While the undeniable ramifications of a warming planet are hard to ignore in the first months of what many say will be the hottest year in recorded history, some leading scientists and climate experts argue that important policy decisions that would perpetuate American reliance on fossil fuels could truly mean “game over” for climate change. [...]
Two prominent members of President Barack Obama’s administration have made forceful and highly public declarations of their support for marriage equality and legalizing gay marriage, placing the White House in an embarrassing position and highlighting the deep divide between the LGBT community and the president. Among the myriad issues where President Obama has let down [...]
` OBAMA AND HIS FRIENDS LAUNCH NEW ERA OF FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH A LESS-THAN CONCILIATORY TAKE ON THE NEW FRENCH SOCIALIST PRESIDENT. (Buzz Feed) ` The overwhelming defeat on Sunday of incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already sent “ripples” across the pond to America, where Sarkozy’s successor, Socialist Francois Hollande, has received a decidedly chilly reception [...]
President Obama made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, seeking to proclaim a new turning point in the overwhelmingly unpopular conflict. With two-thirds of the public expressing public opposition to the war and supporting an immediate withdrawal, Obama faces risks in highlighting the war in Afghanistan and giving the country what amounted to a [...]
EUROPE IS DYING, BRICS IS ASCENDING AND WHAT DOES DR. ZBIG ADVOCATE FOR MAINTAINING U.S. FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE IN THE WORLD? AN EXPANDED (AND RE-ENERGIZED) EUROPE AS THE KEY U.S. ALLY. (Tom Dispatch) Pepe Escobar assays the international geo-political situation, noting the economic crisis of “old” Europe and the rising economic strength of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, [...]
The first three months of 2012 have emerged as a turning point in the American occupation of Afghanistan, with a string of deadly and gruesome incidents seeming to embody the wider deterioration of a mission that is ill-defined and spiraling out of control. Recent headlines out of Afghanistan have left little doubt that something very [...]
As Barack Obama prepares to go before the American people and ask for a second term in the White House and his presumptive Republican opponent demands that voters unseat the Democratic incumbent, the two presidential challengers will do so with a trail of broken ethics promises and unprecedented access to corporate interests and major lobbyists [...]
Warm-weather records are already falling at a dizzying pace in 2012, with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded in the contiguous United States and other spots around the globe ratcheting up concerns among scientists and weather experts that a “tipping point” in climate change may have been reached. Just three months into 2012, the familiar seasonal [...]
No issue has become a more significant election-year “hot button” than gas prices, with prices at the pump spiking to seasonal record highs thanks to an unpredictable global oil market. Naturally, the pain at the pump has led to unfettered political grandstanding from both sides, with both Democrats and Republicans each claiming to outdo the other [...]
The federal government has put the brakes on one of the nation’s most controversial voter ID laws, agreeing with critics that legislation passed in Texas would unfairly target minority voters and possibly lead to mass disenfranchisement starting with this November’s election. At least 18 states have laws on the books that have had what could [...]
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