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...consequences of global warming. One of the challenges to dealing with climate change is that the threat is truly long-term. The science says it will worsen over time, and that we need to act now to prevent serious damage tomorrow, but it's difficult to keep that in mind when the country is faced with other, seemingly more pressing priorities. Climate change can always be passed off to the next year, the next generation. But not any longer. James Hansen, one of the world's most respected climate scientists, believes that we have just a decade - when today...
...long ago, I was on YouTube.com. By not too long ago, I mean yesterday. The Web site has become what I am prepared to call an obsession—and with Super Tuesday on my mind, this night was more approximate to a craze. Amidst the frenzy, I managed to stumble upon a clip of Hillary Clinton in one of last year’s Democratic debates. The question posed was, “Are you a liberal?” As Hillary furtively and spinelessly answered the simple question—in effect saying no—I began...
...problem with Hillary’s political waffling intensified, in my mind, when considering the current political milieu. Terrorism, not sex scandals, now run across the pages of American newspapers. Many Republicans, members of a party dominated by right wing militants, now consider John McCain too liberal. In such an environment the conservative movement is so pronouncedly influential and visible that what democracy needs is a countermovement to balance politics—not compromising cowards who accommodate the extreme...
...sponsored by the NBCC. The quartet discussed February’s list, the best and worst recommendations they’d ever received, and just who has the authority to make one. Pinker has had plenty of experience with bestsellers. Both his 1999 book “How the Mind Works” and his latest book, “The Stuff of Thought,” made appearances on the New York Times Best Seller list. Pinker’s advice to fellow authors could as easily be applied by presidential hopefuls: remember that style matters, and don?...
...election for just this sort of eventuality. But the campaign for their support is a frustrating exercise for both candidates. Any commitments they manage to secure are etched in talcum powder; super-delegates don't have to make a choice until the convention, and they can change their mind an endless number of times between now and then...