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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Methane is a green-house gas of importance, and methane is also carbon-based, so it makes sense to call it a carbon problem.
Here is my ignorance-based pet peeve, I will post it here instead of write a letter:
"Steep learning curve"
A learning curve is not something you climb. It is an X-Y relationship between time spent learning and the amount learned in that time. A steep learning curve means you lear a lot in a short amount of time. Guess what: this is desirable, it is good if you can learn a lot in a short amount of time! A steep learning curve is good! It is not something you climb!
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Salon headlines in your mailbox
