The Extinction Agenda

Regrettably, it's behind a curtain, but it's worth checking out Elizabeth Kolbert's piece on mass extinction. I kept thinking of Tom Bissell's A Comet's Tale. But that isn't the point. Kolbert's is a really elegant take on a truly terrifying subject.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/05/the-extinction-agenda/17891/