The new head of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation makes an increasingly familiar argument – that nuclear power is a viable option for generating energy in the face of greenhouse-induced climate change: “If one believes the European Union projections . . . nuclear power will come back as the world starts moving towards …
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And then (I hate to belabor a point. No, that’s wrong, I think we must belabor this point.) there is this, from no less than Andrew Sullivan: The pictures of all those regular and not-so-regular couples waiting patiently in line for hours and hours and even days to get a piece of paper which probably …
On my earlier squib pointing readers to the Albuquerque Journal’s gay marriage poll, I drew several unexpected responses from readers who think same-sex unions are “abnormal”. Josh Marshall last night published an amazingly touching letter from a reader about another time and place in our society in which the same argument was made: I’m 62 …
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Should two people of the same gender be allowed to marry in New Mexico? (Update: I might not have made this clear. You’re supposed to click on the link above and vote. Not that I mind having votes left in the comments, but that wasn’t really the purpose.))
Talking to a friend earlier this week whose wife is a dancer. I was pointing out that I get a bit crazy if I don’t exercise, and he said the same thing happens to her – that he has to make her get some exercise sometimes just so she’s not unpleasant to be around. It’s …
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I don’t wanna belabor this Pantani thing, because there’s something a little bit unseemly about a 45-year-old man even having sports heroes, let alone one as questionable as Pantani became. But back in 1998, when I was first learning seriously about cycling, it was Pantani I admired. And in particular, it was this day, the …
Seth Nickell’s point about the distinction between what people will do with a computer, versus what they could do is the perfect antidote to the endless “they crippled my window manager” arguments. The arguments seem to have lessened thanks to stern management of GNOME’s goals, but Seth’s thermostat example is a classic if needed for …
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