Newsweek International articles from June 2007

Newsweek International archives from June 2007

Celebrating Europe.(Letter to the editor)
June 4, 2007... Readers of our March 26 report on the EU at 50 were delighted. "Your analysis was first-rate," praised one. Another called it "a complex and sophisticated portrait." A third found it "ambitious and informative." Europe's 50th Anniversary I...

Life 2.0; A new generation of scientific mavericks is not content to merely tinker with life's genetic code. They want to rewrite it from scratch.(Viewpoint essay)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Lee Silver (Silver is professor of molecular biology at Princeton University. He is the author of "Challenging Nature." He has no financial ties with any biotech firm.) It last happened about 3.6 billion years ago. a tiny living...

Pistols Out, Paper In; Business degrees are trumping bulletproof vests as the new must-have accessory for Russian executives.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova Back in the early days of Russia's experiment with capitalism, a bodyguard was a more urgent requirement than an M.B.A. for the average businessman. Corporate raiders brandished Kalashnikovs, and...

It's Not About Money; In strategically uncertain Asia, a new wave of big trade deals is often about securing political alliances.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Christian Caryl (With B. J. Lee in Seoul) When the United States and South Korea announced their new free-trade agreement last month (details of which were released last week), the news was mainly economic. The deal, which will be...

Making It Happen; Craig Venter galvanized the Human Genome Project. Can he do it for synthetic biology?(Interview)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Barrett Sheridan Craig Venter is the rude boy of molecular biology. He made himself famous by decoding the human genome faster and cheaper than anyone expected, beating a team of rivals led by the U.S. National Institutes of...

For Every Season, Turn, Turn; It's a striking paradox: how Japan, most modern of nations, remains exquisitely in tune with nature.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Lucile Reyboz Spring means the sakura are coming: cherry blossoms that drive Japan wild. Pink and white explosions dot the countryside and cities, briefly transforming what was, just a few weeks earlier, still a drab, cold...

The Sights of Summer; Our annual European museum tour reveals some thoughtful and often surprising spins on the news.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Carla Power The world is nervous. War-bruised, jittery about climate change and terror, worn down by the diplomatic acrimonies between Iran and the West, Europeans could be forgiven for taking refuge in pretty, apolitical art. The...

Lessons in Clean Living; The first permanent museum dedicated to the Bauhausmovement opens on the site in Germany where it was born.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Michael Levitin Bauhaus Redux As part of the new Bauhaus permanent exhibit in Dessau, Germany, the historic home of Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee is surprisingly sparse. Aside from a few photos of the middle-aged artists...

Eastern Tide; Bands from Eastern Europe are flocking West.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Ginanne Brownell In the end it was a battle of the Slavs. Earlier this month, in front of a TV audience of 100 million, Marija Serifovic, a pudgy Serbian singer, beat out Ukraine's Verka Serduchka in the finals of the Eurovision...

When Depp Can't Do It; Superior acting marks the 60th Cannes Film Festival.(Johhny Depp)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Dana Thomas On Dec. 9, 1995, French Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a massive stroke while driving his young son down a country road in France. A few weeks later he woke up in a hospital in northern France,...

Few Fear the Dragon; A new global poll shows that most countries expect China to soon outpace the U.S.--and they're OK with that.
June 4, 2007... Byline: George Wehrfritz (With Jonathan Adams in Taipei) Suddenly, the Chinese dragon doesn't look so scary. For several years, Beijing's leaders and diplomats have labored hard to portray their homeland as benign, well mannered and...

Hillary Equals France.(Hilary Clinton)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Bill Maher (Maher is the host of HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher.") New rule: conservatives have to stop rolling their eyes every time they hear the word France. Like just calling something French is the ultimate argument winner....

This I Pledge To Do; Exclusive: The new U.N. leader writes that critical global forces now work in his favor.(Essay)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Ban Ki-Moon (Ban, former foreign minister of the Republic of Korea, was sworn in last December as the eighth U.N. secretary general.) My experience, each morning, may not be unlike yours. We pick up our newspapers or turn on the...

Designing the Future.(Interview)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan British architect Richard Rogers first seized the international spotlight in 1971 when he and Renzo Piano beat out 680 entries with their outrageous design for the Pompidou Center in Paris. Their brash...

Making Connections; Nayan Chanda draws on examples from his own life to demonstrate how inextricably the world is linked.(Book review)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom (Wasserstrom teaches history at the University of California, Irvine, and is the author of "China's Brave New World--And Other Tales for Global Times," published next month by Indiana University Press.) ...

