Day November 3, 2005

Hurricanes and climate change

From The Union of Concerned Scientists Hurricanes have always bedeviled the Gulf Coast states, but global warming is making matters worse. Sea level is rising and will continue to rise as oceans warm and glaciers melt. Rising sea levels means…

Paris rioting enters second week

More cars and shops have been set alight in Paris’ suburbs, as youths rioted for an eight consecutive night. Paris-area riots gain dangerous momentum A week of riots in poor neighborhoods outside Paris gained dangerous new momentum Thursday, with youths…

Only if we can cut off his tongue

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has suggested that those who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on television. Another panelist on the show, Howard Rosenberg, a state university system regent, responded by saying that cutting off…

French youths open fire on police

French youths fired at police and burned over 300 cars last night as towns around Paris experienced their worst night of violence in a week of urban unrest. After seven nights of escalating unrest, this is now becoming an open…