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<i><font size="+2"><b>March 19, 2022</b></font></i><br>
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<i>[ Always talking about the weather ]</i><br>
<b>It’s 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica.
Scientists are flabbergasted.</b><br>
‘This event is completely unprecedented and upended our expectations
about the Antarctic climate system,’ one expert said<br>
By Jason Samenow and Kasha Patel <br>
March 18, 2022<br>
The coldest location on the planet has experienced an episode of
warm weather this week unlike any ever observed, with temperatures
over the eastern Antarctic ice sheet soaring 50 to 90 degrees above
normal. The warmth has smashed records and shocked scientists...<br>
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The average high temperature in Vostok — at the center of the
eastern ice sheet — is around minus-63 (minus-53 Celsius) in March.
But on Friday, the temperature leaped to zero (minus-17.7 Celsius),
the warmest it’s been there during March since record keeping began
65 years ago. It broke the previous monthly record by a staggering
27 degrees (15 Celsius)...<br>
--<br>
The historically high temperatures in Antarctica follow a pulse of
exceptional warmth on the planet’s opposite end. On Wednesday,
temperatures near the North Pole catapulted 50 degrees above normal,
close to the melting point.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/18/antarctica-heat-wave-climate-change/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/18/antarctica-heat-wave-climate-change/</a><br>
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[ another from the Washington Post ]<br>
<b>Biden’s chance to tackle climate change is fading amid global
energy upheaval</b><br>
High fuel prices have led to calls for a supercharged clean energy
transition, but Democrats still lack a legislative strategy to
advance their climate agenda<br>
By Anna Phillips and Tony Romm <br>
March 18, 2022...<br>
- -<br>
“I worry all the time we’re going to miss this moment to take bold
action on climate,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) said in an interview
Thursday. “Taking steps right now to lower energy prices for
Americans … I think is a good thing. But that’s not going to be a
real solution if we don’t come up with long-term solutions.”<br>
<br>
Sustained opposition by Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) has bogged
down a bill that includes about $300 billion of tax credits for
wind, solar and nuclear energy producers and other incentives to
boost the clean hydrogen and battery storage industries.<br>
<br>
Last month, Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden (Ore.), Patty Murray (Wash.)
and Thomas R. Carper (Del.) — who oversee key tax, education, and
health and environment committees — each tried to engage Manchin in
formal, detailed negotiations, according to two people familiar with
the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the
private outreach. But Manchin wouldn’t engage, they said: His focus
remained fixed on other fiscal matters and on curbing inflation...<br>
- -<br>
On Thursday, the left-leaning Congressional Progressive Caucus
issued a litany of recommendations for Biden to act unilaterally,
stressing that the country no longer can wait on Congress. The list
included ending subsidies for fossil fuels and declaring a “national
climate emergency.”<br>
<br>
“It is a myth you could drill and suddenly lower oil prices,” said
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the caucus’s leader, adding that
climate investments would instead “show the world that is the
direction we need to move.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/03/18/russian-energy-ukraine-climate-change/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/03/18/russian-energy-ukraine-climate-change/</a><br>
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<i>[</i><i> opinion with global warming, everything is connected --
"inimical" adjective - tending to obstruct or harm.</i><i><br>
</i><i>"actions inimical to our interests" audio podcast ]</i><br>
<b>PLAYING WITH FIRE: RUSSIA, UKRAINE AND THE GEOPOLITICS OF ENERGY</b><br>
March 18th, 2022 - Greg Dalton in Climate One<br>
The past several weeks have shaken the world order and given us a
lot to process all at once. The IPCC released its latest report the
same day the U.S. Supreme Court heard the most environmentally
significant case in a decade, all while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
is dominating headlines and policy agendas.<br>
West Virginia v. EPA deals with the central ability of the U.S.
