This Week's Assignment

Two issues this week:

1. Is the US budget deficit something to worry about? Here are two pieces that appeared in the November 23 edition of the New York Times. This article says we should worry. Paul Krugman says we need to borrow and spend more.

2. The man-made global warming movement suffered a major setback this week when it was exposed that global warming scientists have been doctoring and hiding evidence that does not support the man-made global warming case. Read this, this and this.