The Conrad Black jury had its first full day of deliberations today. And — with thirty minutes left to their day — we have heard from them twice.

Here’s the rules in Chicago if the jury wants to communicate with the judge. The jury writes down what they want to ...   more »

Charles Ferguson and Sharon Squassoni writing at Foreign Policy’s Web site, argue:

As the planet warms, leaders from Washington to Beijing are pushing nuclear power as a clean alternative to coal. But this new strategy for fighting climate change has a fatal flaw: It can’t possibly work.