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I edited and wrote part of a short book published by New America in July 2015 and freely available online, about how drones are being used in new ways around the world. It's meant to be useful to people who want to fly drones.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
I wrote a chapter on the long history of drone technology going back to the early 20th century in this edited Cambridge University Press volume.
Book Review: ‘The Interior Circuit’ by Francisco Goldman
9 August 2014
Ka Wong Seng looks as if it fell into a Chinatown wormhole and emerged complete with roasted duck.
Review of Goldman’s memoir of Mexico City, which I think does not succeed in its aims.
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Book Reviews, clips, Latin America and the Caribbean, Mexican Business and Culture, Mexican Politics, Mexico
tags: Enrique Peña Nieto, Francisco Goldman, Guatemala City, Jonathan Candell, La Capital, Long Night of White Chickens, Marcelo Ebrard, memoirs, mexico, Mexico City, Say Her Name, The Interior Circuit, Wall Street Journal
Mexico’s lame duck president
4 September 2008
Oh rose, thou art sick
The president faces a long goodbye
Energy reform in Mexico
24 July 2008
Crude and oily
A controversial referendum and the future of the state oil company
Mexico’s energy reform
10 April 2008
Regeneration
Felipe Calderón sends a modest plan to Congress, which girds for battle
The Return of AMLO
19 March 2008
The resurrection
The return of a former opponent adds to the president’s troubles
Pemex
19 December 2007
Running just to stand still
How to reform the flawed behemoth that is the world’s sixth-biggest oil producer
Felipe Calderón passes some reforms
20 September 2007
Reforms at last
The president shows himself to be a successful dealmaker
Felipe Calderón’s presidency
13 September 2007
Mexico’s teetering president
Bombed pipelines and battles in Congress, but the reforms go on
Education in Mexico
19 July 2007
“The teacher” holds back the pupils
Elba Esther Gordillo, an old-fashioned union boss, has a stranglehold over her country’s failing schools
Felipe Calderón attempts energy reform
21 June 2007
Having his cake and eating it
Felipe Calderón unveils a bold fiscal reform package
Abortion rights in Mexico
26 April 2007
Breaking a taboo
A landmark abortion law marks the start of American-style culture wars
Mexico and Central America
12 April 2007
Countering Chávez
An alliance that dares not speak its name
Calderón shows promise
4 April 2007
An early harvest for Calderón
Contrary to many predictions, the president is not just governing but even achieving some reforms