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...best chance to enact considerable climate legislation anytime soon received a devastating blow. Citing his concern over Democrats’ focus on immigration reform, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham withdrew his support for a climate-change bill that was supposed to be announced on Monday. Although it is certainly Sen. Graham??s right to be upset over the Democrats' decision to also begin discussions on a new immigration bill, choosing to pull support, especially when the bill was so close to being formally introduced and stood a good chance of passing, was a terrible decision on many fronts...
Following co-author Sen. Graham??s decision, the bill likely faces stiff competition. The bill supposedly was to include many important goals such as reducing U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions by 17 percent over the next 10 years, employing an emissions cap on several economic sectors, creating a $10-billion fund for clean-coal power plants and 12 new nuclear power plants, and providing incentives for building nuclear power plants. Although we can only speculate as to its full impact, the proposed bill with the aforementioned specifics is a step in the right direction—even...
...Jorie Graham??s poem “Europe,” the speaker wanders present-day Omaha Beach watching children make sand castles when her thoughts turn to subatomic particles. Yet she renders the scientific images in themselves, with no pretension to metaphor or conceit, even issuing a warning: “Don’t seek. It is not open to seeking.” The ambiguity of the scientific fact’s actual connection with one’s life resonates the poem into a deeper emotional plane. This is negative capability. The beauty...
...from you. You are among a small percentage of Americans who are _____ (college-educated, former students of Mrs. Edison, in charge of the prison system). Never forget that most people have had profoundly different life experiences from you, especially if _____ (they are Detroit Lions fans, they were in Mrs. Graham??s class, they were part of a prison gang). But there are ways to cut across all differences of race, class, upbringing, politics, or anything else. We all have shared experiences ____ (as sports fans, as people who learned fractions, as people who don’t want...
...This Sunday’s concert will feature the Campbell brothers, who will play a few interpretations of songs from “The Little Mermaid,” “Sleeping Beauty,” and the musical, “My Fair Lady.” Graham??s performance, as well as that of his classmate Katharine, emphasizes that individuals with Down Syndrome can be independent. “We really believe a lot in self-advocacy and not just having [individuals with Down Syndrome] be a passive part of the event...