Monthly Archives: April 2007

Because We Can

4/26/2007 – 10:31 am

America is still grieving for the 32 students and professors killed at Virginia Tech last week, as we should. Several people pointed out to me – to you too, probably – that five or six times as many innocent people died in Iraq last week. News is a product of importance multiplied by [...]

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Through the Cracks

4/19/2007 – 3:01 pm

The more I learn about Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui, the less I understand.  Teachers, fellow students, even his family say they could rarely get him to say a word, that he was silent to the point that some wondered if he was autistic, but he put together a multi-media press pack complete with written [...]

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The Oil Deficit

4/12/2007 – 12:10 pm

Late last week, the federal government’s Energy Information Administration posted the final global oil consumption figures for 2006. Although we pumped more oil than ever in 2006, on an average day, we consumed over 400,000 more barrels of oil than we produced.
This is not the first time demand has exceeded supply; in 2002 we [...]

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A Way Forward

4/5/2007 – 12:22 pm

It’s been a big week for the atmosphere.  Monday, the Supreme Court ruled five to four (Hang on, Justice Stevens!) that the Clean Air Act does allow the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant.  Just because the EPA can regulate CO2 doesn’t mean it will, at least not under the current [...]

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