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December 20 to 31, 2005
"Prescription Drug Use at Record High for
american
s"...
The weight of
american
tourists is causing chairs on the Queen Mary 2 to break...
April 25 to May 1, 2005
An "alarming number" of young
american
girls are taking steroids to emulate the look of "models and movie stars"...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
Homeland Security is now calling its RFID chips in U.S. passports "contactless chips" because it sounds safer. Unfortunately, without encryption they'll make it easier than ever for terrorists to fin...
March 21 to 27, 2005
At last, "rising gas prices threaten viability of biggest SUV sales". Note that many
american
s are still buying inefficient vehicles and driving them farther to boot...
March 7 to 13, 2005
How about making some green roofs, or at least solar panels? Here's a number of North
american
green roof case studies...
Every U.S. soldier in Iraq gets one of these handy guides to Iraqi culture. I think every
american
should, too...
A study found that most
american
s would cut defense spending and spend more on education and job training...
February 21 to 27, 2005
Photographer Chris Jordan's "Portraits of
american
Mass Consumption"...
February 7 to 13, 2005
And half of
american
s who went bankrupt in 2004 were mostly middle-class citizens who could not afford medical costs, despite having health insurance...
Meanwhile, the average
american
remains clueless regarding GMOs - only half are aware they are sold, only a third realize they are eating them, and 70% don't think they're possible at all...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
This Week's Gloom and Doom http://scientific
american
.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=00075CA5-47E3-11E4-87E383414B7F000...
January 24 to 30, 2005
Newsweek on the decline of the
american
Dream...
January 17 to 23, 2005
Another account from a tsunami volunteer - "the only real irritation has been the
american
Christian volunteers"...
Frequent traveler and ace writer Cory Doctorow was questioned at the airport by
american
Airlines personnel and asked for a written list of his friends' addresses. Here's his story...
The
american
Heart Association says that over 10% of U.S. children between 2 and 5 are obese...
January 10 to 16, 2005
* Average number of clothing items an adult
american
acquired in 2002: 5...
January 1 to 9, 2005
"Meritocracy in America - Whatever happened to the belief that any
american
could get to the top?...
December 13 to 19, 2004
A dialect map of
american
English. I had a suspicion that "San Francisco Urban" was a dialect, but didn't know it was official...
November 22 to 28, 2004
Only 1/3 of
american
s believe that evolution is well supported by evidence. 45% say God created humans, and 1/3 say the Bible should be taken literally word for word...
More than 27% of U.S. babies were delivered by Caesarean section, the highest percentage since 1996...
November 1 to 7, 2004
"
american
Coastopia...
This was all over the news -
american
s are getting heavier, leading to tons of extra weight and fuel for airlines. And 3.8 million more tons of carbon dioxide in the air...
October 18 to 24, 2004
The median net worth of white households: $88,651. That of African-
american
s: $5,988...
October 11 to 17, 2004
The
american
health care system continues to flounder, with employer insurance increasing 11% in 2004...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
Is "small plate dining" the next
american
eating trend...
September 13 to 19, 2004
Photographer Lisa Law's journey through the 60's: http://
american
history.si.edu/lisalaw/1.ht...
September 5 to 12, 2004
"From the time that Hawai'i first became a strategic
american
outpost in the Pacific, the military has condemned thousands of acres of state and private land for training and military bases...
The Underground History of
american
Educatio...
Levis closes its last
american
factories...
June 14 to 20, 2004
Photoshop challenge: depict "
american
ization"...
June 7 to 13, 2004
"Declining respect for
american
cultural values exacerbated by the crisis in Iraq is having a potentially disastrous effect on the image of US brands such as McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Nike an...
Lessons from the Wolf http://scientific
american
.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=00076914-0667-10AA-84B183414B7F000...
May 24 to 30, 2004
An S.F. gallery closes after its owner is assaulted for displaying a painting depicting the abuse of Iraqi soldiers by
american
troops. And this in the typically "counterculture" North Beach area too...
A legend in urban design, octogenarian Jane Jacobs has written a new book analyzing North
american
culture called "Dark Ages Ahead"...
May 17 to 23, 2004
1) We have no right to complain. "
american
s entitled to cheap gas -- right?...
May 10 to 16, 2004
Topic of the week: More architecture! Architect Michelle Kaufmann is an
american
hero. She's the first person to finally begin to fulfill Frank Lloyd Wright's dream of cheap quality homes, a goa...
May 3 to 9, 2004
*
american
Express (causing cancellations and delays...
April 19 to 25, 2004
5) Support sustainable architecture and treat architecture as part of the environment: "The McMansion Next Door - Why the
american
house needs a makeover" (10/2003)...
April 5 to 11, 2004
Bad singing - it's in fashion again! William Hung is a plucky 21-year-old U.C. Berkeley engineering student who tried out for
american
Idol and was kicked off halfway through his audition. His firs...
"
american
s are increasingly resorting to stomach-shrinking surgery so much so that health experts and insurance companies are becoming alarmed"...
March 22 to 28, 2004
Is your identity safe? The story of how
american
medical records and credit histories are being exposed outside the U.S. with no privacy guarantees. One reporter's fascinating detective work throug...
March 15 to 21, 2004
Three out of four
american
s have access to the Internet...
March 8 to 14, 2004
But I always enjoy the European take on these news items - "Fat of the land is killing more
american
s than cigarettes"...
March 1 to 7, 2004
Someone's collecting all the election-related wire service stories on Yahoo that use the phrase "The
american
People". See how politicians are using your name in vain...
Wireless technology is helping native
american
s in California go online and learn computing skills...
February 23 to 29, 2004
At a French cartoon festival kids draw pictures of obese
american
s and Bush next to Hitler...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
"Stress Epidemic Strikes
american
Forces In Iraq"...
January 5 to 11, 2004
"Please just tell the
american
s to send the garbage closer to my home," pleaded Dishar Jaber, 56, squinting through the one eye he was left with after the Iran-Iraq war. "Then I will be happy....
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Is the
american
Dream over? Business Week said so, and so does this article. More proof that the rich are richer and poor are poorer. "The Death of Horatio Alger"...
December 22 to 28, 2003
63 percent of
american
s are now online...
December 8 to 14, 2003
"For Sale: The
american
Voter...
December 1 to 7, 2003
Low-wage life is getting much worse for
american
s: "Myths and Realities About Low-Wage Jobs"...
October 27 to November 2, 2003
According to some statistics, 65% of
american
s are overweight or obese.....
"From Native Hawaiian to Native
american
?...
October 20, 2003
* 82% of
american
households made at least one purchase at Wal-Mart...
October 6, 2003
The death of the laser show: birth of the new psychedelics? The
american
Museum of Natural History started a new sound and light show using computer graphics called SonicVision. It's a 35-minute movi...
September 8, 2003
american
Brandstan...
September 2, 2003
"Urban Sprawl Makes
american
s Fat, Study Finds...
July 21, 2003
"Discontented
american
s Consider Canada...
But still "up to five
american
s per day" are waiting in London hotel rooms to meet people about "liberating funds" (12/2002)...
July 16, 2003
But perhaps the best commentary is from David Cross, who manages to skewer
american
"culture" at the same time.....