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TODAY: Friday July 03, 2009
Weekend Reading

Fine, you probably want to read about Sarah Palin. But on the off-chance you also want to read a nerdy piece on, uh, climate science, Edge has a terrific in-depth interview with NASA climate modeler Gavin Schmidt, who lays out the history of his field and really delves into the challenges in trying to understand something...

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Harry Reid, Not Very Pugilistic Ex-Boxer

As everyone's heard by now, the House climate and energy bill passed last week by a narrow 219-212 margin. And by all accounts, Nancy Pelosi's arm-twisting skills were one major reason the controversial bill eked through, as she worked overtime exhorting colleagues to vote for the thing. Here's a typical anecdote from...

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TODAY: Friday July 03, 2009
Palin Round-Up

Bill Kristol has what he calls a "contrarian" take:

If Palin wants to run in 2012, why not do exactly what she announced...

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TNR Exclusive: Palin's Ex-Campaign Manager Reacts

A few minutes ago I spoke to Laura Chase, who served on the Wasilla, Alaska, city council with Sarah Palin during the mid-1990s and managed her first campaign for mayor in 1996. (The two women subsequently had a falling out.) I asked Chase to react to the big resignation news:

I kind of expected it. How is she going to run for president if people keep nagging...

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TODAY: Wednesday July 01, 2009
War All The Time

War on poverty, war on drugs, war on cancer, war on hunger, war on crime, war on obesity, war on illiteracy, even war on guns. Somehow the society likes the metaphor of war despite the fact that it is usually a prelude to failure.

I don't know what President Obama feels about these martial specimens. But we all know that he does not like "the war on terror." He told us that...

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150 Years And Not One Day More

Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison. He deserves every minute of his stay, although he probably doesn't deserve the comparatively lush prison arrangements made for white collar criminals. After all, this crime was about as intricately planned and self-consciously executed as any financial transgression in history.

I know that many very smart people still don&#...

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