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President Barack Obama issued a similar call to action when he spoke to the U.N. about climate change at a daylong summit on Sept. 22. But his speech, which contained high emotion and few concrete specifics on how much the U.S. would actually cut greenhouse-gas emissions, disappointed some. It was remarkable, after eight years of stonewalling from former President George W. Bush, to see a U.S. leader rally the rest of the world to combat global warming, but Obama kept his carbon promises vague, suggesting his limits. (Read "A Wind Shift in the Global Warming Debate...
...however, he received a call from the Indianapolis Colts, who had heard about his time at Harvard, his injury, and wanted to interview him for a job in their player personnel department...
...course, Cohen is right to point out that many other institutions of higher learning across the country need donations in order to provide their students with the basic components of a stimulating education. And we echo his call for donors to consider the potential impacts of their gifts before they actually make a donation: All too often, it seems, individuals with the best intentions give to certain causes or institutions only to realize that their donations could have made more of a difference elsewhere...
...case, perhaps we should all just take this wise fellow's word and call a ceasefire: "at the end of the day...who cares..just sit by the napkin dispenser...
Quotes By: "I don't think those who know me would call me cold." - Disputing his reputation for being distant and introspective. (USA Today, Sept...