Here’s the Associated Press story about the NASA decision to let the Hubble Space Telescope die, and here’s the UPI story. Why was this decision taken? Well… UPI version: “According to an internal NASA memo obtained by UPI, O’Keefe’s decision was made for safety reasons and not budgetary concerns. Nor was the new space initiative, …

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One of the things that annoys me most about campaign coverage is the emphasis reporters place on a candidate’s changing his position. Has the reporter never done so himself? How many of us make decisions based on insufficient data, only to reconsider, modify, or even reverse said decision when the facts warrant it? Gephardt is …

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