Global Warming Debate Needs Cooler Heads To Prevail
What ordinary Americans really want is for honest brokers on both sides to detoxify and depoliticize the global warming conversation, and then get on with the business of addressing it. That business will necessarily recognize that we all bring different values and interests to the table; that we perceive risks and rewards, costs and benefits differently; and it will identify solutions through thoughtful discussion and that crazy thing called compromise.
Does ‘Anti-Occupy’ law end U.S. right to protest?
Paul A. Samakow says thanks to almost zero media coverage, few of us know about a law passed this past March, severely limiting our right to protest. He notes that the silence may have been due to the lack of controversy in bringing the bill to law.
Nepal’s female farmers need research and technology aimed at them
Researchers must take greater account of the needs of women, who are increasingly at the forefront of agriculture.
