Various media have been reporting that in the Arctic about a million more square miles of ocean are covered in ice this August than just last year. This is apparently an increase of 60 percent. August is usually a low point in the annual cycle, … [Read more...] about Arctic Sea Ice Back
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Open Thread
We must abandon completely the naive faith that school automatically liberates the mind and serves the cause of human progress; in fact, we know that it may serve any cause. [It] may serve tyranny as well as truth, war as well as peace, death as well … [Read more...] about Open Thread