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Granted, no one has ever mistaken sports programming for 60 Minutes. But sportscasters still owe us an honest minute or two to dissect the golf story of the year, if not the decade. Especially when the story is exploding, and you are stuck with the somewhat sad irony of the Woods saga's unfolding during the same week as his charity tournament. (See the top 10 scandals...
...years (i.e. from 1981 onwards) and from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline." (By the "decline," Jones is presumably referring to the fact that temperature data reconstructed from tree-ring density - a common way to estimate global temperatures before the widespread use of the thermometer - diverges somewhat from recorded temperatures after...
That strategy might be working. A survey published on Dec. 3 by the conservative-leaning polling group Rasmussen Reports found that 52% of Americans polled believe there remains significant disagreement within the scientific community over global warming, and that 84% of Americans believe it is at least somewhat likely that some scientists have falsified data to support their theories on global warming. Unfortunately, scientific truth matters less than public perception - a doubtful public is that much less likely to support tough caps on greenhouse-gas emissions...
...Many Troops? Obama is expected to give Army General Stanley McChrystal somewhat less than the 40,000 troops he requested in the midsize of the three options he presented to the President. Like a kid seeking a $10 weekly allowance who starts the bidding at $20, McChrystal's "lowest-risk" option was for some 80,000 reinforcements. But both he and the Pentagon knew that the U.S. military doesn't have enough troops for such an increase. McChrystal's smallest option - about 10,000 more troops - was scrapped because the U.S. military felt it was too risky. They've coalesced...
...Channel-defying drizzle, and a carnivorous version of Microsoft Office (one that apparently thrives on devouring junior papers-in-progress without a trace). No curmudgeon by nature, I couldn’t help but note that the “unexpected” seemed to get its kicks in somewhat perverse ways. In the end, however, holiday cheer prevailed, prompting a reluctant revaluation: Surely there must be some recent, unanticipated events that merit thanks...