Word: fears
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Environmentalists are often accused - not always unfairly - of overplaying the fear card. With apocalyptic references to melting polar ice caps, rising sea levels and widespread species extinction, the driving message of environmentalism is that the future is doomed, unless we act now to save...
...what happens when another more alarming, more immediate catastrophe co-opts people's fear? That's the predicament greens find themselves in now, with what is potentially the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression scaring Americans out of their wits. With the tanking economy dominating the news, and the government willing to virtually bankrupt itself to bail out the financial sector, it could be hard to push the climate change agenda - and possibly hard to find any money left to support it. "If this crisis consumes all of our attention, it might definitely impact the speed at which [global...
...However, we must also strive for honesty in our examination of these concerns. Instead of criticizing Charles Murray and contemporaries who are pushing through contrarian positions, we should embrace all the data available for us. Equalizing educational opportunities is a noble goal, but there should be nothing to fear in the truth...
...home state of Virginia has become something of a Holy Grail for Democrats in the upcoming national election, but I fear they may be a little too sanguine about their prospects in the former Confederate capital. True, the auguries are favorable—Democrats can now claim control of the state legislature, two successive governorships, and almost certainly two seats in the Senate after the retirement of the lapidary John Warner this fall...
...With no end to the turmoil in sight, continued stress on Asian markets looks likely to continue. "We do not think the re-emergence of fear on account of the global financial crisis will likely evaporate anytime soon," Merrill Lynch commented in an Oct. 3 report. Once that fear sets in, it is hard to dispel...