Copyright 2008 The New York Sun Thu, 15 May 2008 04:47:04 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Articles from the Opinion Section of The New York Sun. http://www2.nysun.com/section/31 istoll@nysun.com (Ira Stoll) webmaster@nysun.com en-us JOHN McWHORTER http://www2.nysun.com/opinion/race-as-a-sport/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST Let me get this straight. When Hillary Clinton says that a reason to vote for her is that her popularity with the white working class would make her a more viable opponent against John McCain, she's playing the race card. It's more of the dirty tricks that those Clintons are so reviled for. Nonsense is the polite word for this; there are other worse ones. Senator Clinton's refusal to exit the race is distinctly unseemly, but this business of tarring her as socially undesirable for what she said... EVAN STEWART http://www2.nysun.com/opinion/governments-abuse-of-lawsuits/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST Some people, perhaps many, thought that aggressive governmental prosecutions had turned a page when Eliot Spitzer went from being New York's Attorney General to occupying the governor's chair. Not so. The 800 lb. gorilla named Mr. Spitzer may be gone, but there are many other gorillas that are just as big and just as mean. Sure, the Justice Department seems to have learned its lesson from the Arthur Andersen mess — why destroy a company by indicting the entity and putting 90,000 people out of... DANIEL JOHNSON http://www2.nysun.com/opinion/cool-look-at-global-warming-for-america/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST Watching the U.S. election from afar, it has been instructive to see how the issue of global warming has collided with the economic crisis. Crudely, the question of Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama could come down to whether you care more about gas prices than you do about the green agenda. It is not clear that the Gores and Schwarzeneggers are winning the argument, now that tough choices must be made. But whoever becomes president, environmental sceptics will have a tougher time even... CAROLINE BAUM http://www2.nysun.com/opinion/commodity-bubble/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST Anyone watching the parabolic rise in commodity prices the last six months has got to be wondering what's going on. Crude oil seems to set a record every day. The price of rice, which did nothing for two decades, more than doubled in the past year. Wheat prices are up 90%; soybeans 50%. Copper prices are up 26% since the start of the year as housing, a major consumer of the metal, implodes. Yes, I know. I've read the explanations about soaring demand for raw materials from countries like China... BJORN LOMBORG http://www2.nysun.com/opinion/cool-look-at-global-warming-for-mccain/ Wed, 14 May 2008 23:46:22 EST Senator McCain gave a speech on Monday addressing the threat of man-made global warming. He joined Senators Clinton and Obama in pushing for a swifter reduction in carbon emissions. Recently, Mr. McCain's daughter told GQ magazine that her dad is "freaked out" by climate change. Unfortunately, "freaking out" stops us from seeing the big picture. The Earth is warming, and we are causing it, but that is not the whole story. Mr. McCain worries that global warming means more heat waves will claim...