The Conflict In Darfur Could Escalate To

Solar Power Is One Of The Most Hopeful Technologies But Still Produces About 0.01 Percent Of U.s. Electricity. The U.s. Allocates Just $159 Million For Solar Research Per Year - About What We Spend In Iraq Every Nine Hours.

American Airstrikes...create Risks, Especially If Our Intelligence There Is Rusty. The Crucial Step, And The One We Should Apply Diplomatic Pressure To Try To Achieve, Is For Maliki To Step Back And Share Power With Sunnis While Accepting Decentralization Of Government. If Maliki Does All That, It May Still Be Possible To Save Iraq. Without That, Airstrikes Would Be A Further Waste In A Land In Which We've Already Squandered Far, Far Too Much.

Random Violence Is Incredibly Infectious

It’s Time For A 21st-century Abolitionist Movement In The U.s And Around The World.

Sandy Was Particularly Destructive Because It Was Prevented From Moving Back Out To Sea By A "blocking Pattern" Associated With The Jet Stream. There's Debate About This, But One Recent Study Suggested That Melting Sea Ice In The Arctic May Lead To Such Blocking.