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The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gave all nations until Jan. 31 to sign onto the deal - in part because it was opposed by a handful of small countries - and to publicize the domestic actions they are willing to take to reduce carbon emissions. (See TIME's special...
For his part, Boies told TIME that the trial has shown that legal discrimination against gays - in particular rules banning their marriage - starts with simple prejudice, in the form of religion-inspired views about the morality of homosexuality itself. "The Southern Baptist Convention describes homosexuality as an 'abomination,'" Boies told...
The Rev. Albert Mohler, a leading figure in the fight against gay marriage, says that in light of Lawrence, he understands Boies' line of attack. But he told TIME that marriage is different. It is "the central institution of human society." "The problem with that argument is that the current...
Although Obama has a history of using big speeches to spark or recalibrate his fortunes (the Democratic National Convention keynote in Boston in 2004, his Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner speech in 2007, his oration on race in 2008, which was prompted by the controversy surrounding Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright), no...
Addressing the DPJ's annual party convention last week, Ozawa said, "During the 40 years of my political career ... I have carried out my endeavors with only one aim in mind, that is to see parliamentary democracy, a true democracy in which changes of government are possible, established in Japan...