Analysis
Animal magnetism
February 27, 2009With a view to prevent crocodiles from returning to residential neighborhoods, Florida wildlife managers have temporarily affixed magnets to the reptiles' heads in order to disrupt their homing ability.
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Charles Darwin at 200: Solidarity is the best survival strategy
February 26, 2009The 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, Feb. 12, brought back memories of a college course I took in which the topic was “social Darwinism,” a philosophy that exalted dog-eat-dog greed in the name of “survival...
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The progressive approach to fiscal responsibility
February 26, 2009Fiscal responsibility, the code word for balancing the budget, is on everyone's lips in Washington these days. With a federal budget deficit close to $2 trillion inherited from the Bush administration, the Obama White House is...
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Seeking Earth-like planets with alien life in galaxy
February 26, 2009NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to the launch pad and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said...
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LETTERS February 28, 2009
February 20, 2009Prediction World peace will come when the United States goes socialist. William Bunge Montreal, Canada Remembering Rose My mother, Rose Goldberg, passed away last year April. She was a bookkeeper for the PWW and her Communist...
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