SCIENCE
Breeders Pt. 3: Faux Pimping
Robyn Weisman
02.20.08
In the third segment of Robyn Weisman's "Breeders" series, we find her with some swagger amidst the breeding set, and for good reason - by her side is a healthy new filly, Birdie, out strutting her stuff with mom and mom.
HARDCORE UFOs PART II: 50 Years After Sputnik
Michael Louie
10.04.07
Fifty years ago today America was blindsided by the Soviet launch of Sputnik into the edges of the Earth’s atmosphere. It was a success for the Russians, and an event that sent shockwaves through the rest of the world. Although the U.S. had planned a satellite launch of their own, it wasn’t deployed until after Sputnik 1 had already burned up upon returning to Earth, and the Russians sent another satellite, Sputnik 2—this time with the dog Laika aboard—to space. So, true to tardy American form, we at FANZINE present this article on the first Sputnik launch, late in the afternoon.
The Jewish Question: Breeders, Part 2
Robyn Weisman
02.26.07
It took a while, but Robyn Weisman returns with her second piece on horse breeding; this time relating the Jewish-ness of a certain strain of Straight Egyptian horses to her own ancestry. The fact that over a century ago, Arab nomads who bred stallions reviled a palomino type as "the yellow of the Jew" speaks to a culture to which history has not always been so kind. Weisman puts it in perspective, and gets in a few political jabs to boot.
"God Bless You, Kim Jong"
Michael Louie
08.07.06
Yes, that's an actual quote from Donald Rumsfeld after North Korea launched its first Taepo Dong missile eight years ago this month. Michael Louie takes some shots at the political wank that is our current national missile defense plan and its symbiotic nature with North Korea.
Hangmen of the Age of Electricity
Michael Louie
05.31.06
With lethal injection encountering increasingly difficult legal hurdles, Michael Louie takes a step back to the days of death by electricity and examines the ways we have kept the executioner's face hidden from past to present.