Bush Low Balls G8 Climate Agreement SOURCE: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko G8 leaders pose for the official photo at the G8 summit last week on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. By Daniel J. Weiss, Alexandra Kougentakis | July 14, 2008 President George W. Bush is at it again, weakening global agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [...]
Archive for July 21st, 2008
21 Jul
John McCain on Foreign Policy: Even Worse Than Bush
by Ted Galen Carpenter This article appeared in the July 2008 issue of Chronicles. Over the years, John McCain has acquired a reputation as a maverick Republican. Independents and even some Democrats who loathe George W. Bush’s foreign-policy record seem to believe that McCain would be a significant improvement. In several GOP primaries earlier this [...]
21 Jul
Democracy: The lessons of history
By Miles J. Unger The Boston Globe July 19, 2008 AMERICANS TEND to be smug about democracy, assuming we invented it, or at least perfected it. Historians use the phrase “American exceptionalism” to describe this belief that we have something unique to offer the world. It is a messianic impulse whose most recent iteration is [...]
21 Jul
Economic Snapshot for July 2008
Center for American Progress Families are feeling the economic pressure, as the price of basic necessities keep rising. Gas prices in June 2008, for example, were up 39 percent over June 2007. SOURCE: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster By Christian E. Weller | July 14, 2008 Download the snapshot with full graphs (pdf) The bad economic news [...]
21 Jul
Six Conservative Myths About Health Care
SOURCE: AP/Gary Kazanjian Familiy members and patients wait to be admitted to an emergency room at a hospital in Madera, CA. Conservatives argue that everyone has access to emergency services, but that’s no substitute for comprehensive health care. July 15, 2008 Our health care system is in critical condition. It can be difficult to impossible [...]
21 Jul
Robbing Tomorrow to Pay for Today
Center for American Progress Economically Squeezed Families Are Turning to Their 401(k)s to Make Ends Meet Economically squeezed families are increasingly turning to easily accessible loans from their 401(k) plans to help them make ends meet. SOURCE: iStockphoto By Christian E. Weller, Jeffrey Wenger | July 16, 2008 Read the full report (pdf) Imagine that [...]
21 Jul
Eight Reasons to Release Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
A technician inspects a gauge on a meter station at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s Bryan Mound site near Freeport, TX. Selling a half million barrels of oil per day from the reserve would increase supply and reduce prices. SOURCE: AP/Energy Department By Daniel J. Weiss | July 14, 2008 President George W. Bush plans to [...]
21 Jul
WeCanSolveIt
When John F. Kennedy challenged America to put a man on the moon in 10 years, many called it impossible. Now, Al Gore has given a major speech with another visionary call: “Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within [...]
