Already a defining challenge for millions of Americans after several years of unusual and deadly weather events, climate change has taken on new prominence as a political issue thanks to President Obama’s promise in his second inaugural address that he will seek to “respond” to the “threat” posed by a warming planet. But environmentalists argue [...]
The official beginning of Barack Obama’s second term in the White House was in a small and entirely private swearing-in ceremony at noon on Sunday shared with the public only through photographs. Only Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, the president’s family and a few other were present. Far more grand and befitting the public spectacle [...]
”UNLESS YOU CAN AFFORD TO PARTAKE IN OUR CUSTOMS AND CONVENTIONS, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.“ Damien Shannon describes this as the operative “policy” of Oxford University in England. He was rejected for admission because he could not raise 12,000 pounds a year in personal income available to support the “customs and conventions” which [...]
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