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The Takeover of Fannie and Freddie

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There are many obvious reasons for the takeover of Fannie and Freddie yesterday by the Federal government.  They include shoring up under-capitalized lenders crucial to the economy and the housing market, restoring confidence in the US financial system,...

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Cap, Baby, Cap

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Political conventions are largely mass entertainment for the party faithful, punctuated by self-serving interpretations of both current events and history. Like summer big-budget movies, this year's Democratic and Republican sequels were replete with...

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Cultivated Fire

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Megafires appear to be breaking out everywhere, from Provence to Greece, Mongolia and the Russian Far East to New South Wales and San Diego.  But hectare for hectare, the most explosive fire scene on Earth belongs to Iberia, specifically Portugal and...

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McCain and Palin's Environmental Policies

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"I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of our problem," says Alaska Governor Sarah Palin - What his VP pick says about McCain's environmental policy

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Rx Fire

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If we can't trust nature to do what we want, and if we can't suppress fire, then it seems we ought to do the burning ourselves.  This in fact is what humanity has done since we...

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Turning down the noise

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I don't miss the news. I recently completed a three-week road trip/book tour up and back the Rocky Mountains. When I left Santa Fe with my wife, two kids, two dogs, and a trailer crammed full of camping gear, clothing, food, books and other necessities...

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The State of the World According to Paul Ehrlich

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Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich delivered a seminar to the Long Now Foundation a few weeks ago, and you can watch it here. Ehrlich offers an overview of the "state of the world" from the point of view...

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The Long Recovery

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The lead article in this Sunday's New York Times Business section...

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The firefight

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The firefight is the great set-piece of American fire management.  It seems so obvious: Control the bad fires before you introduce good ones.  Seize the battlefield.  The drama is overpowering, a moral equivalent of war; exciting, potentially lethal,...

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Suspicious Absence of Conservation (SAC)

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Greenpeace is well known for non-violent direct action in support of conservation. Very recently, they took a bold step in the German North Sea when they placed large granite boulders, each weighing two to three tons, around the...

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