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| Expect More Fukushimas |
 The
gung-ho nuclear industry is in deep shock. Just as it and its
cheerleader, the International Atomic Energy Agency, were preparing
to mark next month´s 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl
accident with a series of self-congratulatory statements about
the dawning of a safe age of clean atomic power, a series of
catastrophic but entirely avoidable accidents take place in
not one but three reactors in one of the richest countries of
the world. Fukushima is not a rotting old power plant in a failed
state manned by half-trained kids, but supposedly one of the
safest stations in one of the most safety-conscious countries
with the best engineers and technologists in the world. Chernobyl
blew up not because the reactor... |
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| THE IKE PHASE |
| ON January 20, 1961, John Kennedy delivered
his rousing Inaugural Address. But this speech was preceded,
as William Galston of the Brookings Institution has reminded
us, by an equally important speech: Dwight Eisenhower´s
farewell address. Kennedy´s speech was an idealistic call
to action. Eisenhower´s speech was a calm warning against
hubris. Kennedy celebrated courage; Eisenhower celebrated prudence.
Kennedy asked the country to venture forth. Eisenhower asked
the country to maintain its basic sense of balance. While Kennedy
gloried in the current moment, Eisenhower warned the country
to "avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering,
for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of
tomorrow... |
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 | Sadd outclasses Pakhtakor 2-1 AL SADD of Qatar beat Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan 2-1 in a Group B match of the AFC Champions League at Al Sadd Stadium on Wednesday. For the winner, the goalscorers were Lee Jung-Soo and Ali Afif, who came in as a substitute. The victory put Al Sadd at joint top...
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| | Lorenzo looks to M1 for elusive
MotoGP victory in Losail |
 LAST
year, just when the MotoGP season was
about to start in Losail, there was
question mark over Jorge Lorenzo´s
fitness. This year, it is the fitness
of his YZR -M1 that is a subject of
concern with the season due to get underway
under 5.4 megawatts of light at the
Losail International Circuit on Thursday.
The 23-year-old reigning world champion
from Spain feels his bike is getting
better but still needs some more developments
to match rival Honda machines, which
have dominated all the three preseason
tests so far. Despite not fully recovering
from a broken thumb, Lorenzo had turned
in an amazing performance and finished
runner-up to senior... |
| | Federer, Djokovic advance; injured Clijsters pulls out |
 ROGER
Federer and Novak Djokovic rolled on
at the BNP Paribas Open, easily winning
third-round matches on Tuesday while
Kim Clijsters retired with a painful
shoulder. Women´s top seed Caroline
Wozniacki beat Alisa Kleybanova 2-6,
6-3, 6-1—a victory, along with Clijsters´
departure, that ensured the Dane will
retain her No. 1 world ranking. Federer
defeated 29thseeded Juan Ignacio Chela
of Argentina 6-0, 6-2, and Djokovic
routed Ernests Gulbis 6-0, 6-1 with
temperatures reaching 90 degrees in
the desert. "Especially on a hot day
like that, you pick the right days to
play well and win quickly, so I´m happy
it went so well," Federer said. "I was
able to move. |
| | England to fight for survival
in WC against West Indies |
 ENGLAND
head into its final Group B match against
the West Indies on Thursday knowing
defeat will send it crashing out of
the World Cup. Even victory may not
be enough for Andrew Strauss´s men to
go through to the knockout stages, with
England having to rely on other results
going its way. England´s preparations
suffered a setback when skipper Strauss
and lead spinner Graeme Swann both missed
training on Tuesday through illness
while strike fast bowler James Anderson
received treatment for a shoulder niggle.
"They´re two key players and would be
in anybody´s team," England batsman
Jonathan Trott said of Strauss and Swann.
A see-saw... |
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