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...justified in attacking Iraq, the human consequences of the invasion compel us to stand up against the march to war. If, on the other hand, the benefits of war outweigh the costs, then every citizen has a responsibility to push the country towards war. The conflict in Iraq is the defining choice for our generation. Differences of opinion are understandable; apathy...
Critics still maintain that the economic benefits outweigh any ecological harm done by the logging. This view, however, flies in the face of reality and simply reflects the outdated economic analysis of a neo-mercantilist economy that relies on natural resources to provide growth. America has been moving toward a service economy based on information and technology for many years and logging represents the past not the future. In 20 years, when all the forests have been logged, those workers that benefit today will again be facing unemployment, with the only difference being the destruction of the forest. But even...
...course there are many reasonable arguments against invading Iraq, especially those concerned with the large costs and risks of invasion. But these are not compelling enough to outweigh the benefits of toppling the dictatorship. Anyone using these arguments to reach a morally serious conclusion has to compare the potential difficulties of an invasion to the very real costs of allowing a brutal tyrant to continue unimpeded. Those who ignore the ponderous moral burden entailed by their position are no better than the appeaseniks whose timidity and fear brought ruin to so much of Europe, Asia and North Africa 60 years...
...right thing to do seemed to be to institute the policy for a year and review it to see if we were correct in judging that the benefits outweigh the risks,” Lewis wrote in an e-mail. “This is what I will recommend to the masters...
...their capsule by an internal fire. Johnson was devastated. He was no stranger to failure, yet he apparently never believed death could be associated with such a noble effort. But he did not pause long. He drove ahead and drove everybody with him. Success in space began to outweigh the delays and frustrations. Mired in the Vietnam mess, Johnson sought solace in the space exploits. At one point he muttered, "Thank God I've still got my astronauts...