August 29, 2003 |
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On the one hand we have a government official claiming it’s acceptable to hunt a species of whale because it’s abundant while on the other hand we have a fishing captain economically encouraged to exploit a species of fish because it is rare. Combined, we are left with The Tragedy of the Commons writ large.
August 26, 2003 |
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While you might not immediately connect the slaughter of whales to the U.S. action in Iraq or the gubernatorial circus in California, there is an important thread that ties them together.
August 20, 2003 |
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By refusing to acknowledge and adequately counter capitalism’s inherent bias towards short-term gain, we are driving ourselves towards an increasingly unstable, unsustainable, and impoverished future.
August 15, 2003 |
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Whether in the realm of environmental policies, foreign policy, or economic policy, the Bush administration has a demonstrable record of making decisions and pursuing agendas that are unsupported by the best available evidence.
August 14, 2003 |
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In a recent NY Times column, Maureen Dowd took offense at the different blogging styles of the candidates, describing them at various turns as self-serving, cheesy, and dull. Why such criticism merits 500 words in the New York Times however, is beyond me.
August 11, 2003 |
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Although heterosexual Americans may believe that the issue of gay marriage has nothing to do with them, what those same Americans fail to realize is that this issue is not so much about gay rights as much as it is a proxy fight over the separation of Church and State.
August 04, 2003 |
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It appears that without proper concentration and application of pressure, the female urinary experience can easily degrade from porcelain divots to dribbles.
August 02, 2003 |
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Although considered a classic of American literature, Beston’s The Outermost House had escaped my attention until I came upon the following quotation while reading The Empty Ocean by Richard Ellis.
