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By Kermit Frosch | Feb 6, 2008 |
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Burning plants for fuel doesn't work forever.
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By Fennoman | Feb 6, 2008 |
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It almost doesn't matter what the topic is, the argument may already be lost. We've already established there is little national virtue left. We're now just talking about the price.
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By Petrarch | Feb 5, 2008 |
6
Americans complain about the lack of true leaders and of today's poll-driven politicians. But if American is a democracy, isn't that exactly how it is supposed to work?
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By Fennoman | Feb 5, 2008 |
9
If we're losing jobs and the Chinese are losing jobs, where are they going?
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By Petrarch | Jan 24, 2008 |
14
George W Bush, lambasted as the destroyer of peace in the Middle East, may preside over the most welcome development there since the Second World War.
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By Petrarch | Jan 23, 2008 |
23
Anyone who thinks there is anything Americans cannot or will not do has lost faith in the American people, and is unfit to lead them.
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By Petrarch | Jan 18, 2008 |
5
The Vice President will be leaving a slimy, black legacy.
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By Kermit Frosch | Jan 14, 2008 |
12
Scientists want research grants, more published papers, and to be listened to by the general public. Bureaucrats want a bigger department and more clout. Politicians want a crisis - any crisis - so they can ride to power with a "solution".
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By Kermit Frosch | Jan 11, 2008 |
3
Sure, global warming seems unlikely; but if it's true, it's so awful, shouldn't we take action just in case?
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By Kermit Frosch | Jan 10, 2008 |
5
The ocean levels are not going to rise by 20 feet by 2100. According to the UN's International Panel on Climate Change, it's more like a single foot, or maybe 18 inches.