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Nobody is arguing that the rebuilding effort, which will add as much new office space as exists in all of downtown Atlanta, is simple. But it should be a national project, a priority for government at the highest levels, something that voters actually hold politicians accountable for. John McCain and Barack Obama are feuding these days over what constitutes legitimate infrastructure spending and what is just pork-barrel spending. But it won't simply take money to fix Ground Zero. It will take leadership, lots of it. A full acknowledgment of the site's problems from the candidates would help...
...last month's Irish "no" vote on the E.U.'s Lisbon Treaty has triggered a rumbling uncertainty over the future of Europe's institutions. Instead of launching ostentatious initiatives, Sarkozy is likely to have his hands filled dealing with the fallout from Ireland. Add to that slowing growth, rising inflation and soaring fuel prices, and Sarkozy's legendary reserves of energy and enthusiasm will be tested to the limit as he tries to clear the climate of angst smothering Europe...
...surprise, says Grove-White, was that there was no need to add water: it was already there, trapped underground at high pressure for the past 3 million years. Getting the hot water to the surface hasn't been easy, and one well had to be abandoned. But Geodynamics now says the flow from 4 km deep is sufficiently strong and hot to run a 1-MW power station by the end of the year - enough to power the drilling-camp site and Innamincka...
...water on a road. Water can hide dips and valleys, making the path look smooth and shallow when it is not. And the brain is even worse at assessing the risk of anything that appears to be familiar or within control - like driving a car in the rain. To add to the general cognitive confusion, flash floods can happen quickly, without any warning...
...same memo, a senior CIA lawyer warns, "If someone dies while aggressive techniques are being used, regardless of cause of death, the backlash of attention would be severely detrimental." To that an officer replies, "Videotapes are subject to too much scrutiny in court," prompting the CIA lawyer to add, "The videotaping of even totally legal techniques will look 'ugly...