Copenhagen Has Given Us the Chance to Face Climate Change With HonestySource: Common Dreams
The centrepiece of the old approach was a "cap-and-trade" scheme, festooned with offsets and bribes – bribes that purportedly, but hardly, reduced carbon emissions. It was analogous to the indulgences scheme of the Middle Ages, whereby sinners paid the Church for forgiveness.

Anytime someone says "I love you", you should make an attempt to count the ways they love you. Why? If you can name a few ways they do love you, maybe they really do.
Will HR669 Transform Your Exotic Pets into Illegal Aliens?Source: ScienceBlogs
Despite the fact that HR 669 proposes to prevent additional invasions by exotic species -- a reasonable and laudable objective -- a careful reading of this bill reveals that it will fail to achieve its stated goal.
Why is there Anti-Intellectualism?Source: uwgb.edu
As an observer and student of pseudoscience for thirty years, I have long been puzzled as to why exactly this phenomenon exists at all.
This War is not the AnswerSource: bighollywood.breitbart.com
I believe it is long past time to end the War on Drugs. That's not because I approve of drug use nor have any desire to encourage it.
What is 'Middle Class'?Source: ScienceBlogs
Let's do our best to help Joe Biden, and to do this, let's start at the beginning. I have two questions for you: Do you consider yourself to be "Middle Class"? If so, what is "Middle Class" in America?
Nicole Wallace's Take on Obama's Very Bad Week - The Daily BeastSource: The Daily Beast-NicoleWallace
Nicole Wallace was a senior aid to the failed McCain Campaign gives her take on Obama's very bad week.A bit of advice and opinion from the other side.
Team Obama has a Big problem on his hands.The Whitehouse is learning that once you lose the narrative it is difficult to get bac …
In U.S., war of words over GazaSource: The San Francisco Chronicle
Israel is losing the war of words in the U.S....even conscientious Jews are shifting in their opinion regarding Israel's "justification" argument...

Tonight ...As I drove through traffic, It occurred to me that nothing is more powerful than good news.

In last weeks Daily Mail (Friday 14th November, 2008), Tom Rawstorne wrote an article entitled: Living a Second Life, a fantasy world awash with sex and porn. An article that portrays Second Life as a pool of virtual sleaze and immorality.

Today Viki and I are joined by Shawn Gordon. This week it runs at an hour and eight minutes long.

Respectful of all the skill and training it takes to obtain honored broadcast news Anchor Seat(s), I marvel at the frequency so many of our major Television and Radio commentators and pundits tend to reduce their on-screen work (grinning all the while) to a high ratio of below-th …
Talking to ourselves Source: The L.A. Times
Americans today have become a people in search of validation for opinions that they already hold. This absence of curiosity about other points of view is the essence of anti-intellectualism and represents a major departure from the nation's best cultural traditions.
Porn Sites Hijack Expired Domain NamesSource: PC World
In this issue it very much looks as though everyone with a website should have to keep their stuff current etc (or at least keep them as an internet archive)otherwise someone else would take their website or websites over and use them for other purposes.
Who Should Use a Polygraph?Source: PInow.com Investigation News
A polygraph can be a useful tool that can be used as part of a larger investigation to get answers. However, businesses interested in using the test need to follow the law to the letter to avoid legal action.

TECHNOLOGY: MODERN TIMES

Coming to a Gap Clothing Store in Your Very Own Neighborhood Soon!!
The BBC reports on five-day fashion show that is presently taking place in Paris, where the very latest trends in "Haute Couture" men's apparel are being debuted.

The OnLine BottomLine

There are three people, Americans, who's views and ideas are difficult for the rest of us to accept. These three men are whom I dub the insane ideological top three.

The human race has, by all accounts, failed to find any effective way to keep ahead of our technological advances. Every day we hear of more cases where, despite FDA testing, drugs that have been approved for human use turn out to have unexpected and often tragic side affects.