Stories by Scott Thill
Scott Thill runs the online mag Morphizm.com. His writing has appeared on Salon, XLR8R, All Music Guide, Wired and others.
Many have fallen sway to demographically data about cultural or religious birth rates -- here's why it's a fool's game.
Posted on Nov 14, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The economic crisis revealed late-capitalism's central offense: Human beings are being transparently treated if they were mere transactions. And they're going postal over it.
Posted on Nov 9, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The Dow's at 10,000, and the bankers are reaping huge bonuses, but the economy in which the rest of us live is a disaster.
Posted on Oct 19, 2009, Source: AlterNet
What Subway's focus on being a healthy alternative to greasy junk foods says about the future of the lucrative fast-food industry.
Posted on Oct 13, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Thin-film solar is revolutionizing the renewables industry. How soon can you get in on the action?
Posted on Sep 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Banks aren't taking possession of houses after foreclosure, creating a "shadow inventory" that may derail the recovery.
Posted on Aug 19, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Police officers are brutalizing innocent civilians with accelerating lunacy. How did this happen? How can we make it stop?
Posted on Aug 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet
In the past six months, big players in the global economy have grabbed 50 million acres of arable land, from Africa to Southeast Asia.
Posted on Aug 11, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Tens of thousands of parents are refusing to accept the medical research that shows little correlation between vaccines and autism.
Posted on Jul 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Too much CO2 in the air and not enough oxygen in the oceans may release a toxic dose of hydrogen sulfide -- an unheralded executioner.
Posted on Jul 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Countries yoked to America's currency, and therefore its cratering empire, want to kick the dollar to the curb. And that's bad news for the U.S.
Posted on Jun 26, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Nearly a third of the country's food supply comes from California, but drought there may be a catastrophe for farmers -- and the rest of us.
Posted on Jun 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Ice cubes the size of American states are melting into the ocean; we face frightening scenarios and tough choices for coastal habitation.
Posted on Apr 17, 2009, Source: AlterNet
At worst, it could spell the end of America as a superpower and destroy the global economy as we know it.
Posted on Apr 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Once the topic of arcane science, defense research and conspiracy theories, wider questions emerge on the role humans played in recent earthquakes.
Posted on Mar 10, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Global warming deniers keep pointing to snowstorms as proof that climatologists are wrong. But both extreme heat and cold are on tap.
Posted on Feb 16, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Bill Richardson believes we need to "rethink and decriminalize" our cannabis laws. Now that he's in office, he has the chance to achieve it.
Posted on Dec 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet
A dystopian sci-fi fantasy may soon be coming to fruition on a battlefield near you.
Posted on Nov 20, 2008, Source: AlterNet
L.A. has two options: Pray for rain, or suck off Northern California's supply. Guess which one it's going to try first?
Posted on Oct 4, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Failing banks? Endless war? Call Homeland Security.
Posted on Sep 30, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The controversial oil magnate has made headlines for a supposed conversion to cleaner energy, but there's ample reason to be suspicious.
Posted on Aug 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet
An American financier is pitching a vast theme park in Baghdad, not out of kindness, but as he says, "for profit."
Posted on Aug 1, 2008, Source: AlterNet
With multiple crises on the horizon, survivalist views don't seem as marginal as they did before.
Posted on Jul 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Bush has set about destroying the decades-old lenders for good, plunging his knife into the backs of programs that helped normal Americans.
Posted on Jul 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet
In California there were 8,000 lightning strikes in one event, and that was months before fire season. There is more of that in store across the West.
Posted on Jul 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The new book
Curse of the Black Gold shows how Nigeria may be the epicenter of the full-blown resource wars to come.
Posted on Jul 14, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Google's motto is "Don't be evil." But when it comes to its environmental impact, some think the company can't live up to its own hype.
Posted on Jul 3, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Will their ignorance ever catch up with them?
Posted on Jun 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The fate of global food production has now become the chief terror of the future.
Posted on Jun 6, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The rise of environmental disasters from climate change and destruction of ecosystems will create a surge of refugees across the planet.
Posted on May 27, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Hedge funds exploited the misfortunes of those caught beneath currency, housing and internet bubbles, and got paid by the boatload.
Posted on May 13, 2008, Source: AlterNet
For every Minuteman who beats his chest at the border, there are many more immigration rights supporters.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008, Source: WireTap
Injecting nitric oxide into the penises of sedated cats is just one of the newly discovered bizarre studies conducted by the tobacco industry.
Posted on Apr 26, 2008, Source: AlterNet
By rewarding the criminals and screwing the victims, the Federal Reserve's behavior feeds into rumors and conspiracy about its true function.
Posted on Apr 7, 2008, Source: AlterNet
While scientists hash out human growth hormone's health risks, stars like Sly Stallone and ordinary guys are shelling out millions for fast results.
Posted on Mar 25, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Monsanto doesn't want consumers to know the truth about the milk they're drinking. The corporation's monopoly is at stake.
Posted on Mar 6, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Despite the Clemens saga in Congress, money, not morality will determine whether human growth hormone becomes an every day drug.
Posted on Mar 3, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The National Park Service is considering confining protests to a designated area.
Posted on Feb 27, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The media pounced on his admitted love of weed and coke but did little to investigate the prescription drugs that did him in.
Posted on Feb 14, 2008, Source: AlterNet
An experimental study that treats PTSD veterans with the drug MDMA could make life after war a lot more livable.
Posted on Feb 11, 2008, Source: AlterNet
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