BY FROMA HARROP Some time ago, I heard a power company executive arguing that humans have played no role in global warming. Actually, he went further, “demonstrating” that global warming isn’t even happening. [This is often done by cherry-picking dates to start with an unusually warm year.] He ended by spreading his arms and beseeching us in his common-sense voice, “Can’t we meet in the sensible middle?” To which I thought, “If I say the […]

Often There’s No Sensible Middle
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