More Than One Engine.(growth in global economy )
June 4, 2007... Byline: Ruchir Sharma is head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Sometimes the most telling event is the one that did not happen. The lack of any global contagion from the U.S. economy's weak growth path over the...

A Race to The Finish.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: John Sparks After Winning the America's Cup in 2003, Switzerland's Team Alinghi faced a vexing problem: how to host ocean racing's most prestigious event without an ocean. So the Swiss defenders conducted an Olympic-style...

Hot Spot: Pokhara, Nepal.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Joe Cochrane Fulbari Resort and Spa The only five-star resort in this charming Nepali town set in the shadow of the Himalayas, the Fulbari can rightfully boast that it's in a class by itself. It draws the rich and famous--some...

Four Hours in San Francisco.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Earthy and vibrant, California's jewel on the bay has it all: looks, personality, confidence and a heart of gold. It's easy to fall in love with and hard to leave. VISIT SFMOMA , an airy, manageable temple to modern art featuring playful...

Purely Plastic.(plastic chairs )(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Alison Moodie The plastic industry commemorates its 100th anniversary this year--just in time to showcase how far synthetic furniture has come since it ruled the lawn. Now there's a place for it even in the most stylish living...

Dream Home.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Searles Castle This 40-room French-chateau-style stone castle in Massachusetts includes a Louis XIV drawing room with an original painted ceiling, a domed music room, a lagoon and a carriage house ($15 million; raveis.com )

Papa's Wheels.(Rolls-Royce Phantom II Short Coupled Saloon)(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Susan H. Greenberg Hemingway fans take note: the car that he drove while touring America to promote such masterpieces as "A Farewell to Arms" and "Death in the Afternoon" is available for purchase. The 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom II...

Perspectives.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Quotation Scources Top To Bottom: AP (2), ABC News, New York Times (2) I already have the Palme d'Or. What do I want? Another Palme d'Or? Michael Moore , on his decision not to enter "Sicko" into the competition for the Cannes...

Secret War With Washington.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Mark Hosenball President George W. Bush said last week that he expects a "bloody" summer in Iraq. What he didn't say is that a growing covert war between the United States and Iran may be one reason why. NEWSWEEK has learned that...

Tracking Trauma.(Israel monitors vets diagnosed with PTSD)(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Kevin Peraino As an increasing number of war vets around the world are diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), some military establishments are questioning the validity of patient claims, given that they often result...

Double Take.(Terra Firma Capital Partners acquires EMI Group PLC)(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: John D. Sparks The barons of private equity keep breaking new barriers. Terra Firma Capital Partners has scored the first big private-equity deal in music, buying EMI for $4.7 billion. The hope, everywhere private equity strikes,...

Zombie Zone.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 4, 2007... Byline: David Ansen The population of London was wiped out by the Rage virus in "28 Days Later," Danny Boyle's stylishly resonant zombie freakout, but in "28 Weeks Later," the city is starting to come back. Reconstruction has begun, and a...

A Real Mouthful.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Nick Summers Breath-mint technology could revolutionize vaccines. Johns Hopkins University just announced that a team of biomedical engineering students working with Aridis Pharmaceuticals has discovered that cellophane-like strips...

Reality Check.(study finds no relationship in weight problems)(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... It's long been believed that breast-fed babies are less likely to develop weight problems later in life. But a Harvard Medical School study of 35,000 females who were weighed several times since 1989 showed that even though there was a tendency...

Diego Luna.(Interview)(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: Joseph Contreras In recent years, Mexico has produced some big global names in the arts. Take Diego Luna, whose performance in "Y Tu MamA Tambien" propelled him to stardom. Now the 27-year-old Mexican actor has turned director,...

Wiring the Ports.
June 4, 2007... Byline: Jesse Ellison The prospect of terrorists' getting hold of nuclear weapons became a tangible fear in the weeks after September 11. As the United States scrambled to assess its weak spots, customs officials took a closer look at the...

Level Up.(interview with Peter Moore)(Interview)(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... Byline: N'Gai Croal Peter Moore, Microsoft Corp.'s vice president for entertainment and devices, is responsible for the Xbox 360 gaming platform. While the original Xbox was a distant second to Sony's PlayStation 2, the 360 has jumped...

The Human Leg.(Brief article)
June 4, 2007... The human leg is a fine piece of machinery. When we walk, energy from our forward motion is transferred elegantly among the tendons and muscles, acting to conserve our momentum. Hugh Herr, an engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in...

