The photo here is of a recent invention -- a device meant to such carbon out of thin air. But I am more interested in a metaphorical sucking. Once upon a time, there might have been debates going on at this stage in the political cycle about policy. Has the recent spate of bad weather events at last persuaded doubters that ongoing climate change is a problem requiring human solution? Will the solution come in the form of inventions like the above? Or does it mean something that requires central planning, and sovereign authority? Why is the price of house rising at twice the speed of everything else? is there enough parking available in American cities and, if not, why not? do we need more pipelines to carry oil or gas from one point in the US to another? Or would it be wiser to halt the building of any such lines? What (other than the scandalous presence of an inaugural poem in a library) is right or wrong about public schools?What are the risks and ...