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Scientists Detail Severe Future Impacts of Climate Change

By Tiffany Stecker and ClimateWire Scientific American
At a U.S. Senate hearing, scientists warned that New Orleans, Florida and other places will be radically transformed if global warming is allowed to continue unabated.

Downton and Downward

Timothy Egan The New York Times
Is the U.S. a less upwardly mobile society than Britain a century ago?

Israel and Syria: Behind the Bombs

Conn Hallinan Dispatches from the Edge
Why did Israel launch an air attack on Syria on January 29th? There is no evidence that the attack had anything to do with the SA-17, which, in any case, both Tel Aviv and Washington know would not pose any real danger to Israel. So what are some other possible reasons for the attack?