Andrew Leonard has been working at Salon as a technology reporter, editor and blogger for quite a bit longer than he ever anticipated being employed by an online magazine -- 12 years. He's enjoyed the luck of becoming obsessed with the Internet just before it broke into mainstream consciousness and the housing bust just before it precipitated a global economic collapse. Prior to becoming a Salon lifer he freelanced for a wide variety of publications, from Newsweek to Rolling Stone to Wired, and wrote a book, . He lives in Berkeley, Calif., with his two children. He likes to ride his bicycle. He tweets under the handle @koxinga21.

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Friday, Nov 20, 2009 14:30 PST

Climate-gate!

Climate skeptics claim hacked e-mails prove, once and for all, that global warming is a hoax
Friday, Nov 20, 2009 10:18 PST

A Goldman Sachs shareholder revolt?

Huge bonuses inspire grumbling. But before we cheer, remember, shareholder democracy usually means screw the worker
Friday, Nov 20, 2009 08:28 PST

More fun with corn cobs and ethanol

Does it make a difference who pays for the research on how biofuel production impacts soil fertility?
Friday, Nov 20, 2009 06:21 PST

Oliver North's climate change English lesson

Did environmentalists stop talking about "global warming" of their own accord?
Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 15:56 PST

Who cares about peak oil when you have corn cobs?

The nation's biggest ethanol firm says costs for corn-cob biofuel are coming down. But what happens to the soil?
Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 12:56 PST

Because even a Somalian pirate's gotta text

Finally, mobile phone coverage comes to the Gulf of Aden
Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 09:56 PST

Liberals, conservatives, agree: Geithner must go

No love for the Treasury Secretary from either the hard right or the hard left Video
Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 07:08 PST

Banking lobby lament: Put down your pitchforks

Everybody is being so unfair to Wall Street! Won't someone tell the angry mob to just please go home?
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 15:45 PST

California's jihad against flat-screen TVs

The state approves new energy efficiency requirements for the audiovisual equivalent of gas-guzzling SUVs
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 13:44 PST

Clean, green... Texas?

Move over California. The amazing growth of Texan wind power proves renewables can be a real global player, today
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 09:47 PST

A 3,700-year old bristlecone pine cannot lie

Rising temps are forcing plants to adapt, whether they want to or not. But humans have brains -- let's use them!
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 07:44 PST

Obama's zugzwang economy

The president talks up debt reduction, while the House pushes a new jobs bill. Can't do both, can't do neither
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 12:19 PST

Tracking the right-wing cyclist-hating nexus

How to connect the dots between the Richard Mellon Scaife-funded Arkansas Project and anti-bike rage
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 10:24 PST

Geithner and AIG, the Rashomon version

Did the AIG audit vindicate the Fed, whitewash it, or condemn its actions for all eternity?
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 07:45 PST

The Chamber of Commerce humiliates itself, again

The lobby seeks an economist who will prove healthcare reform kills jobs. Oops! Did they say that out loud?
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 19:51 PST

How Geithner's Fed screwed up the AIG bailout

The Fed asked the banks for concessions. The banks said no. The Fed caved
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 15:29 PST

The East isn't red; it's polluted

Track the migration of carbon dioxide emissions via Google Maps. Hint: It's China-bound
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 14:01 PST

A New Deal for child care

If there aren't enough "shovel-ready projects" for workers, how about a mass mobilization for early education?
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 10:45 PST

Why Genentech lobbyists are worth every penny

Figuring out the right rules for biotech drug development should be hard. But Big Pharma makes it easy
Monday, Nov 16, 2009 07:35 PST

General Motors: From the deathbed to the gurney

The auto maker's losses fall into the single billions, providing room for GM to pay back its government loans. Huh?
Friday, Nov 13, 2009 14:01 PST

The future of corn on a hot planet

Crop scientists have been pushing up corn yields for decades. But the newer strains just can't stand the heat
Friday, Nov 13, 2009 11:22 PST

Jamie Dimon's size obsession

JPMorganChase's CEO: Banks need to be big! But in the global economy, small is beautiful
Friday, Nov 13, 2009 08:52 PST

Great moments in labor history: The Viagra strike

What do we want? Four-hour erections! When do we want them? Now!
Friday, Nov 13, 2009 06:14 PST

"Call of Duty" gamers scoff at recession

Up or down economy, expertly rendered digital violence finds a market
Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 12:42 PST

Duran Duran and cheap recording technology

Don't blame the Internet for stifling creativity, says a musician. Blame the new absence of barriers to entry
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