Last month the Senate passed groundbreaking legislation to increase fuel efficiency standards for the first time in nearly 30 years. Now the momentum has shifted to the House of Representatives where a similar vote is expected shortly. It'...
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28 July 2007
After a trip abroad, I cleared customs and found an airport newsstand. Hillary Clinton was on the cover of Fortune. John Edwards looked out from Men's Vogue.
I was reminded to reset my watch but also to check my...
I was reminded to reset my watch but also to check my...
26 July 2007
Not so long ago, the Republican right expected to dominate American politics for generations to come. Karl Rove, "boy genius" of the GOP, believed that his generation had achieved a partisan realignment that would overturn the progressive...
22 July 2007
The restoration of the gray wolf in the northern Rockies is one of America's greatest environmental success stories. Wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone and the central Idaho wilderness in 1995 after being exterminated by settlers,...
21 July 2007
For a codger, Sen. Robert Byrd sure has plenty of spunk.
While other lawmakers' get-up-and-go got up and went, the Senate's grumpy grandpa keeps going and going and going.
This is a man...
While other lawmakers' get-up-and-go got up and went, the Senate's grumpy grandpa keeps going and going and going.
This is a man...
18 July 2007
For the first time in a long time, encouraging news is emanating from North Korea. On July 16, the International Atomic Energy Agency verified earlier reports that the Kim Jong Il regime has shut down the Yongbyon nuclear reactor and...
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