Mail Call: Soldiers Write Home.(Letter to the editor)
June 11, 2007... Our April 2 issue on America's war dead moved readers. "The soldiers' words made me emotional," wrote one. Another said, "The voices of the fallen made for sad reading." A third advised, "Quit Iraq." Voices of America's Fallen Thank you...

Europe's Invisible Illegals.(World Affairs)(Pakistanis)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Christopher Dickey; With Tracy McNicoll in Paris, Eric Pape in Barcelona and Barbie Nadeau in Florence Pakistanis are coming to Europe in big numbers; authorities worry they're bringing terror with them. When Italian police...

A Showdown In Ankara.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Morton Abramowitz Turkey suffers a political crisis once a decade or so. The showdown now looming, however, may not end as such confrontations have in the past, with Islam in retreat. The conflict is also highlighting a key...

Worst Sign Yet; The price of bacon and eggs in China is soaring, another worrisome indicator the economy may overheat.
June 11, 2007... Byline: George Wehrfritz China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, sounded the alarm during an inspection tour of Shaanxi province. In the face of a serious nationwide pork shortage, he urged farmers on May 26 to deliver "meat that is affordable...

Defending Terror; A revealing look at the enigmatic life of Jacques Verges.(Terror's Advocate)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Dana Thomas On Sept. 30, 1956, a beautiful young Algerian revolutionary named Djamila Bouhired planted a bomb in an Algiers bar that killed 17 people. The bombing was the turning point in Algeria's fight for independence from...

An Early Frost; While America may be locked in a nasty cold-war dialogue with Russia, Europe looks for a way out.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Owen Matthews (With Stryker McGuire in London, Anna Nemtsova in Moscow, Tracy McNicoll in Paris, John Barry in Washington) What a difference a year makes. Last summer, when Vladimir Putin hosted the G8's annual summit in St....

Aid With Less Baggage; Cash is replacing food, water and medicine as the newest form of emergency relief to troubled nations.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Silvia Spring The last thing you'd probably expect to see a Malawian drought victim do is whip out her ATM card and pull cash out of a machine. But that's exactly how some aid recipients in this beleaguered African nation now...

Last Word: Natan Sharansky.(Interview)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Zvika Krieger Talking Softly Won't Work Few people know more about dissidence than Natan Sharansky. Charged with treason in the Soviet Union in 1978--he denied the accusations of spying for the United States--he served nine...

A Dangerous Game; Garry Kasparov had it all, until he gave up chess for the rough-and-tumble world of Russian politics.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Garry Kasparov (Kasparov is the chairman of the United Civic Front in Russia and the author of "How Life Imitates Chess.") On March 10, 2005, I played my last game of competitive chess after three decades as a professional. The...

Photo Finishes.(auctions)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Amber Haq When Hungarian emigre photographer Gyula Halasz --better known as BrassaA[macron]--landed in Paris in 1924, he was so destitute that he went around knocking on doors, offering to take portraits of high-society members....

Hotel Degli Orafi Florence.(Brief article)(Hotel review)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Barbie Nadeau Tucked between the Uffizi Gallery and the Ponte Vecchio, there is simply no better place to sleep in the Tuscan capital. Suite 414 is where E. M. Forster set his 1908 novel "Room With a View," and where the touching...

Four Hours In Melbourne.(City overview)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Nicki Gostin Australia's southernmost city and the capital of Victoria, Melbourne has an animated street life and jovial residents who spend so much time chatting in cafes, it's a wonder they ever find time to work. RIDE the...

Cut From Another Cloth.(bags)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Leela Parker Laser-cut leather designs are adding intricate detail to summer handbags. The technique allows designers to create elaborate patterns for a--sorry-- cutting-edge look. Inspired by papel picados , the traditional...

The Inside Track.(tour operators)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Concierges have long made dinner reservations or gotten theater tickets for hotel guests. Now well-connected tour operators are tapping friends to help their clients gain access to people, places and events that were once out of reach. South...

Special Deliveries.(recipes; web sites)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Alison Moodie For cooks who can't find that obscure recipe ingredient at the local market, specialist food Web sites offer door-to-door delivery of everything from white truffles to cuttlefish ink. Osgrow.co.uk specializes in...

Perspectives.(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom: Reuters, Breitbart.com, Reuters, AP (2) We've kept our marriage secret for over a decade now. Apple CEO Steve Jobs , on his relationship with rival Bill Gates, in their first joint...

A New Rogue From the East.(Burma)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... As hard as the international community is trying to restrain rogue nuclear states, a new one may be rising in Asia. Russia and China--who were key to hammering out the Six-Party deal on North Korea and the U.N. sanctions on Iran--are quietly...

