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...poll after opinion poll, about 7 in 10 Australians say climate change and water are issues important enough to influence their (compulsory) votes at the Nov. 24 election. "Climate change is a big problem," says McClelland. "Just what the answer is I'm not sure. But whoever is in government, they've got to address it." It's not just farmers who are feeling the heat; water restrictions are now a fact of life for the 80% of Australians who live in cities. In Adelaide, Peg Wilson and her neighbors cannot hose their gardens for more than three hours...
...students in starry robes, pointed hats and rep ties are learning how plants grow, but it's not botany; they call it "herbology." In an adjacent classroom a boy with a famous lightning-bolt scar brandishes his wand, chants "Numerus Subtracticus!" and conjures the correct answer to a math problem...
...functions as the “Here’s the Solution” to the first part’s “Here’s the Problem”—is just as interesting in that Solove again focuses his discussion of the murky problem of law on the Internet through the lens of specific cases. The author stresses the importance of finding a middle ground between the libertarian approach, which calls for little to no government tampering with the Internet, and the authoritarian approach, which calls for strict control. He then highlights individual laws...
...Ordinarily, of course, Congress has no problem spending money it doesn't have, but this year is different. Democrats have to contend with a rule they implemented when they took control of Congress known as Pay-Go, which means they actually have to pay for things as they're approved, with either tax hikes or budget cuts. With that in mind, House Ways & Means Chairman Charles Rangel has proposed paying for the patch by raising taxes on the bonuses and fees received by hedge fund and private equity managers - which is to say the bulk of their exorbitant incomes. Right...
...problem is deciding what such a world looks like. Three different Administration officials involved in the interagency deliberations over Pakistan this week told me there is not yet a clear approach for handling the crisis beyond the immediate diplomacy of Negroponte's visit. "I don't want to say the interagency has concluded anything at this point," said one senior White House official. "It's a very fluid situation...