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A parallel world

From David Denby’s review of Soderbergh’s new movie Contagion in the New Yorker: “Contagion” is, of course, a 9/11-anniversary movie, though probably not one that the public was expecting. Soderbergh appears to be saying, “I’ll show you something far worse … Continue reading

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Stephen Pyne compares California Fires and the Financial Crisis

Fire historian Stephen Pyne writes in the Tyee A Wildfire Expert Views the Money Meltdown: There are no absolute assurances that wildfire will not from time to time spill over into settlements, any more than markets won’t fizz and bubble; … Continue reading

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