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New Challenges, New Failures: The U.N.
The way in which scientific endeavors are pursued globally is marked by clear inequalities, said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in a recent…
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Energy Bill Draft Capitulates On Global Warming
Little is more insulting these days than an accusation of French sensibilities. Sometimes, however, the chaussure simply fits, and rarely better than in analogy…
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Nix the Energy Bill: Better No Bill than an Anti-Energy Bill
The White House seems to believe that passing an energy bill—any energy bill—will help GOP candidates win in 2004. Because of this, Republicans…
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Why Taxing Internet Sales Makes No Cents or Sense
As the April 15 deadline to pay personal income tax approaches, momentum is building to force a new group of people onto the…
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A Backwards Step in U.S. Energy Policy
Which climate-related initiative poses the biggest threat to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America’s economic future?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”…
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Pediatric drug testing may be unhealthy
Even by Capitol Hill’s standards, last Tuesday’s press conference was an exceptionally self-congratulatory event. The occasion was the unveiling of the Pediatric Research Equity…