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By Petrarch | Jan 24, 2008 |
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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 |
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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 Will Offensicht | Jan 22, 2008 |
5
Rich people are voting with their feet: they're grabbing their wallets and running away.
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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 Will Offensicht | Jan 11, 2008 |
5
Some idealists suggest that election campaigns be paid for by the Treasury -- taxpayers would pay for campaigns intended to elect people we don't like. In fact, we DO have public campaign funding but nobody wants to admit it.
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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 Will Offensicht | Jan 10, 2008 |
11
A president is supposed to be emotionally stable, not a weeping willow.
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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.
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By Kermit Frosch | Jan 9, 2008 |
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Government proposals to fix global warming won't work, at great expense.