Zachary Shtogren
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June 2, 2009
Zachary
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Does "Population Die-Off" Need To Be Retooled?
One would think humans would have a notion of preservation lofty enough not to get too bogged down in the semantics of the climate debate, but such is not the case.
Cap and trade, polar melting...
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May 28, 2009
Blogger Stevel Rubel spoke with Big Think yesterday on the the future of
internet advertising, the semantic web and digital media. He's a smart
guy. He also has a really cool title at his day jo...
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May 27, 2009
Zachary
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French Fringe Groups Together At Last
Though support for European fringe groups generally runs in the single percentage points, voter turnout in next week's elections might not run much higher, which bodes well for those outside the m...
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May 21, 2009
Zachary
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Where Has All The Fried Possum Gone?
The popular notion that food trends improve over time might be little more than a foodie's conceit.
Certainly, we have cast aside the Twinkies for arugula and the lard for grapeseed oil. Yet th...
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May 21, 2009
Zachary
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Will Obama Toe The Line On Foreign Policy?
For a president elected on his promise of pulling the U.S. out of Iraq in a jiffy and treating the world at large with a softer hand, observers say Obama is carrying on in much the same tradition ...
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About Zachary Shtogren
Zach Shtogren has worked as a translator at PEN and as a journalist for the now-defunct Catalonia Today and BCN Week. Zach has also worked as an environmental educator in the Peace Corps, taught New York school children urban ecology, and managed the Grand Canyon National Park's greenhouse and nursery. He is also a former Big Think editor. He graduated with a degree in French from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.