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...IPCC's mistakes, the panel's overall conclusion that global temperatures are rising and that man-made greenhouse-gas emissions are the key cause remains as solid as science can be. There is no debate about the core urgency, says Peter Frumhoff, director of science and policy at the Union of Concerned Scientists...
Moreover, this decision underscores the need for major campaign finance reform, perhaps in the form of a constitutional amendment. Without even the slightest of ceilings on corporate and union spending, elections could well turn into auctions—with televisions as auctioneers, corporations and unions as bidders, homes as arenas, and American voters as the prize. Although the McCain-Feingold Act of 2002 still stands in certain respects, such that corporations and unions cannot finance candidates directly without limit, this decision could transform elections as we know them...
...clearly evident through her performance in the net throughout the season. During her first-career start against Princeton on Jan. 8th, the freshman made 13 saves in the 3-3 tie. She contributed the same number of saves in her first career shutout in a 4-0 victory over Union on Jan. 22nd, and then posted a career-best 25 saves against Rensselaer the day after...
...just as Reagan struggled to find his footing at the start of his first term, Obama is straining to revive his political mojo. And so as the President prepares for his first official State of the Union address, here are five elements of the Gipper's arsenal that his latest successor would be smart to follow...
...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 realistic appraiser of Obama's looming State of the Union believes he can turn everything around with one prime-time address. (See the State of the Union Address in 3 Minutes...