I miss the forum, the discussion on Doctor Faustus and the argument on climate change among other things.
Here's a good article from the New York Times on climate change:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/science/earth/07climate.html?_r=1&hp

Part of the article is this timeline of climate change:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/07/science/20091207_CLIMATE_TIMELINE.html
Science and Politics of Climate Change