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...costs of trying to cap carbon emissions. The models from the green side - led by the Environmental Defense Fund - tended to be fairer, projecting a range of possible economic impacts from cap-and-trade. Increasingly, mainstream economists are arguing that the costs of doing nothing about climate change will outweigh the costs of action. But too often journalists - many of whom lack a sophisticated understanding of economic modeling - resorted to "he said, she said" reporting that reinforced the idea that the two sides were equal. Not coincidentally, the Warner-Lieberman bill eventually went down in an embarrassing defeat...
...these and similar land-based long-range missiles ready to launch at a moment's notice. Only the original nuclear club countries have them - America, Russia, China, Britain and France. Those who justify the continued existence of these giant arsenals argue that the stability provided by such "deterrents" far outweigh the risk. The launch of one or all of these missiles - whether by design or by accident - would be a highly improbable event. (See pictures of Hiroshima...
...page criminal complaint filed by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald at Blagojevich's arrest. But four days ago, a federal judge for northern Illinois granted Fitzgerald's request for a 90-day extension. "The ends of justice served by the extension," according to Chief Judge James Holderman, "outweigh the best interests of the public and the defendants to a speedy trial." He set the new deadline for April 7. (See TIME's gallery of politcians outed in scandals...
...Leading Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee Jay Rockefeller and Dianne Feinstein have already criticized the choice of Panetta, claiming the CIA needs to be led by an experienced intelligence professional. But right now, political clout and the ability to be a strong advocate for the CIA far outweigh the virtues of being a professional spy and knowing the difference between a "live drop" and a "dead drop." A professional from the ranks would be eaten up by Hillary Clinton at State or Bob Gates at Defense. Or he or she would end up like Bill Clinton's CIA director...
...every line of his face, he promised that if he ever saw me again he would kill me," wrote Dallaire, who would later testify for the prosecution in Bagosora's case. The fact that such a man will spend the rest of his life behind bars may just outweigh all the court's failures...