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...previous position, outlined in a campaign statement, argued that carbon dioxide ought to be regulated like nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and mercury--other major pollutants. While far from a progressive stance, Bush at least appeared to break with the long-outdated Republican dogma that global warming is not a danger. It was refreshing to see a major GOP candidate embrace the conclusion reached by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which recently declared that human-generated carbon dioxide has unequivocally contributed to global warming...
Instead of overwhelming teachers with this raw energy by packing these dynamos into classes, we ought to reduce the sheer wattage in each classroom to levels that teacher might be able to direct, focus and harness for the good. Here begins my brainstorming: what about having highly trained teachers stay with a very small group of 7-10 students from K-5th grade, allowing them to truly monitor and witness the development of their charges through time? With this level of commitment over a number of years, a grade-school teacher becomes less of a teacher and more...
...conclusion from a day's worth of anecdotal evidence is simple. The drive toward exploration and analysis ought to be cultivated early, as the Playdough in the hands is as pliant as the Playdough in the head. This drive need only be guided and focused by educators further down the line, as the planted seeds of inquiry and thought grow to fruition. If the paralyzing awe of the world can be buttressed to withstand adolescence, the fertile mental fields and greater freedoms of youth will couple with this wonder to create a lust for lifelong learning...
...agree that there ought to be a moral debate, but not on the question of whether or not it is right for homosexuality to exist. Rather, perhaps we should be asking whether it is moral that anyone can be fired in 40 states because of his or her sexual orientation; that I can be kicked out of housing in 42 states; that homosexual sex by either gender is forbidden in 5 states; and that non-vaginal intercourse is illegal for all persons in 13 states (including this one). If these are the sorts of moral issues Sachs wishes to debate...
...pledging to knock its emissions 65% below 1990 levels by 2010. "There's been a shift in the center of gravity in the U.S. corporate community since Kyoto," says Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists. "Now the view is that climate change is serious and we ought to do something about...