regime lasting 30 years or so based on observations of the Pacific Ocean (similar to the cool climate regime seen from 1945-1975).

The Minority Report may also put natural climate variability into proper historical perspective. It may compare the 2007 arctic ice minimum to the low seen in 1944 when the Northwest Passage opened up. Certainly it cannot compare satellite data, but it could compare other measurements and describe how quickly the arctic sea ice returned in the late 1940s.

The IPCC Majority and Minority reports taken together may provide policymakers with a more accurate view of the totality of climate science.

Despite Michael Oppenheinmer’s opinion, the first new rule for AR5 should be to obey the IPCC rules and correct the many
infringments of A4.

Also, there is a great deal ofyears ago.

There was an inner calm and confidence in the Garret Anderson I came to know, and it was that Garret Anderson who gracefully, in his fashion, announced his retirement on Tuesday.

I spent many hours in his company in clubhouses across America over two seasons, killing time, telling stories. Most of our conversations drifted toward the NBA, a shared passion. He was a superb all-around athlete, recruited by Division I schools to play basketball out of Kennedy High School in the San Fernando Valley, but he chose baseball and the Angels. Smart guy, Garret.

He loved to hear tales about the “Showtime” Lakers of the ’80s, a team I traveled with and wrote about for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. He couldn’t hear enough about Magic and Kareem, Big