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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 elections
13 July 2006
A nation awaits
With court challenges under way, a clear winner looks unlikely before September
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
Uribe wins re-election
1 June 2006
Uribe’s mandate
Now for the hard part
South America
tags: The Economist
Uribe wins (web update)
29 May 2006
Uribe’s second term
Colombia’s president wins another four years in
office
Web only
South America
tags: The Economist
Colombia’s Presidential Election
25 May 2006
Uribe prepares for an encore
A remarkable, if controversial, president seeks a second term
South America
tags: The Economist
Lionel Fernandez triumphs in the mid-terms
18 May 2006
Reform rewarded
More power for an effective president
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
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
Coffee in Central America
30 March 2006
Fair enough
Taking the quality route to survival
Central America
tags: The Economist