federal government to respond to carbon pollution. Erwin
Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, says there's a huge range of
possible outcomes on the case, ranging from the court dismissing it
because there’s no regulation being challenged to ruling on the
breadth of the EPA’s authority to reduce emissions.<br>
“West Virginia argues in this case that the Supreme Court should
find that the broad delegation of power to the Environmental
Protection Agency is unconstitutional…If the Supreme Court were to
say that Congress can't give agencies broad authority to deal with
problems, it would put the EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act
and other statutes in jeopardy, but it would put in jeopardy the
authority of every federal agency.”<br>
Oral arguments in the case were heard on the same day that the IPCC
released its latest assessment report, which says nations aren’t
doing nearly enough to protect people from the climate disruption
we’ve already seen – like droughts, fires, rising sea levels – let
alone from the greater hazards we expect as warming continues. If we
don’t decarbonize more quickly, we are likely to see changes faster
than we can adapt to them.<br>
UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the report as “an
atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate
leadership.”<br>
All this comes as Russia continues its war on Ukraine, which could
impact the global energy system for decades.<br>
Russia’s economy is heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Just last
year, the EU was getting about 25% of its oil and 45% of its gas
from Russia. Since WWII, the dominant thinking has been that trade
among nations promotes economic interdependence and reduces the
chances of armed conflict. But Amy Myers Jaffe, managing director of
the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University, says Russia’s invasion
of Ukraine is disproving that view:<br>
“For those who were not on board with the speed and pace of change
we needed from the climate emergency, many of those citizens are now
understanding that this high dependence on Russian oil or oil from
other countries that might be inimical to Western democracy, that
this is a problem,” she says.<br>
Europe is now faced with trying to move away from Russian fossil
fuels quickly. One option could be more liquid natural gas from the
U.S., which would require building new expensive and environmentally
controversial LNG terminals. Jaffe says there are ways to reduce the
carbon emissions from methane gas production in the U.S., and we
could also explore new tools like virtual power plants – installing
batteries and solar panels across a region that a utility can tap
into at times of high demand.<br>
As gasoline prices rise, President Biden has been pressured to ramp
up domestic drilling – even though that would not lower short-term
gasoline prices set by global markets. Biden did release oil from
the strategic reserve to help temporarily. But he rejects the notion
that the U.S. should relax environmental protections to boost
drilling. He says we should instead accelerate the transition to
more renewable energy sources.<br>
High gas prices will almost certainly cause additional pain for
Democrats in the midterms. But Jaffe says those who can should also
reconsider their own use of fossil fuels: “We're in a war. We can
feel like that war is far away and doesn't involve us, but…that
involvement means we need to reduce how much oil is used in the
world.”<br>
“When you think about the climate emergency and you think about
wanting to support democracy in Europe, the action is the same,” she
says. “You need to think about ways to reduce your carbon footprint,
which are also ways that are going to reduce the amount of money
going to Russia. All of those things are the same. We're waiting for
someone to do it outside, or we could do it ourselves.”<br>
Listen now <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/8d3pjj/k7tzj3v/cttr3ib">https://t.e2ma.net/click/8d3pjj/k7tzj3v/cttr3ib</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.climateone.org/audio/playing-fire-russia-ukraine-and-geopolitics-energy">https://www.climateone.org/audio/playing-fire-russia-ukraine-and-geopolitics-energy</a><br>
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<i>[commentary on Supreme Court about to rule ]</i><br>
<b>Erwin Chemerinsky: </b>There's a huge range of possible
outcomes. One is the court will dismiss the case as certiorari
improvidently granted, realizing there's no regulation being
challenged. So there's no need for a decision. Another possible
outcome is the court could write an opinion saying that there's no
standing at this point because West Virginia, the coal companies
aren't injured. Or the Supreme Court could find there is standing to
review the DC circuit decision. Chief Justice Roberts seemed to
indicate he thinks so at the oral argument, and then the court would
construe the EPA’s authority. And if it does that, the question is,
will they do so narrowly, as West Virginia and the coal companies
want, saying that the EPA can regulate only within the fence line of
the power plant, or would it take the position of the DC circuit and
the Obama administration that the EPA has much broader authority to
have the best reduction in emissions. The court could have even go
further than that. There's briefs that were filed in this case, West
Virginia argues in this case that the Supreme Court should find that
the broad delegation of power to the environmental protection agency
is unconstitutional. If the Supreme Court goes there, it could put
in jeopardy countless federal statutes in the environmental and
other areas. There's also a lot of discussion about the so-called
major questions doctrine. What is a major question? What does it
mean if it's a major question? When is it that only Congress can
rule on major questions? So all of these are before the court and
depending on what the court decides, it could be a relatively
unimportant case or one of the most significant in our lifetime.<br>
<br>
<b>Greg Dalton: </b>And that significance being that if it really
curtails the EPA’s ability to address greenhouse gasses.<br>
<br>
<b>Erwin Chemerinsky:</b> If the Supreme Court were to say that
Congress can't give agencies broad authority to deal with problems,
