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...damages at $20 a ton, then $15 per ton is considered an acceptable cost to ameliorate it. If the SCC is $2, spending $15 seems out of line." The other key statistical variable is the "discount rate," which establishes how to account for future costs and benefits in today's currency. A high discount rate implies that what happens years from now should have less bearing on decisions made today. Inherent in this seemingly technical point is the question: what do we, citizens today, owe the people of tomorrow? Particularly since, once released, CO2 stays...
...clash of cultures between the West and Muslim world, few battles have been more fiercely fought than the one raging in Europe today over the burqa. The burqa, or full-face veil, was the law for women in Afghanistan under the Taliban, and is still worn these days in the more conservative parts of the Middle East, as well as in Europe, raising questions about how far liberal democracies should go in tolerating such dress codes...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Meredith Vieira, a host on the “The Today Show," was apparently so shaken by her rejection from Harvard that she visited every Saturday in some sort of holy voyage. It wouldn’t be the first time someone visited Harvard; maybe she just really wanted to rub John Harvard’s foot. But despite enrolling at Tufts University, things seem to have worked out all right...
This afternoon in Princeton, N.J., the Crimson (6-14) opens the Ivy season with a doubleheader against the Tigers (6-17) before heading to Cornell (12-7) for a two-game set tomorrow. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. today and 12:30 p.m. tomorrow...
...Today, after thousands of miles traveled and months of anticipation since the disappointing end to last year’s Ivy season—Harvard finished a game out of first place in its division and missed the chance to play in the Ivy League Championship Series—the Crimson women are ready to prove that they belong back at the top of Ancient Eight softball...