to the election. But one thing I will say is that — for all the reasons aptly described in Tim Dickinson’s new Rolling Stone piece — Al should run. Run, Al. Run. […]
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Once subsidies and tariffs are removed, watch out
So, Bush wants massive new ethanol subsidies. He wants 35 billion gallons of "renewable and alternative fuels" — the vast bulk of which will be corn ethanol — online by 2017. Right now, there’s basically no opposition to this push. It’s got support from industry (mainly Big Corn and Big Auto), legislators from both parties, […]
