- I intend to sort these by subject.
U.S. Plans ‘for Worst’ in Gulf, Seeing Risk in Leak Strategy
Whether or not BP and the government are successful in stopping the flow of oil is a moot point. But how did we get here? While many scream for alternative energy sources have they thought those out? More nuclear reactors? Where do we put the spent fuel rods? Seems Yucca Mtn. is still a point of contestation. What is clear is our dependence on oil will continue for some time. The question is do we import it or try and get it domestically? We are stuck with deepwater rigs for the same reason that opposition to wind turbines upset the people in Massachusessetts and Martha's Vineyard. The fear of rigs close to the coasts resulted in huge outrage as dangerous and unsightly. But perhaps more manageable? Then we have those opposed to Alaskan drilling because of caribou and other animals. And every one comes back to cite the Exxon Valdez incident. Has everyone forgotten that the skipper was drunk? So we have wells drilled at a mile or more underwater. Incredible pressure generated at those depths, but how is it that many sea creatures thrive at those depths or sustain life in superheated plumes at even deeper levels? Where is science in understanding these things. I'd sooner see beaucoup dollars spent on oceanic research than dumping monies into a space stace or going back to the moon, because I don't think moon rocks are edible.
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The Pain Caucus
Anyone who has done any reading about the Great Depression is aware that Franklin Roosevelt, after making a good start on attacking the crisis, succumbed to pressure to reduce the deficits and, thereby, erased most of the progress made at the beginning of his administration. Knowing that historical lesson is one thing, but not until one has witnessed the daily political pressure to cut spending is it possible to understand how easy it is to make the same mistake F.D.R. made. It is vital that we support a continued effort to create jobs, even though that effort will entail running a federal deficit for the next two years.
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Blacks in Memphis Lose Decades of Economic Gains
Ten years ago, wasn't this newspaper leading the clamor that banks approved a lower proportion of home loans to blacks compared to whites because of racial discrimination? And that the banks were hiding behind "rules" that were antiquated? I believe "creative" solutions were called for. Make up your minds already!
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The Pain Caucus
Less than a year into a weak recovery from the worst slump since World War II, there is a dangerous urge to stop helping the jobless and start inflicting pain.
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14 Deaths Reported as Israel Attacks Aid Flotilla
The Israeli Navy attacked a flotilla carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists and supplies for Gaza on Monday morning, news agencies reported.
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U.S. to Aid South Korea With Naval Defense Plan
Let's hope that North Korea's ally, China, is not behind this, luring the U.S. deeper into the pit.
The Pain Caucus
“The Pain Caucus - http://nyti.ms/cWVhMW How bout NOT helping the poor and unemployed? Fuck that.”
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Web Start-Ups Offer Bargains for Users’ Data
Start-ups are pushing to see how much data consumers are willing to give up in exchange for getting a deal.
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Blacks in Memphis Lose Decades of Economic Gains
The combination of growing foreclosures and rising unemployment have destroyed black wealth and income and erased two decades of slow progress.
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The Birds and the Bees (via the Fertility Clinic)
Mr Douthat, The study you are referring to in 'The Birds and the Bees' can hardly be called scientific, and the Institute of American Values' credentials are dubious at best. The chairman on the IAV website states, in regard gay marriage "Christianity - as the wellspring of ‘animus’ against homosexual activity - is being attacked as full of bigotry, but empty of factual content... Yet 99% of the empirical evidence regarding homosexual activity supports the Christian appraisal of it." How would one make 'empirical' such suposed "evidence"? The motivations of this organization are clear, and if you wish to highlight the activities and 'studies' promulgated by this organization, a clear statement addressing the organizations' mission would better inform your reader audience of possible biases, particularly ones that spew propaganda such as (in the same article) that 'homosexual promiscuity' makes the spread of AIDs virus "more efficient" and paedophilia "more likely". I have enjoyed your columns in the past and hope that your column advertsing the IAV's findings with regard IVF was published with an ignorance of their unscientific biases and bigoted values. Faithfully Stevie Modern
Obama’s Katrina? Maybe Worse
The president’s credibility as a champion of reformed, competent government is held hostage by video from the gulf.
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White House Tries to Regroup as Criticism Mounts Over Leak
Obama administration officials acknowledged the possibility that tens of thousands of gallons of oil might continue pouring into the gulf until August.
Wild Night for Obama Pool Duty
“CHICAGO – Some days, White House “pool duty” can be more interesting than others, even when you don’t get to see POTUS.”
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Malia for President
President Obama’s next task? Shaping the public reaction to the gulf spill so that we can use it to generate the will to break our addiction to oil.
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Japan’s ‘Knuckle Princess’ Arrives in America
Eri Yoshida, a 18-year-old woman from Japan with a sidearm knuckleball, made her debut in American professional baseball this weekend, the first appearance by a woman since 2000.
One Thing After Another
Not long ago, I walked in on a group of medical residents inserting a central line catheter into a patient in the intensive care unit. They were gowned and gloved, working quietly over the patient’s neck, exposed through a small hole in a sterile ...
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Once More, With Feeling
President Obama is still learning to emote, five weeks into the heartbreak in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Prospective Catholic Priests Face Sexuality Hurdles
Many questions for potential priests are aimed at deciding whether gay applicants should be denied admission.
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Swimming Through the Spill ...
Viewing the effects of dispersants alongside the fish.
Monday, May 31, 2010
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