it would put the EPA’s authority under the clean air act and other
statutes in jeopardy, but it would put in jeopardy the authority of
every federal agency. This isn't fanciful. There very well may now
be a majority of justices on the court who want to say that Congress
can't give agencies broad authority.<br>
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</b><b>Greg Dalton: </b>Right. One of the big battle lines between
the conservative about the power of government. We should note that
you issued an amicus brief in this case. And based on what you heard
in the hearings, care to make a prediction on which way it will go?<br>
<b><br>
</b><b>Erwin Chemerinsky: </b>I long ago learned that making
predictions of Supreme Court arguments is like reading tea leaves
and I've gotten it wrong in many instances, including in cases that
I argued. But you're right. I did write a brief, it was on behalf of
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, and also senators Richard Blumenthal,
Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. And it made exactly the points
we're talking about here. Why there's no case properly before the
court and why the court needs to give the EPA the authority to deal
with the urgent problem of climate change...<br>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova, Helvetica, Ariel, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Erwin Chemerinsky is Dean of Berkeley Law. </span><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.climateone.org/audio/playing-fire-russia-ukraine-and-geopolitics-energy">https://www.climateone.org/audio/playing-fire-russia-ukraine-and-geopolitics-energy</a><br>
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<i>[ Teaching climate change -- a wonderful video ] </i><br>
<b>“Teaching Climate Change” with Krista Hiser</b><br>
Mar 8, 2022<br>
The Poetry of Predicament<br>
Krista Hiser teaches English among other things at Kapi'olani
Community College in Hawaii.<br>
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She is part of a gathering of educators, scientists and concerned
people from a wide range of fields who are coming together to
explore new dimensions, new methods of communicating some of the
most challenging topics of our predicament-laden world.<br>
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climate change education - and more importantly, offers us a
sampling of how some people are able to engage more of their hearts,
their relationships, what matters most to them beyond the content or
the facts.<br>
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Krista Hiser is a professor at Kapiʻolani Community College where
she teaches composition, climate communication, and climate fiction.
Her PhD in Educational Administration focused on students as
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of the UH System Center for Sustainability Across the Curriculum,
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include sustainability and climate change education. She is active
in sustainability organizations including AASHE, Global Council for
Science and the Environment, and the Sustainability Curriculum
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Teaching Climate Change in Higher Education.<br>
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<i>[ From Columbia Journalism Review ] </i><br>
<b>Journalists grapple with the American energy crisis</b><br>
By Andrew McCormick, CJR<br>
MARCH 17, 2022<br>
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So, ...a lot of the fossil fuel boosterism on display from industry
representatives and their friends in government “may be more
rhetorical ploy than reality,” as Somini Sengupta wrote recently in
the New York Times. “There are labor and supply chain constraints,
and, anyway, drilling for more oil and gas in the United States now
would do nothing to bring down prices in the short term.”<br>
<br>
The Times has been among several outlets to cut through the noise in
recent weeks, evidenced by this notably direct headline:
“Republicans Wrongly Blame Biden for Rising Gas Prices.” Vox’s
Rebecca Leber was also on point with an explainer that unpacks and
debunks the energy-related myths that dominate right-wing talking
points. “There are many problems with these claims, and the stakes
of this conversation are very high,” Leber wrote. “The way western
Europe and the US respond to this crisis could determine the course
on climate change and energy costs in the long run.”<br>
<br>
Strong work like this was counterweighted, however, by clumsier
coverage elsewhere. Headlines like “GOP blames Biden for gas prices
after pushing for Russian oil ban” (ABC News) and “Republicans cheer
Russian oil ban and jeer Biden for rising gas prices” (NBC
News)—pointed out by Jennifer Rubin in the Washington Post—gave
credence to Republican messaging while also reducing a complex and,
for many, personal topic to a political spit fight. To boot, on
television news programs, Rubin observed, many hosts and anchors
were failing to push back on guests making verifiably false claims.<br>
<br>
A quick search yielded similar problems in Politico, The Hill,
Forbes, and many other outlets. Not all these stories skipped over
expertise entirely, but in most the facts of America’s energy
situation were buried well beneath the political back-and-forth. In
some cases, even outlets aiming to set the record straight
struggled. A handful of local news stations, for example, ran with
some version of the question “Will opening the Keystone pipeline
lower gas prices?” These articles were well-intentioned and
answered, unambiguously, “No,” but disinformation experts advise
that open-ended framing like this, given that many people will never
read past the headline, tends to reinforce the false narrative.<br>
<br>
Why does all this matter? Set aside for a moment journalists’
responsibility to be honest moderators of American political
discourse. In late February, just after Russia invaded Ukraine, a
major new report by the UN warned that climate change is advancing
rapidly and might soon outpace humanity’s ability to adapt, unless
we halt fossil fuel consumption and rein in other sources of
greenhouse gas emissions. The report had its moment in the
headlines, but as bombs fell over Kyiv and Russian troops advanced
farther into Ukraine, understandably it faded from the news cycle.
