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While Congress remains bitterly divided along party lines on other issues, opposition to climate-change initiatives has surprisingly broad support on both sides of the aisle. Some lawmakers dismiss worries about global warming as little more than "liberal claptrap," as California Republican Representative Dana Rohrabacher puts it. Others interpret the climate moves as a sly attempt by the Administration to enact by bits and pieces what the Senate declared it would not do when it voted 95-0 to oppose the Kyoto treaty, an international pact to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions that is strongly supported by Vice President Al Gore...
...will never challenge Sofen's right to interpret the Civil War as he wishes. But I think everyone who cares about history should contest Sofen's argument that we must alter history because it makes him feel uncomfortable...
...will never challenge Sofen's right to interpret the Civil War as he wishes. But I think every-one who cares about history should contest Sofen's argument that we must alter history because it makes him feel uncomfortable. EVAN C. WOODBERRY Tuscaloosa, Ala., July...
...allow what is called a second-parent adoption, which allows a person to adopt the children of his or her partner without ending the partner's parental status. But Florida is not one of those states. So Kazmierazak and her lawyers are, in essence, asking the appeals court to interpret the law broadly and consider her role as a parent and the best interests of the child...
Currently, judges in Massachusetts interpret the law to ban same-sex marriages. Twenty-nine states have specific bans against homosexual marriage, while all other states' judges do not recognize...