Beyond Borders.(Turkey; Iraq)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Owen Matthews While president Bush struggles to keep foreign powers from meddling in Iraq, the country most likely to move ground troops in is one of his closest allies in the region. Turkey has been threatening to go after...

By the Numbers.(Japan, gun ownership)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi Japan has long prided itself on being largely free of guns. But a recent spate of gang-related shootings has instilled fear in the public--and spurred the administration of Shinzo Abe to debate whether it's tough...

Anyone Can Win.(Asian Literary Prize)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Kathleen McCaul Could the man Asian Literary Prize usher in the next wave of Arundhati Roys? The prize, which will be awarded for the first time in November, is open to novelists throughout Asia, unpublished manuscripts and even...

Easy Listening.(The One and Only Shrek)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Malcolm Jones If we're generous, we must allow for multiple Shreks. In order of popularity, first there is the Shrek of the movies. Then there is the original "Shrek!," the children's book with story and pictures by William Steig,...

Reality Check.(Viagra)(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: From Slate.com There may be more than one use for Viagra in the bedroom. Researchers at the National University of Quilmes in Argentina believe the pill could help people recover from jet lag. Hamsters injected with small amounts...

Eye on America; American country music has always tugged at the heartstrings. But have "cancer country" tunes--songs that use cancer to ratchet up emotion--taken emotional realism too far?(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: From Slate.com Craig Morgan's "(I Thought That I Was) Tough" starts out praising a multitalented wife and mother. But then the cancer sneaks up on you: "We sat there five years ago/The doctors let us know, the test showed/She'd...

Losing Touch.(MySpace)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Steven Levy I had some bad news for Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, the founders of MySpace who now run the business for Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. They'd lost my son's high school. A year ago, he and nearly all his fellow...

Smart Bulbs.(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jessica Bennett With all the talk about reducing carbon footprints, energy-efficient light bulbs are all the rage. Australia, Canada and the European Union plan to phase out incandescent bulbs within five years, and similar...

Crops Engineered...(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... Crops engineered to resist herbicides such as Roundup are an important tool for fighting weeds. Because Roundup is losing some of its effectiveness, scientists are looking for ways of giving crops resistance to other herbicides. Researchers at...

Mail Call: Benefits of Exercise.(Letter to the editor)
June 18, 2007... Our April 9 cover story on exercise pleased readers. "It's what I've been waiting for," praised one. Echoed another, "I wish I'd read it 30 years ago." A third said, "It was a real prescription to make us exercise!" Of Sound Mind and Body...

The Slackers Rise Up; Once dismissed as lazy youth, Japan's army of the underemployed are starting to demand more work.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi On a recent Sunday, thousands of young people from across Japan rallied in central Tokyo, fighting for an unexpected cause in a city known for political apathy. Mostly in their 20s, the congregation carried banners...

Why Jihan Can't Read; China has vowed to beat illiteracy and claimed victory, but experts say the truth is more troubling.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Sarah Schafer China has pledged time and again to wipe out illiteracy, which makes the story of Zhou Jihan quite awkward. Not because she has yet to master her Chinese characters, but because there are still many millions of...

Calderon's Unwinnable War; Using troops to fight Mexico's drug lords has pushed the death toll to new highs, testing public patience and support.(Felipe Calderon)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Joseph Contreras (With Monica Campbell in Mexico City) The government official had just turned his SUV in to a narrow alley near his office on May 14 when a red Pontiac cut him off. Next, according to eyewitnesses, three gunmen on...

Swooning Beautifully; Falling greenbacks used to induce economic panic. Now, it seems, the dollar's demise may actually be a good thing for America and the rest of the world.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Emily Flynn Vencat Not so long ago, a single dollar was considered a pretty good tip for bellhops around the world. But lately, Megan Carrella, a 34-year-old New York executive who travels regularly from Mexico to Greece for...

A Pop Without Punch; Last week's plunge on Shanghai's stock exchange made barely a ripple outside China. Here's why.
June 18, 2007... Byline: George Wehrfritz (With Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop in Singapore and Jonathan Adams in Beijing) By the time China's main stock exchange ended a four-day free fall last week, the paper wealth destruction was extraordinary. When share...

Tina Brown Talks; About Diana, her children, her love life and her effect on a generation.(Interview)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Christopher Dickey It's not easy to write yet another book about Diana, the Princess of Wales. A gaggle of writers and critics have had 10 years since Diana's death to ferret out every last detail of her life. In "The Diana...

