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...find the strength to forgive? Do you forgive the extremists that killed your husband? -Poulomi Harolikar, Bangalore, IndiaI wouldn't use forgiveness. I don't think I do deep down, to be honest, but I don't think it is a point for me either. As I said, forgiveness wouldn't be enough for me to survive this. I have no reason to forgive people that acted willingly in a very clear, cold way. For me, forgiveness is not enough...
...capitalism. What offends conservatives about carbon credits is not some green absurdity but the very core of our economic system: the free exchange of goods and services, a.k.a. the deal. If a deal is voluntary, then by definition it leaves both parties to it better off. Otherwise they wouldn't do it. Put all these deals together and--with a few exceptions--you have free-market capitalism and prosperity. The genius of carbon credits is that it opens up a whole new inventory of things that people can buy and sell. And there is no reason that the principle should...
...lawn has not been mowed as promised. How would you like to slug him? Or rather, how much would you like to slug him? You know you shouldn't. But what if by slugging him, you could actually reduce the total amount of child abuse in the world? Wouldn't that be a good thing...
...quitting the G.O.P., Bloomberg has kept open the option of an independent campaign; that option wouldn't be open to a registered Republican. But there are still plenty of reasons to wonder whether he'll exercise that option...
...also hard to imagine that Bloomberg will run if he doesn't think he can win; he wouldn't want to be remembered as the Ralph Nader of 2008, the long-shot candidate who acted as a spoiler to help tip an election. He's been a popular and effective Mayor, and he's got the money to finance a dozen campaigns, but independent campaigns tend to fail - partly because getting on the ballot in all 50 states is an excruciating process no matter how rich the candidate is. He'd probably need to win an outright majority to keep...