Bush To Withdraw 30,000 Troops

September 14, 2007 | ISSUE 43•37

President Bush announced a plan to withdraw 30,000 troops by next summer. What do you think?

I hope he hasn't picked out the specific 30,000 troops already, because by next August it will be more like 13,500.

Tanya Shields
Systems Analyst
Wow, I'm surprised. That's nearly a perfect amount of troops given the average of every American's opinion.

Rick Shields
Grocery Wholesaler
Good. Now we don't have to talk about Iraq again until then.

Larry Harvey
Poker Dealer

Burmese Pythons Exterminating Everglades Mammals

02.02.12 | ISSUE 48•05

A study in the journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences links a drastic decline in raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades to the introduction of Burmese pythons.
Facebook To Launch IPO

02.01.12 | ISSUE 48•05

Social networking site Facebook is expected to go public this week and will likely become the largest tech IPO in history.
Chevy To Sticker Cars' Environmental Impact

01.31.12 | ISSUE 48•05

Beginning with its 2012 subcompact Sonic, Chevrolet will begin providing information on the lifetime environmental impact of its cars.
Dogs Domesticated Earlier Than Thought

01.30.12 | ISSUE 48•05

The discovery of a jawbone in a Siberian cave may indicate the domestication of dogs took place 30,000 years ago, 16,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Oklahoma Bill Would Ban Use Of Fetuses In Food

01.27.12 | ISSUE 48•04

A bill introduced by Oklahoma state senator Ralph Shortey would prohibit the use of aborted fetuses in food products.