The fact remains, however, that humanity has vanishingly little time
to implement far-reaching change if it hopes to limit global heating
to 1.5 degrees Celsius and thereby avoid the worst climate impacts.<br>
<br>
For the foreseeable future, every government decision related to
fossil fuels and clean energy carries direct implications for our
collective climate fortunes. For journalists, then, clarity and
accuracy on these subjects aren’t just journalistic best
practices—they’re existential imperatives. We should leave cynical
politics to the politicians; even in the context of a frightening
new war, this is a climate change story. Much coverage of the
current energy debate has not mentioned climate at all.<br>
<br>
And journalists worried that accuracy here might result in the
appearance of partisan bias should rest easy. Planetary survival
isn’t a question of Republicans and Democrats—to be certain, it’s
not only politicians on the right pushing dubious energy policies.
Disinformation in the climate space is challenging enough already;
for a long time, journalists fell for it, contributing in no small
part to humanity’s current predicament. At this critical juncture,
let’s stop doing favors for those willing to argue in bad faith.<br>
<br>
Has America ever needed a media watchdog more than now? Help us by
joining CJR today.<br>
Andrew McCormick is an independent journalist and former CJR
Delacorte Fellow. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The
Atlantic, the South China Morning Post, and more. Follow him on
Twitter @AndrewMcCormck.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.cjr.org/covering_climate_now/energy-crisis-ukraine-russia-trump.php">https://www.cjr.org/covering_climate_now/energy-crisis-ukraine-russia-trump.php</a><br>
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<i>[ great audio interview ]</i><br>
<b>Confronting the crisis: Systems, solutions and stories | Ugo
Bardi</b><br>
Nov 23, 2021<br>
Planet: Critical<br>
Ugo Bardi is a Professor in Physical Chemistry at the University of
Florence, and a member of the Club of Rome. His work focuses on
promoting a sustainable transition to renewable energy on the basis
of a quantitative energy yield analysis. In his blog, he examines
among other things the “Seneca Effect”, a biophysical interpretation
of the collapse of complex systems.<br>
<br>
In this fascinating interview Ugo ranges from discussing what killed
the dinosaurs to revealing a theory of evolution that could
radically transform how we combat the climate crisis. He also
provides details on some of the most exciting technological
advancements which could help us navigate our energy, economic and
ecological crises.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQxHFzrJpNo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQxHFzrJpNo</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="5"><b>March 19, 1989</b></font><br>
<br>
Senator Al Gore (D-TN), writing in the New York Times, observes, "In
1987, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere began to surge with
record annual increases. Global temperatures are also climbing: 1987
was the second hottest year on record; 1988 was the hottest.
Scientists now predict our current course will raise world
temperatures five degrees Celsius in our lifetimes. The last time
there was such a shift, it was five degrees colder; New York City
was under one kilometer of ice. If five degrees colder over
thousands of years produces an ice age, what could five degrees
warmer produce in a lifetime? In a classic experiment, a frog
dropped in boiling water jumps out. The same frog, put in the water
before it is slowly boiled, remains in the pot. Our environment is
at the boiling point. Will we react?"
<blockquote><b>An Ecological Kristallnacht. Listen.<br>
</b>By Albert Gore<br>
March 19, 1989<b><br>
<br>
Humankind has suddenly entered into a brand new relationship
with our planet.</b><b><br>
</b><br>
Unless we quickly and profoundly change the course of our
civilization, we face an immediate and grave danger of destroying
the worldwide ecological system that sustains life as we know it.<br>
<br>
It is time to confront this danger.<br>
<br>
In 1939, as clouds of war gathered over Europe, many refused to
recognize what was about to happen. No one could imagine a
Holocaust, even after shattered glass had filled the streets on
Kristallnacht. World leaders waffled and waited, hoping that
Hitler was not what he seemed, that world war could be avoided.
