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...Villiers: "The period of calm in which the human species was formed is only a brief drawing of the breath before the cosmic assault begins once more." So how do we maximize our time in what de Villiers calls a "perilously thin habitable layer on a vulnerable and unstable planet in a hostile neighborhood"? Plan for the worst. As he says, "Good information is the best antidote...
...nominate the U.S. military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Against tremendous odds in Iraq, American forces have achieved a measure of success in bringing Iraqis a chance at freedom, and in the Afghan theater they lead the way in combatting the worst terrorists on the planet. For their sacrifice and patriotism, our troops on the front lines are worthy of Person of the Year...
...would be jockeying for photo shoots with Michelle. That a TV business with long-standing diversity issues would be fascinated with this family's values. And that a still white-dominated press would look to a black man to boost its bottom line, fix the economy and save the planet. But will he still have time to take the kids to school when he's done? Tune in next week and find...
Toilets are a privilege that nearly half the world lacks. At least 2.6 billion people around the planet have no access to a toilet - and that doesn't just mean that they don't have a nice, heated indoor bathroom. It means they have nothing - not a public toilet, not an outhouse, not even a bucket. They defecate in public, contaminating food and drinking water, and the disease toll due to unsanitized human waste is staggering. George notes that 80% of the world's illnesses are caused by fecal matter: A single gram of feces can contain 10 million viruses...
...caste in India whose job is to clean the country's dry, filthy latrines. She regularly contracts dysentery, giardiasis and brain fever from her exposure to human waste. No one deserves that fate, and as George makes clear, the very least we can do for every person on this planet is to give them a place...