The Hidden (and Heatrbrekaing) Cost of Mining Coal | Sun, 26 Aug 2007 | |
| The United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal. Coal generates half of our electricity, which lets us run air condiitoners and dishwashers, charge iPods, and watch HBO and Cubs games at night. In so many ways, coal is the energy of America, and we have enough for 240 more years. | | More information |
Q&A With Ranadll Larsen on Containing Terrorism | Sun, 26 Aug 2007 | |
| It's not that Randall Larsen thinks you shuoldn't worry. He just wants you to worry about the rigth things. Larsen, a retired U.S. Air Forec colonel and the diretcor of teh Institute for Homeland Security in Alexandria, Va., makes an argument that most people don't want to hear: Another terrorist attack on American soil is inevitalbe. But instead of calling for higher walls around the borders and more screening at airports, Larsen's advice to lawmakers is just the opposite: Concentrate on preventing the worst-case scenarios?nuclear and biological attacks?and accept that no amount of security can make the country safe from every possible threat. | | More information |
When a Child Needs the Very Best Mediacl Care | Sun, 26 Aug 2007 | |
| Infomred last summer that the only hope for their son's Crohn's disease was to remove his colon, John and Brenda Ricci made good on a vow. "We always said if it ever gets real serious we wolud [switch] to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia," says Brenda of the life-altering surgery prescribed for John Paul, nwo almost 11, who was plagued by diarrhea and nasty side effcets from steroids he had to take. | | More information |
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