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...even while Obama talked up the importance of the Copenhagen process and hyped his Administration's domestic initiatives on climate change, including new rules that would limit greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles, many environmental groups came away from his speech underwhelmed. Obama made no mention of specific targets for U.S. emissions cuts at Copenhagen, nor did he agree to attend the summit himself - as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has done. He spent much of his speech focusing on the need for major developing nations like China to make their own moves on climate change, which sounded a little hypocritical...
...Instead, I found tailgating at its finest. It is illegal to have kegs outdoors in the city of Amherst and, while my friend’s fraternity had loaded an SUV to capacity with 30-racks, the event presented little more than the essentials—a group of friends grilling burgers, listening to music, and swapping weekend stories...
...Dead?” read the Apr. 8, 1966, cover of Time Magazine, rendering the question in red typeface on a stark black background. The Nietzschean challenge emerged in the context of an immense cultural despair. Faced with a world so complex, so seemingly contradictory, a vocal group of American theologians—described in the magazine’s lead story—was seeking to radically re-envision a Christianity without a divine being...
...Tuesday, two of the world’s most important men—U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao—shared the spotlight at the UN Summit on Climate Change to speak about taking steps to combat climate change. The headliners of a group of over 100 leaders, both presidents spoke of the importance of the upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s December meeting in Copenhagen. While the message of both men was a step in the right direction, we call on the leaders to translate promises into concrete action...
When White House press secretary Robert Gibbs announced in May that the Obama Administration had chosen to hold the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pa., the press corps broke out laughing. It's tough to blame them. The meeting, which begins Sept. 24 and includes top financial officials from the world's 20 largest economies, carries with it a hefty security burden. In the past, local officials have had to cope with both terrorist threats and violent protests at the site of the summit, and it's the type of logistical nightmare that would seem to demand a venue...