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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.
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
Mexico and the United States
23 August 2007
Death in the desert
The impact of tighter border security
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
Mexico’s War on Drugs
14 June 2007
State of siege
A government’s uphill struggle against drug trafficking and the violence it spawns
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