Yearly Archives: 2018

In ‘Jurassic World,’ a Dino-sized Animal-rights Parable 

The dinosaurs of “Jurassic Park” are many things. They are special-effects wonders. They are unruly house guests. And they are some of the biggest, most foot-stomping metaphors around.  Since Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original, the dinos of “Jurassic Park” — many of them not light on their feet to be begin with — have been weighed down with meanings that sometimes …

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Harry Kane and A Tale of Two Englands

Alan Burdick writes about the World Cup match between Tunisia and England, a vibrant if inexperienced side led by its striker and captain, Harry Kane.

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Stocks extend slide, yen up as Sino-U.S. trade dispute escalates

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks extended a global downturn on Tuesday, while the safe-haven yen rose as U.S. President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on Chinese goods in an escalating tit-for-tat trade war between the world’s two biggest economies that has rattled financial markets.

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Warned 30 Years Ago, Global Warming ‘Is in Our Living Room’

We were warned. On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn’t approaching — it had already arrived. The testimony of the top NASA scientist, said Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley, was “the opening salvo of the age of climate change.” Thirty years later, it’s clear that Hansen and …

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