US defence review says military planners should factor climate change into long-term strategyThe Pentagon will for the first time rank global warming as a destabilising force, adding fuel to conflict and putting US troops at risk around the world, in a major strategy review to be presented to Congress tomorrow. The quadrennial defence review, prepared [...]
It wasn’t a long drive, but it was long enough to get excited about this plug-in electric-gas powered car that should be in Chevy showrooms about the time we start speculating over who will be in the 2011 Super Bowl.
‘Tis the season when Democrats and Republicans eat their own.Eight months of primaries for party nominations get under way next week in House, Senate, gubernatorial and legislative races.
The ex-mistress of two-time presidential candidate John Edwards wants a “very private and personal” videotape back from a campaign aide who wrote a book about the politician, according to court documents.
In the wake of the supreme court’s decision on corporate campaign contributions, we must insist on fair company electionsPresident Obama took a rare swipe at the US supreme court in Wednesday’s state of the union address for last week’s decision allowing unlimited direct corporate spending. The controversial case, overturning a century of corporate campaign restrictions, [...]
I let this stuff go 99% of the time, but sometimes I just can’t. Two early comments on my last piece deserve mention. First, this gem by MacRandall. Trying to disprove my assertion that “Republicans are least popular of all,” s/he produces a sentence that says: “A month after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s showdown with [...]
Months before Drew Peterson’s ex-wife Kathleen Savio was found dead in her bathtub the former police sergeant asked a one-time co-worker if he could find someone to “have his third wife taken care of,” the co-worker testified Thursday.
It’s time for Barack Obama to fire Timothy Geithner and hire a Treasury secretary who can sell his economic policiesWhen President Obama entered the chamber at the start of last night’s state of the union address, he made a beeline for Timothy Geithner and gave him a hug. The Treasury secretary looked like he needed [...]
“Dino fuzz” pigment discovery in feathers may strengthen dinosaur-bird link. Main Content Sinosauropteryx is the first fossil dinosaur to have its color scientifically established.
Staff told of plan to reduce number of workers at Burnaston plant near Derby as Toyota fights to preserve reputation for safety with massive vehicle recallToyota aims to axe up to 750 jobs at its main UK factory, workers have been told. The news comes as the carmaker scrambles to recall millions of vehicles around [...]