The Beer Barrel

S.F. Makalani-MaHee, left, was born a female and lives as a male and Rajee Narinesingh was born a male and is now a transgender female.

Like many in his community, S.F. Makalani-MaHee spent a lifetime avoiding doctors — particularly the gynecologist, a physician who specializes on an area of the body that has always felt foreign to him.

Born...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...frastructure/2011/12/22/gIQAdsE0WP_story.html



Billions needed to upgrade America’s leaky water infrastructure

By Ashley Halsey III, Published: January 2

At first glance, the pizza-size hole that popped open when a heavy truck passed over a...

Holder’s Voting Rights Gamble
The Supreme Court’s voter ID showdown.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_..._id_move_threatens_the_voting_rights_act.html

By Richard L. Hasen|Posted Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, at 1:09 PM ET

On the Friday before Christmas Day, the...

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/12/30/how-sears-can-save-itself-buy-and-sell-american/

BBC News Technology
30 December 2011 Last updated at 11:25 ET
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042?print=true
Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship
David Meyer By David Meyer Technology reporter

Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication...