Social Networks See Big Bucks in Inmates and Spirits

Social Networks See Big Bucks in Inmates and Spirits
On the average day, very few of us want to pay a visit to a prison, let alone become an inmate. But in the alternate reality of the social network site Vkontakte.ru, it is the place people rush to after work — and even sometimes during office hours.
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Overload: The Public’s Down on Nuclear Power, Stewart Brand’s Still Behind It, and More
Support for building new nuke plants has dipped lower than it was in 1979, right after the Three Mile Island accident. Probably not polled was Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, who’s still bullish on nuclear . At least they’re consistent: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has lobbied on the wrong side of issues that matter—New Deal, WWII, Civil Rights, Medicare—for the past 100 years . After …
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News 22.3.2011
News 22.3.2011
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