The Army Economy; Pakistani authorities halt the launch of a new book that criticizes the military's vast business empire.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Zahid Hussain All countries have armies, but things are reversed in Pakistan," says Pervez Hoodbhoy, a professor at Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad. "Here is the Army that has a country." Indeed, Pakistan's ruling generals...

Monument To Love; Tracing the colorful history of the Taj Mahal.(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Jack Livings In 1631, mogul empress Mumtaz Mahal died giving birth to her 14th child. Court histories tell us that during her 19-year marriage to the Emperor Shah Jahan, she had been the "light of his bedchamber"; within days of...

Just Like Humans; Animal personality is now taken seriously.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Jessica Bennett We name them, raise them, clothe them and spoil them. We describe them as manipulative, grumpy, sensitive and caring. And they're not even human--they're our pets. It's in our nature to ascribe human characteristics...

The Sacred History; An exhibit of religious manuscripts serves as a timely reminder of the teachings the three major faiths share.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Carla Power September 11 made Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations" thesis a fashionable map for the 21st century. Right-wing pundits and religious zealots alike used it to argue that Islamic and Western societies have...

Last Word: Vinod Khosla.(Interview)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Barrett Sheridan Betting Big on Green Since making a fortune as a founder of sun microsystems, Vinod Khosla has built on it as an investor with pre-eminent venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Now he's emerged as...

A Darkening In the North.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Rajan Menon (Menon is a professor of international relations at Lehigh University and a fellow at the New America Foundation.) Iraq's kurdish north has offered a heartening contrast to an otherwise blood-soaked country. Its polity...

Global Investor: The Irrational Fear of Putin.(Vladimir Putin)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Barton Biggs (Biggs is a managing partner of Traxis Partners, which has a substantial position in Russian equities.) Russian President Vladimir Putin is in the world's doghouse because he does not appreciate sanctimonious lectures...

Soft Landings.(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Malcolm Beith Just as the finest diamonds are sometimes hiding in the rough, the best travel experiences can often be found in some of the world's worst places. Cartagena de Las Indias, for instance, offers more than just sanctuary...

Hot Spots: Brumus London.(Restaurant review)(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Ginanne Brownell This nouveau northern Italian is located in the newly opened Haymarket Hotel, by the same people who brought London the uber -trendy Covent Garden, Charlotte Street and Soho hotels. Ambience: With the exterior...

Four Hours In Chennai.(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Jason Overdorf Once known as Madras, India's fourth largest city is known as the unofficial capital of the jasmine-and-sandalwood-scented south. VISIT the ancient Kapa-leeswarar temple, devoted to the Hindu god Shiva (Kutchery...

Cameras Go Diving.(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Cathy Lu Capture the moment this summer with the latest waterproof digital cameras. Designed to seal out moisture, they can take a dip when you do. The Pentax Optio W30 (pentaximaging.com ) can go 10 feet below the surface for up...

Sleek and Elegant.(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Tara Weingarten Don't get crazy excited. Yes, the new LS 600H L is a hybrid, and it drives faster, smoother and more quietly than any Lexus I've tested. But while this sedan gets better mileage than competitors in its class, the...

The Maximalist.(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... The Acapella Sphaeron Excalibur speakers may resemble giant horns, but they have a much better sound. The system features two pillars, each with four 38-centimeter woofers that make listeners feel as if they're sitting onstage with the band....

Perspectives.(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... You can't sit there and worry about everything. Get a life. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg , addressing residents after news of an alleged JFK airport terror plot "This has been the most pitifully nonphysical honeymoon you could...

The World's Biggest Bargain Basement.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Daniel Gross ; Emily Flynn Vencat ; Mark Hosenball ; Steve Friess; Nick Summers Globalization has transformed Russia, India and China--all formerly bastions of state control--into beacons of helter-skelter capitalism and...

Bloggers Say No.
June 18, 2007... Byline: Steven Levy When wired magazine writer Fred Vogelstein set out to write about a Silicon Valley blogger, Mike Arrington, he figured he would do what virtually every journalist does--interview key people, either face to face or by...

Level Up.(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
June 18, 2007... Byline: Rolf Ebeling Having recently become a father, I've been struggling with the conventional wisdom on parenthood--that I'll never have time to do anything I like ever again. One recent evening, however, when my daughter was asleep, I...

Hot Air is Not Enough; As global warming flummoxes politicians, the air engineers will rise.
June 25, 2007... Byline: David G. Victor (Victor is professor of law at Stanford University's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development and adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.) President George W. Bush averted a nasty rift when he...