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...less scientific approach to politics is necessary because it is more practical. Indeed, Jimmy Carter once signed an executive order that federal regulations be written “simply and clearly.” When presented with a memo directing staffers to “obscure all Federal buildings…from visibility by reason of internal or external illumination,” Franklin Roosevelt told his assistants that if a blackout occurred, “to put something across the windows.” Real leaders—and real people—do not speak in jargon...
...start of baseball, and the upcoming Masters golf tournament are grabbing fans attention. Soccer is busy, too with MLS in full swing and the U.S. men's team in World Cup qualifying. Somehow, the WPS has to break through. "The league really has to catch fire early," says David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California...
...York and even the Strip in Las Vegas - all will go dark for an hour to raise awareness of climate change and show that there is a worldwide constituency out there eager for action. "This is the only event regarding climate change that is truly global," says Carter Roberts, the president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the U.S., which is coordinating the event. "Climate change is the most global of problems, and the global community needs to come together to solve it." (Read "Earth Hour '08: Did It Matter...
...stamp on the White House. The Obamas' new kitchen garden echoes the victory garden planted by Eleanor Roosevelt during WW II. F.D.R. made a cloakroom into a movie theater and put in an indoor swimming pool. Nixon, an avid bowler, added a one-lane alley. Eco-friendly Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof in 1979, only to have Ronald Reagan remove them in 1986--proof that even First Families can't go home again...
...respond to the political valley that we now find ourselves in,” Blackwell said. “If we respond by trying to blend in, we lose.” Blackwell targeted Republicans who had “campaigned like Ronald Reagan and governed like Jimmy Carter,” as the primary reason for the loss of confidence in the political right. He encouraged a return to an ideology of faith, free-market Capitalism, and individual liberty. Blackwell framed his speech in the context of a growing threat to the American way of life. He called...