Month: December 2009

Green City Ranking + Copenhagen Disarray

The Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen started yesterday and will go on until 18 December. Siemens AG has sponsored a study to rank the sustainability of 30 European cities developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit....

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Serious Question

The Republicans keep telling me that it is wrong to use government funds for something which many Americans believe is morally wrong. But they certainly don’t apply that logic to our national security decisions. Federal...

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A Passing Grade for the Economic Team

It’s worth reading the president’s speech today at the Brookings Institute. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________________________ For...

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Chaotic Day for Health Care

David Waldman discusses the business currently on the Senate floor. Now pending on the floor, though, is the much-anticipated Ben Nelson (D-NE) amendment to insert the Stupak language into the Senate bill. Will Nelson agree to a...

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Howard Fineman’s Ron Paul Fantasy

Howard Fineman thinks the GOP can save themselves by channeling their inner Ron Paul. Never mind that Fineman thinks Rep. Paul is ‘out there,’ ‘angry, and ‘apocalyptic;’ the important thing is that...

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