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Drones and Aerial Observation
The Pioneer Detectives
I published a short book with The Millions.
It's the story of the Pioneer Anomaly, a long-standing mystery. The book is short and fun—the length of a novella—but also, in the words of Amazon's reviewer, "powerful and sad". If you've got any curiosity about how NASA works behind the scenes or why scientists believe what they do, I think you'll enjoy the book.
It is available on Amazon as a Kindle Single and also on Apple's iBooks.Drone Wars
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Nicaragua–midterm elections
13 November 2008
How to steal an election
Daniel Ortega sets an ugly precedent
Honduras and Venezuela
30 October 2008
Zelaya plays the Chávez card
Why Honduras wanted 4m light bulbs
Central America
tags: The Economist
Nicaragua
14 August 2008
Tearing up the rules
Daniel Ortega bans his foes
Central America
tags: The Economist
Guatemala and justice
19 March 2008
A test of will
A new UN body tries to fix a broken justice system
Central America
tags: The Economist
Guatemala’s elections
8 November 2007
At least there’s hope
A half-hearted mandate for Colom
Central America
tags: The Economist
Nicaragua
11 October 2007
Ortega’s crab dance
History repeated as opportunism
Central America
tags: The Economist
Central America and trade
12 July 2007
Trading arguments
Costa Rica’s referendum on CAFTA
Central America
tags: The Economist
Guatemala
29 March 2007
Before the sunrise
Breezes of change in a troubled country
Central America
tags: The Economist
Nicaragua
11 January 2007
‘Twixt Washington and Caracas
Daniel Ortega’s balancing act
Central America
tags: The Economist
Guatemala and crime
16 November 2006
Impunity rules
The gruesome cost of a failure to reform
Central America
tags: The Economist
Nicaragua’s elections
9 November 2006
Fasten your seat belts
The test of Daniel Ortega’s claim that he is a reformed character will be whether he can mix Venezuelan aid with American investment
Central America
tags: The Economist
Nicaragua’s elections
8 November 2006
The old leader returns
Daniel Ortega will be Nicaragua’s president again Web only
Central America
tags: The Economist
Nicaragua’s elections
2 November 2006
Who’s afraid of Daniel Ortega?
An election with much historical baggage and a familiar front runner attracts more outside meddling than it deserves
Central America
tags: The Economist
The Panama Canal
19 October 2006
The voters and the ships
Easing a bottleneck of world trade depends on persuading Panamanians that the arithmetic of an ambitious canal expansion adds up
Central America
tags: The Economist
Coffee in Central America
30 March 2006
Fair enough
Taking the quality route to survival
Central America
tags: The Economist
Costa Rica
2 February 2006
After the fall
A familiar figure in a troubled country
Central America
tags: The Economist
Criminal gangs in the Americas
5 January 2006
Out of the underworld
Numerous, mysterious, and now spreading fast in the United States
Central America
tags: The Economist
Guatemala
3 November 2005
Swept away
Rebuilding after Hurricane Stan
Central America
tags: The Economist
Central America
4 August 2005
Nothing’s free in this world
What to expect from the Central American Free Trade Agreement
Central America
tags: The Economist
The Panama Canal
21 July 2005
Tight squeeze
Expansion plans hit political problems
Central America
tags: The Economist