Word: reductionism
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As Tony Blair submitted to his weekly inquisition by MPs in the House of Commons on Wednesday, his opponents sought to highlight splits opening within Labour ranks as its pols jockey for position in anticipation of the Prime Minister's looming departure. But it was a deeper gulf that yawned...
The deployment comes at a difficult time for British forces there. Troop levels are now at some 7,100 down from a peak of 18,000 in May 2003 and the Prime Minister has just announced a further reduction to 5,500 as part of the rotation that will see...
Will North Korea eventually give up those facilities as the U.S. and others insist? To answer that, we need to ask why the North developed and secured nuclear weapons, over several decades, at such a high cost and risk. There are a number of reasons. First, nuclear status is a...
Taking some of the initiative, on Feb. 9 Labor premiers and chief ministers agreed to implement a national system of carbon trading from 2010-with or without the federal government. Carbon trading is already happening in Australia's suburbs and towns. For instance, in New South Wales, the Greenhouse Gas...
While the ground is shifting, many questions remain about greenhouse policies. How ambitious will emission reduction targets be? Is carbon trading a way to shift funds from taxpayers and consumers to renewable-energy entrepreneurs and big business? Will these potentially valuable carbon permits be given away or sold at auction...