Later, when aerial photographs revealed death camps, many
pretended not to see. Even now, many fail to acknowledge that our
victory was not only over Nazism but also over dark forces deep
within us.<br>
<br>
In 1989, clouds of a different sort signal an environmental
holocaust without precedent. Once again, world leaders waffle,
hoping the danger will dissipate. Yet today the evidence is as
clear as the sounds of glass shattering in Berlin.<br>
<br>
<blockquote>-- The earth's forests are being destroyed at the rate
of one football field's worth every second, one Tennessee's
worth every year.<br>
<br>
-- An enormous hole is opening in the ozone layer, reducing the
earth's ability to protect life from deadly ultraviolet
radiation.<br>
<br>
-- Living species die at such an unprecedented rate that more
than half may disappear within our lifetimes.<br>
<br>
-- Chemical wastes, in growing volumes, seep downward to poison
ground water and upward to destroy the atmosphere's delicate
balance.<br>
<br>
-- Huge quantities of carbon dioxide, methane and
chlorofluorocarbons dumped in the atmosphere have trapped heat
and raised global temperatures.<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Why are these dramatic changes taking place? Because the human
population is surging. (It took a million years to reach two
billion people. In the last 40 years, world population has
doubled. And in the next 40 years, the number of people could
double again.) Because the industrial, scientific and
technological revolutions magnify the environmental impact of
these increases, and because we tolerate self-destructive behavior
and environmental vandalism on a global scale.<br>
<br>
Why, once again, do we fail to rally our forces? Much of the world
closed its eyes as Hitler marched because the only adequate
response was a horrible war many hoped to avoid. Do we now shrink
from the unimaginably difficult response demanded by the global
environmental crisis, and hope against hope that it will yet prove
unnecessary? This crisis is so different from anything before that
it is hard to believe it is real. We seize scientific
uncertainties, however small, as excuses for inaction. Some, like
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in Munich, would rather adapt
to the threat than confront it. This time, they are protected not
by an umbrella but by floppy hats and sunglasses.<br>
<br>
Our complacency stems in part from a standard of living dependent
on rapid consumption of the earth's resources. Our generation has
inherited the idea that we have the right to appropriate for
ourselves the earth's accumulated treasures as quickly as we can
consume them. We reach back through millions of years for the
deposits that fuel our industrial civilization.<br>
<br>
Just as a drug addict needs increasing doses to produce the same
effect, our global appetite for the earth's abundance grows each
year. We transform the resources of the past into the pollution of
the future, telescoping time for self-indulgence in the present.<br>
<br>
In 1987, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere began to surge
with record annual increases. Global temperatures are also
climbing: 1987 was the second hottest year on record; 1988 was the
hottest. Scientists now predect our current course will raise
world temperatures five degrees Celsius in our lifetimes. The last
time there was such a shift, it was five degrees colder; New York
City was under one kilometer of ice. If five degrees colder over
thousands of years produces an ice age, what could five degrees
warmer produce in a lifetime? In a classic experiment, a frog
dropped in boiling water jumps out. The same frog, put in the
water before it is slowly boiled, remains in the pot. Our
environment is at the boiling point. Will we react?<br>
<br>
The 1990's are the decade of decision. Profound changes are
required. We must create a new global compact for sustainable
development -for example, trading debts for shared environmental
stewardship. Our agenda must include the following:<br>
<br>
<blockquote>-- A worldwide ban in five years on
chlorofluorocarbons, which simultaneously destroy the protective
ozone layer and cause up to 20 percent of global warming.<br>
<br>
-- Rapid reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, through
increased vehicle mileage standards, increased energy efficiency
and development of alternative energy sources.<br>
--A global halt to destruction of forests and swift
implementation of worldwide reforestation programs.<br>
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-- A ban within five years on packaging that is neither
recyclable nor naturally degradable, a comprehensive waste
minimization program and aggressive efforts to control emissions
of methane from landfills and other sources.<br>
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-- A series of global summit meetings to seek the unprecedented
international cooperation the environmental crisis will demand.<br>
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In the 1940's, as victory neared over the dark forces unleashed on
Kristallnacht, Gen. Omar Bradley offered advice that is once again
relevant to the challenge that confronts humanity: ''It is time we
steered by the stars, not by the lights of each passing ship.''<br>
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