A recent NYT article details a typical hedge fund scam in vivid detail. This is a simple ponzi based con game. It is time to start implimenting some sort of depression era reform like the Glass Steagall Act to rein in hedge fund and other market manipulation. They stole 12 trillion is it, so far? I have been pleading the case for reasonable regulation that would actually restore real free market trading, with fairness restored, no more insider manipulation and worthless derivative pump and dump schemes.   more »

Say it again! Great article about composting toilets as a solution to the sludge problem on Grist. As the comments indicate, it got to the stinky heart of the matter. Catherine might want to do an article on Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion bathroom. Dymaxion Bathrooms are to be equipped with "Fog Gun" hot water vapor showers that use only a cup of water to clean hygienically without soap. Remarking that "Nature had designed humans to separate urine and excrement. Both are valuable chemistry, and should be collected for further use,"   more »