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Gov. Lynch's Constitutional Amendment Warm and Fuzzy -- and Wrong
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch's proposed constitutional amendment, intended to solve the state's education funding crisis, is an irresponsible political ruse to avoid the unpopular issue of school funding. See full story
In the Age of YouTube, Everybody's a Filmmaker
“First films are now what first novels used to be. Everybody's got one.” That was something the writer and filmmaker John Sayles said to me a couple of years ago. He was in Strafford to do a reading of his fiction. We'd worked together in theater and film over the years, so we met up, and of course we talked shop. See full story
Vermont's Unrealistic Plan to Reduce CO2
Any strategy to counteract global warming must make it possible to stabilize, not just to lower, greenhouse gases to safe levels. The goal should be to curb emissions so that concentrations in the atmosphere return to normal levels and stay there. Thus, the acid test for any climate change mitigation scheme should be: Are the proposed reductions grounded in a scientific plan for restoring greenhouse gases to safe and stable levels? Not all reductions will do that. See full story
Previously in BACKTALK
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4/22/07
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