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Danish statistician, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist (2001) and one of the TIME 100 Scientists & Thinkers of 2004, Bjorn Lomborg, 42, sat down with TIME's Laura Blue in London to discuss carbon cuts, his many critics, and his new book, Cool It: the Skeptical Environmentalist's guide to Global Warming, published in the U.S. in September...
...time “embellished” Moynihan’s words and quoted only his most “bold” and “attention-grabbing” statements out of context. Following the speeches, attendees had the opportunity to pose questions and further discuss the report at a reception. The conference will continue today and tomorrow, focusing less on the report itself and more on its current significance to society, politics, and public policy. Topics to be discussed will include black male joblessness, discrimination in the workplace, and the presidential bid of Sen. Barack Obama...
...questioning her without permission. That had never happened to me before. So when we finally sat down for our interview, I let Head talk. I didn't, to my regret, ask for specifics. I didn't want to push her to talk about things she wasn't ready to discuss. As a result, I never wrote about her extensively. But I did quote her in a TIME story about survivors three years ago. And I must admit I never once doubted the veracity of what she told me. The truth is, I have never called the alma mater of 9/11...
...battle set title. Zornow, a mathematics concentrator from Mather House, swept the head-to-head competition at the Disco Mix Club (DMC) USA DJ Supremacy Championship earlier this month, and will represent the United States in the upcoming world championship. He sat down with The Crimson one evening to discuss how he came across disc-jockeying...
...founded 10 years ago by Jasmina Bojic, a filmmaker, critic, and professor at Stanford. “Documentary, in particular the images, can influence people to think about the world in different ways,” Bojic says. The festival, she adds, is meant “to spark discussion and ideas” in people, while enabling them “to discuss the topics with filmmakers.” Among the filmmakers attending will be Shui-Bo Wang, whose “They Chose China” tells the story of 21 American soldiers who were POWs...