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...climate change is such a sexy topic. There's a question I very often get: Why isn't it ok to exaggerate a little bit? It's for a good cause. The problem is that's true for everything. Why isn't it O.K. to exaggerate about the state of health care? Everyone can come up with a good story to exaggerate for a good cause. But, then, democracies end up being screaming contests. Instead of having a rational conversation, we have a situation where everyone ends up screaming at the top of their lungs and what we listen...
...planned Summers talk would somehow have advanced the “marketplace of ideas,” but in fact Summers would not have been giving a public speech in which the validity of his ideas on the proper place of women in science (or on any other topic) could be debated...
...Latter Day Saints - Mormons - rejected polygamy in the 1890s as it bid for statehood and now "wants to live down" the image. Says Gale, "Generally, Mormons believe it is a taboo subject." By making the case focus on child and domestic abuse laws, prosecutors avoided the touchy topic...
...loudly. The U.S., which has maintained sanctions against Burma for years, plans to institute further restrictions on members of the military junta and their families, including travel bans to the States. As the United Nations General Assembly unfolds in New York this week, Burma is sure to be a topic of discussion among senior statesmen. Among their concerns is the continuing detention of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for much of the past 18 years...
...film, Craig Renaud, an alumnus of Little Rock Central, said before the screening that the film reflects national themes. “Many people were saying that they experience the same thing as in Little Rock,” Renaud said. “Opinions on the topic of race and segregation will vary depending on who you talk to. We talked to multitudes of people.” Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans advocated increasing the outflow of historical information to younger generations of African American students. “Even a majority of the most advanced history...