Ottawa Op-Ed
Those of you in Ottawa (Canada's capital city) might want to pick up the The Ottawa Citizen newspaper this Saturday, June 17, 2006. I have an op-ed piece in there about Stephen Hawking's suggestion earlier this week that humanity needs to establish space colonies in order to ensure the survival of the species. (In Canada, the big weekend editions are on Saturday, not Sunday.)
An "op-ed" piece is an article that appears OPposite the EDitorial -- an opinion piece that is the opinion of someone other than the newspapers' editors. David Watson, who handles op-eds for the Citizen, asked me to write the article on Tuesday, and I was thrilled to do so.
Posted by Rob on Friday, June 16, 2006
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I find the politics surrounding the issue fascinating.
Looking forward to it.
So, whom is on which side? I assume this will mirror your comments made on CBC radio.
You'll have to read it to see, Lou. :) But I just learned I've been bumped until Tuesday, June 20, so watch for it then.
Well, I hope that that will be available online! ;)
I'm a bit frustrated by the "con" position on this argument that takes the stance that we don't deserve to go out into space because of global warming. It's a very commonly held position, I think about half of the respondents to a recent submit your 2 cents piece on the bbc website took that position.
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