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...sense to wait until we see proof of the serious damage global warming is doing before we take action. But it's not - we can't "wait and see" on global warming because the climate has a momentum all its own, and if we wait for decades to finally act to reduce carbon emissions, it could well be too late. Yet this simply isn't understood. Someone as smart as Bill Gates doesn't seem to get it. "Fortunately climate change, although it's a huge challenge, it's a challenge that happens over a long period of time...
...have the Patriot Act and the emphasis on national security impacted ordinary Americans' lives in ways they don't realize...
Separating fact from fiction can be a difficult balancing act, but playwright Anne Washburn has impressively smudged that division, leaving an image of the fantastical nature of evil in its wake. Based on the trial of former Romanian dictators Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu and held together by a thick mixture of absurdity and Eastern European accents, the American Repertory Theatre’s world premiere of “The Communist Dracula Pageant” creates an image of madness that is both entertainingly and shockingly outlandish.The players will perform this unbelievable truth through Nov. 9. The audience is told...
...China currently pays $40 million for Internet access in each of its 30 largest cities, but with the new mesh technology, costs could be reduced to $3 million per city. In a traditional wireless network, computers rely upon a single access point. In a mesh system, each computer can act as an access point. “This reduction in costs would allow us to reach developing communities,” Navarro said. The judging panel appeared to be pleased with the overall quality of the pitches. “This competition was a great opportunity to test drive ideas...
...outrageous,” Mansfield said. “The weaknesses in the argument of liberalism are not addressed or not even known. It seems the University fails to appreciate there are two parties in this country.”Mansfield said he believed his colleagues act differently in his presence and often don’t speak as openly.Wisse, who supports McCain, also sharply criticized what she described as the College’s willingness to accept political imbalance as the status quo.“It is not healthy when one side assumes the other is barbaric...