Markets Protecting the Environment

The Commons Blog (Markets Protecting the Environment) has a beautiful new design (if you think I am exaggerating, check it out). I admit to a little bias, because I post there, but The Commons is the brainchild of blogger Iain ...
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Carbon Dioxide Nonsense

The silly lawsuit by eight state attorneys general to force plants in other states to limit carbon dioxide emissions brings to mind this paper by physicist Gerald Marsh: "Nonsense By Any Other Name: Calling Carbon Dioxide A Pollutant Doesn't Make ...
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911 Commission Report

Sean at Everything I Know Is Wrong has 911 Commission report links up. I've only read Chapter One so far, but I intend to read the entire thing. I wonder how many of our elected officials will ...
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N-Word a “Time Honored Tool”; White People: Stop Breathing ASAP

Mike King has some interesting posts on his blog. The first is a followup on Project 21's call for a single standard on the matter of what language is OK and what is not. Universal Press Syndicate, which distributed Ted ...
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USS Ronald Reagan – Welcome Home

Ed Haislmaier has information to share with fans of Ronald Reagan and the U.S. Navy: In case you weren't aware of it (as I wasn't until I came across the stories below), the USS Ronald Reagan arrives at it's new ...
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“A Collective Demand to Hold Our Breath”

The Christian Science Monitor has a balanced followup to the press conference by eight states attorneys general who apparently believe they deserve more power than Congress assembled. After my publication (mildly crtitical of the attorneys general) "Now They Want to ...
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Black Authors to Recommend

A few days ago I posted a letter from a correspondent who wanted recommendations of great books by black authors. I promised to post any responses sent to me in a few days. Several folks responded in their own blogs ...
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Berger Observation

Husband David has some new thoughts to add to his observations yesterday about the whirlwind surrounding Sandy Berger. The Berger scandal reminds me once again of the Rumsfeld resignation campaign. Rumsfeld was supposed to resign because a handful of soldiers ...
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Slippery Sandy

A New York Daily News report says Sandy Berger may have had plenty of opportunities to remove documents: Former national security adviser Sandy Berger repeatedly persuaded monitors assigned to watch him review top-secret documents to break the rules and leave ...
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Wow

Check out this Full Screen Apollo 17 Mission - "Last man on the Moon" panorama you can control with your keyboard and mouse. Looks like our Apollo Astronauts were trusting their lives to a module made of foil. Check out ...
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