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...worrying news is that over the past several months, China in particular has begun to replace the U.S. as the main obstacle to stronger climate-change action. During the IPCC negotiations that took place this week in Bangkok, Chinese delegates - with the support of India and other developing nations - tried to tone down the report, pushing to remove the most ambitious possible targets for future carbon-emissions levels. That move failed, but it's unlikely to be the last time China and India drag their feet on climate change. And as long as those two nations send out signals that...
...urinal in the Science Center bathroom that makes a real funny sound when you flush it. Jim, I can’t explain to you how relieved I am to find out that there is someone at Harvard other than me who also appreciates the hilarity of that particular urinal. But let’s be realistic here—my columns need to be around 900 words about relevant topics. There is no way that I could do that urinal justice with so few words...
...views. Debate is about listening to both sides and both sides having their time to speak. Mr. Mueller’s time to speak wasn’t honored by some who believe they have the right to interrupt or attempt to shout down anyone that disagrees with their particular politics. Think about it this way. If these leftists had their way, the only opinions would ever get to hear are theirs because anyone dissenting from their leftist view wouldn’t be allowed to speak, wouldn’t be invited or would be shouted down if invited...
...actual dialogue. A more effective and appropriate tactic would have been to ask pointed questions within the framework of the event, such as questions asked of former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami at his IOP appearance last fall which garnered national media attention. But even if one thinks that this particular protest was not in good taste, the fundamental right to protest peacefully must be recognized as sacrosanct.HUPD’s actions were even more shocking because they not only violated what the University should do, but also because HUPD acted in flagrant violation of cut-and-dry standing regulations...
Wally Schirra once told Chris Kraft to go to hell. Remember the astronaut, who died this week at 84, for a lot of things, but put that particular bit of courage near the top of your list. Nobody, up until that moment, had ever told Kraft to go to hell, and the fact is, Schirra didn't tell him directly either. What he did do was tell Deke Slayton, the head of the astronaut corps, and he knew Slayton would tell Kraft, the director of all of the manned missions. Even when you're calling down your imprecation from...