Global Warming, the Middle East and Immigration: A Selection of Weekend Opinion
Weekend and Monday Opinion from the LA Times:
Naomi Oreskes: Global Warming -- Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Scientists agree: The Earth is warming, and human activities are the principal cause.
Niall Ferguson: It's Not World War III, but It Could Be Almost as Bad
Nations may not face off, but embittered ethnic groups probably will.
Bernard Haisch: Why Wiki Can Drive You Wacky
When free-form information gets it wrong, watch out.
Editorials
The Worst Deadbeat Dad
California takes belated steps to fix its broken foster care system.
High Skill, Low Priority
Though it's making fewer headlines, reform of high-skilled immigration is also urgently needed.
Global Warming on Trial
The Supreme Court is right to weigh in on the globe's hottest issue.
Selected Weekend Commentary:
David Bosco: Could This Be the Start of World War III?
As the Middle East erupts, there are plenty of scenarios for global conflagration.
Zev Chafets: I Want Falwell in My Foxhole
At the end of the day -- or at the End of Days -- Israel has plenty of time for anybody who wants to help the Jews.
Heather MacDonald: LAPD's Gangster Cops Are Gone
The city's police have changed. Why haven't its critics?
Joel Stein: Back Off, Buddy, Beirut's My Sister
Angelenos, let's step in and break up the fight between our sister cities in Lebanon and Israel. We're all family.
Mark P. Petracca: Term Limits Work Just Fine, Thank You
Experience isn't squandered just because politicians have to do the elected-office shuffle.
Gregory Rodruigez: Korea's Cross-Border Romance Curdles
South Koreans are rethinking their "sunshine" policy with the north, thanks to Kim Jong Il's bluster.
Jonathan Chait: Who Says War Has to Be Proportional?
No country meets agression with an equal amount of force.
Meghan Daum: Can't Get Enough Baby Talk
From Presidents to Celebrities, Toddlers Prove Adorable and Useful.
Alan Dershowitz: 'Civilian Casualty'? It Depends
Those who supports terrorists are not entirely innocent.
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Regarding Global Warming -- Signed, Sealed and Delivered. I find it quite ironic that Ms Oreskes goes on about there being a "scientific consensus" regarding global warming yet the irony in her own piece names other noted scientists that don't agree.
A consensus would indicate complete agreement which is obviously not the case. Perhaps she should say there is a "scientific opinion" that many in the science community believe.
Furthermore, to rule out other factors such as cosmic radiation, sunspot activity etc because there is not "evidence" seems rather unscientific.
The climatological models are all based upon huge amounts of data pushed through complicated algorithms crunched non-stop by supercomputers. The complexity of the model and the base understanding is not completely understood. To say with 100% authority that GW is a complete scientific certainty caused by man is a dangerous statement form a scientist.
Posted by: T Jones | July 24, 2006 at 03:45 PM
Because of Bush, Iraq is in a mess.
Iran may be a threat in the future, but it is not a threat now.
We have time to think about what to do with Iran, if we need to do anything at all.
We need to start thinking about the best ways to solve problems in the Middle East, and not create new ones.
Because Bush and the Republican Party have no clue how to fix the mess we are in with Iraq, it is best that he and they do nothing with Iran.
Wait until the voters pick better leaders, and believe me, that will not be a hard thing to do.
I am,
George Vreeland Hill
Posted by: GEORGE VREELAND HILL | July 30, 2006 at 06:12 PM