Hello, Cleveland: Tapping Into Global Warming Awareness
My former friend and colleague, Howard "Old School" Salter, has taken me out to the proverbial woodshed for what he believed was...
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Mortimer Joins “Blair to World Bank” Push
Good to see Edward Mortimer the former Director of Communications in the Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General join the push...
Proposed limitations on lawyer visits to Guantanamo reversed by Justice Department
In a motion filed Friday at the U.S. Court of Appeals in the DC Circuit, the Justice Department ruled that there is...
Re: Former Rat Doesn’t Like Mondays or Live Earth
Rich's amazing post about Sir Bob Geldof taking a shot at this summer's Live Earth concert brought back many fond memories of...
The U.K. as a Critical Friend
That is the relationship the U.K. should have with the U.S. according to the results of a Guardian survey of the Labor...
Whackiest Climate Solution…
Digging around in the blogosphere, I think I may just have found the solution we've all been looking for... STOP THE USE...
As the World Bank Turns
Paul Wolfowitz's tenure as President of the World Bank continues, as does the soap opera surrounding what will come out of Wednesday's...
Former Rat Doesn’t Like Mondays or Live Earth?
When I first read the headline "Geldof Criticizes Gore's Live Earth" I was shocked and a bit disappointed. Bob Geldof isn't just...
World Publics Favor New Powers for the UN
Today I attended a presentation by pollster, Steven Kull who just released an eighteen nation survey showing that publics around the world...
Failing grade on the Gleneagles G8 promises
Oxfam has released its latest report on the G8 countries' progress towards fulfilling the Gleneagles commitments to double aid to Africa and...
A Good Man Takes on a Tough Job
If you walk into my office in Washington, you'll find that I have a few photos of people I've met, along with...
The Long-term Fallout of the Wolfowitz Controversy and Term
One of the looming threats of Wolfowitz's 2-year tenure at the World Bank has been the uncertainty about whether the World Bank's...