Obama: The ‘Green FDR’?
Photo courtesy of flickr user marc.benton Joe Romm over at Climate Progress has a fantastic post about Obama’s first 100 days (though the “100 Days” theme seems an overplayed hand by so many media outlets) from a environmental/energy perspective. Writes Romm: “Obama has clearly demonstrated he has a serious chance to be the first President since FDR... Read More
A climate change solution we need—but will never get
Rep. John B. Larson, Democrat of Connecticut. Photo via flickr user ragesoss. There is an ever-growing consensus that global warming is manmade; that we need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions right now; and that, if not addressed quickly and thoroughly, global warming will cause irreparable and catastrophic damage to the planet. If that’s the case, then... Read More
Two U.S. senators introduce important higher ed bill that would expand study abroad opportunities
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced a bill today that would greatly expand opportunities for American college students to study abroad. Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker, a cosponsor of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2009 A day after Barack Obama warned that “our children will compete for jobs in a global economy that too... Read More
Energy Secretary Steven Chu looks to get green stimulus spending rolling—and efficiently, too
Chris Good at The Atlantic has a good post about Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s plans to reform how the Dept. of Energy spends its money—especially the $38.7 billion alloted to the DoE in Obama’s stimulus package. Photo by Flickr user rebuildingdemocracy Much to Chu’s credit—who, so far, has only impressed as Energy Sec.—he wants to streamline how the stimulus... Read More
Anti-intellectualism, ignorance, “the unacknowledged pit underlying American democracy”—”A quibble” well worth reading
Harper’s Magazine is far and away one of my favorite magazines today, and the “Notebook” essays in Harper’s rank as one of the many invaluable sections in the magazine. Photo courtesy of Steve Rhodes, Flickr A few recent gems that have appeared in the “Notebook” section: Lewis Lapham’s superb essay “Elegy for a rubber stamp”... Read More
