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...plan similar to ones already enacted by the faster-moving states. Hopefully, that will begin to change. The long delayed McCain-Lieberman bill - which would cap carbon emissions at 15% below 2005 levels by 2020 and set up a greenhouse-gas trading system - may finally be brought to a vote before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee as early as next month, though there's no sign of when it would reach a final vote. McCain-Lieberman is at best a modest start - the Union of Concerned Scientists says that the U.S. has to cut greenhouse gas emissions...
...resembled a superannuated soap, with the long-term future of the 85-year-old institution called into question as it lurches from embarrassing revelations about editorial lapses to high-level resignations and job cuts. Management has apologized for such breaches of trust as falsifying the results of a public vote held to name a cat on the children's show Blue Peter (producers rejected the winning entry, Cookie, in favor of Socks) and showing a trailer for the documentary A Year with the Queen with scenes shown out of sequence to suggest (deceptively) that the monarch had stormed...
Approximately 70% of likely Iowa Democratic caucusgoers are either undecided or not supporting Clinton. But most observers say that to topple her, the anti-Hillary vote must rally around one of her rivals. Obama took the first shot, telling the Washington Post, "If John wants to make the comparison between the work I did as a community organizer ... to him working as a trial lawyer making millions of dollars, I'm happy to have that discussion." Edwards fired back: "I believe there's a fight in front of us ... And that means you've got to have somebody who will...
...attacking each other is a dangerous move. Clinton is the only one who will benefit if they take each other out. With Obama gaining in the polls, Clinton may soon find herself needing to help out her most vociferous critic--Edwards--to keep Obama from solidifying the anti-Hillary vote...
...support a gold-backed currency because I want my money to be worth something. You know, I like money that has value. A lot of Americans do--and we're going to vote for Ron Paul...