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African Notes: Animal Activism, Instinctive Apathy

September 2nd, 2008 · 12 Comments · Culture and Ideas

Gershom Gorenberg
Above us, two eagles fought: One swooped ahead, the other caught up and dove, the two of the them locked together, plunged, let go, and flew again. “They’re fighting about territory,” said Brad, our guide. “One has entered the other’s territory, and is being warned to leave.”
Elephants emerged from the trees into open grassland [...]

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Finance Minister to Expel Workers, Escape in Flying Saucer

April 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Finance Minister Roni Bar-On is preparing a plan to rid Israel of all illegal immigrants within five years, Ha’aretz reports. The story did not state that Bar-On will then escape Israel in a flying saucer piloted by three-eyed green men, but it could have. Bar-On has about as much chance of ending illegal economic immigration [...]

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