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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.
Mexico’s presidential election: down to the wire
6 July 2006
The closest of victories
Felipe Calderón, a business-friendly conservative, seems likely to be the next president. Try convincing the loser of that
Mexico’s election: What is at stake
29 June 2006
Six years of refried beans, and little confidence of better to come
Mexico’s next president must improve on Vicente Fox’s mixed record
Mexico’s presidential election: coming soon!
8 June 2006
A tie not broken
A fight to the finish on the economy
Mexico’s presidential campaign: Calderrón moves forward
11 May 2006
Coming from behind
The rise of Felipe Calderón
Mexico’s presidential campaign: AMLO weakens
20 April 2006
The front-runner under pressure
With his opinion-poll lead wobbling, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has yet to define precisely what sort of change he stands for
Mexico’s presidential campaign: the PRI as kingmaker
23 February 2006
The sinking of a flagship
Could Mexico be heading for a coalition government with the PRI?
Mexico’s trade unions
10 November 2005
Unreformed, unrepresentative
Relatively few Mexicans join a union but their bosses still wield great power
Mexico’s presidential race gets underway
13 August 2005
The underdogs bare their teeth
The front-runners have challengers snapping at their heels
The rise of Enrique Pena Nieto
7 July 2005
Money, the machine and the man
A key state election shows how Mexico’s formerly ruling party could seize back the presidency next year
Marta Fox
12 May 2005
Accursed Chronicles
When a libel suit by the president’s wife signals more press freedom, not less
Mexico’s elections: AMLO is in
5 May 2005
The race is on
Voters will now have to judge Mr López Obrador as a candidate, not a martyr