Tibetan protests escalate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7307382.stm

To be honest, I have trouble dealing with the fact that Tibet is still in this situation. I had a Free Tibet sticker on my English notebook in middle school.

Illinois highways as the way of the future? This blows.

"Roads and Highways Will Go Private, Thanks to the Iraq War"

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/03/roads-and-highw.html

Way more in depth treatment of the subject:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/16/AR2008031603085_4.html?nav=rss_politics

The X-Prize has tackled spaceflight. How hard can fuel efficient cars be?

Scary/Hilarious quote from the article:
"US fuel economy averages out to 20.2 mpg, 9 percent less than it was 20 years ago. (The Model T Ford, Diamandis likes to point out, got 25 miles per gallon.)"

http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/16-01/ff_100mpg

This kinda sums up my blog. Have you been paying attention?

http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/19/how-dangerous-is-it-if-americans-are-less-aware-of-iraq-losses/

In All Seriousness: Childhood's End Edition

"Science fiction writer, inventor and futurist Arthur C. Clarke has died, leaving fans bereft at the loss of his brilliance and creativity."
http://www.space.com/news/080318-arthur-clarke.html

With no end in sight...

On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces
primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=4850

In all seriousness: Transcript of Obama's speech on race and his minister

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/18/obama.transcript/index.html?eref=rss_politics

And you thought you hated your job. Turns out the FCC is "hell".

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080316-fcc-insider-this-place-is-hell-silent-protest-planned.html

Time to buy that electric car.

http://www.alternet.org/audits/79505/