Green.view: Dry cold | The Economist.
This throws a wrench into the global warming debate, that’s for sure. At minimum, it shows that there are more factors involved than just greenhouse gases, which do certainly include water vapor. Turns out that global temperatures have slowed in their rise in the last decade. No question that the [...]
Barack Obama and the Republicans: If you can’t friend them, f2f them | The Economist. Interesting visualization of voting blocks in the Senate since 1991. One can see how power shifts over time, depending on issue and the results of the last election.
Israel’s Time To Know Aims To Revolutionize The Classroom.
Really cool start-up idea. I hope it takes off and won’t remain forever under the radar. It’s about time to change education from the hopelessly outdated former model, no? You’ve definitely brought pride to Israel and all Jews, Shmuel Meitar!
Op-Ed Columnist – The Geezers’ Crusade – NYTimes.com.
Not so laughable, given the federal spending crisis we have on our hands, young people. Our parents and grandparents could be the key to giving us back our future, while we have much too little political power to tackle spending on health care, entitlement programs and other federal [...]
Sally Jenkins – Tebow’s Super Bowl ad isn’t intolerant; its critics are – washingtonpost.com.
Ms. Jenkins is right on target. Whether or not you like Tebow, think him strange or a preacher man in a football uniform, you have to give him credit for having cojones and not being afraid to practice what he preaches. Regardless [...]