Sad, sad news

8 comments June 13th, 2008

 

Not one of Tim Russert’s biggest fans, I nonetheless find myself shocked and deeply saddened at the news that he died unexpectedly this afternoon at the age of only 58.

HERE’s a remembrance of Russert from Freeport native Dan Balz, a correspondent for the Washington Post.

UPDATE: Here’s the video of Tom Brokaw’s bulletin on NBC:

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Here’s more on why wealthy folks like me favor McCain’s tax plan over Obama’s

1 comment June 13th, 2008

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Two sides of the global-warming debate

3 comments June 13th, 2008

 

This is kind of fun, if you have a while to plow through these arguments.

First, we have THIS SPEECH by John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel and a leading global-warming denier.

Then we have THIS STUFF from climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. (Granted, a lot of the material at this site is complicated scientific data, and there are more than 400 comments attached. But even a layman can derive some useful impressions if you go through it all.)