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March 28, 2011

Nuclear Energy
How Not To Debate Nuclear Power

Frank von Hippel had a smart and sensible op-ed on nuclear power in the New York Times last Thursday. Alas the letters to the editor in response, published this past Saturday, make me doubt that seri…

April 22, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: The Globe Warms and the People Chill

  A male polar bear waits for an ice sheet to form to allow migration in an area about 300km north of Churchill, Canada on November 17, 2009. (Iain D. Williams/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Tod…

A male polar bear waits for an ice sheet to form to allow migration in an area about 300km north of Churchill, Canada on November 17, 2009.

May 23, 2011

Sudan
Sudan: Khartoum Occupies Abyei

Smoke rise from burnt homes in Abyei town, in this handout photo released by the United Nations Mission in Sudan May 23, 2011. (Ho New/Courtesy Reuters) As South Sudan’s official independence approa…

Sudan: Khartoum Occupies Abyei

June 3, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: The Afghanistan Debate Heats Up

A U.S. Marine watches an evening storm gather above an outpost in Helmand province in Afghanistan. (Finbarr O'Reilly/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. Next month President Obama will likely announce…

A U.S. Marine watches an evening storm gather above an outpost in Helmand province.

June 14, 2011

Politics and Government
The Libya Debate Heats Up

President Barack Obama shakes hands with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters) Speaker of the House John Boehner sent a letter (see below) to the White House today s…

President Barack Obama shakes hands with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). (Jonathan Ernst/courtesy Reuters)