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...Even before Wednesday's criminal charges, Taft-the great grandson of President William Howard Taft-was in no danger of winning a popularity contest. His approval numbers had sunk to 17%, the lowest of any governor in the U.S., and he was roundly chided for inept, ineffective leadership. Even without the ethical and legal charges hanging over his head, the two-term governor, who beat his badly underfunded Democratic opponent by five points in 2002, has only another 17 months to serve because of term limits...
...since Michael Jordan?s retirement? Oh yeah, absolutely. But we have the greatest group of young kids that have come into this league in a long, long time. And it?s only going to get better. Consider the young people we have - LeBron James, Carmelo (Anthony), Dwayne (Wade), Dwight Howard - I mean the list goes on and on. In my mind, it?s only going to get better. But will there be another Michael? I don?t know...
...Australians have been particularly aggressive in making the case for a Kyoto alternative. In a press conference last week, Prime Minister John Howard called the treaty "a failure." Ian Campbell, Minister for the Environment, hammered away at the fact that the protocol hasn't got universal support, relies too much on restrictions, and inhibits "absolutely vital" economic development. Another theme is that the world needs a plan that extends beyond 2012, when emissions limits set in Kyoto end. Even the 2012 goals are in jeopardy. "I don't think Europe can achieve its goals. I don't think Japan...
Joining Ginsberg, Graham, Jacques, and Nagourney as IOP fellows this fall are Martin Frost, a former Texas congressman who lost to Howard Dean earlier this year in a bid to chair the Democratic National Committee; Joseph Gaylord, a former counselor to Newt Gingrich (and Ginsberg’s first political boss, Ginsberg said); and Lisa Davis, a former advisor to Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection campaign...
...Professor Howard H. Hiatt—who co-teaches General Education 187, “The Quality of Health Care in America,” with Berwick and has worked closely with him in other endeavors—said he could speak “only in superlatives” about his colleague...