Climate Change We Can Believe In

As assistant to the president for energy and climate change, Carol Browner has zero independent policy-making authority. But that doesn’t mean she can’t get things done. Browner, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency for eight years under President Clinton, is sort of a point person within the Obama Cabinet for all things relating to climate change and energy. She’s also the one to thank for the inclusion of $90 billion of…

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Water is essential to the economy—even Google searches aren’t possible without good old H2O to keep their massive servers cool. But guess what? We’re running out of it. And our government isn’t doing much about it besides praying. Robert Glennon, the author of Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What to Do About It, has some answers on the root causes of the crisis and what we, and our elected officials, should do about it. It…

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Why Vote? Reason 1,280

YOU SHOULD VOTE BECAUSE Libertarian Bob Barr will not be the 44th president of the United States. Neither will the Green Party’s Cynthia McKinney. But if 2000 taught us anything, it’s that third-party candidates can influence the outcomes of elections. Is Barr the new Nader?

Bob Barr actually cares what you write about him. He’s especially sensitive to jabs about his wardrobe. Journalists have painted him as everything from “grumpy and humorless” to “stocky and rumpled.”…

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We asked four grownups what they’ve always wanted to learn to do, then sent them to class. BUILT TO SCALE or, How a Double-jointed Nonpianist with Dreams of Grandeur Learns to Play Strauss in Three Weeks. Two major ambitions defined my childhood. One was to become what I imagined headlines would refer.. Read & Discuss

The head of the nation's largest church preaches a self-help Gospel to millions of people. Thomas Golianopoulos find's out what's behind pastor Joel Osteen's smile. Read & Discuss

Climate Change We Can Believe In

As assistant to the president for energy and climate change, Carol Browner has zero independent policy-making authority. But that doesn’t mean she can’t get things done. Browner, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency for eight years under President Clinton, is sort of a point person within the Obama Cabinet for all things relating to climate change and energy. She’s also the one to thank for the inclusion of $90 billion of…

Read & Discuss

Water is essential to the economy—even Google searches aren’t possible without good old H2O to keep their massive servers cool. But guess what? We’re running out of it. And our government isn’t doing much about it besides praying. Robert Glennon, the author of Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What to Do About It, has some answers on the root causes of the crisis and what we, and our elected officials, should do about it. It…

Read & Discuss

Why Vote? Reason 1,280

YOU SHOULD VOTE BECAUSE Libertarian Bob Barr will not be the 44th president of the United States. Neither will the Green Party’s Cynthia McKinney. But if 2000 taught us anything, it’s that third-party candidates can influence the outcomes of elections. Is Barr the new Nader?

Bob Barr actually cares what you write about him. He’s especially sensitive to jabs about his wardrobe. Journalists have painted him as everything from “grumpy and humorless” to “stocky and rumpled.”…

Read & Discuss

We asked four grownups what they’ve always wanted to learn to do, then sent them to class. BUILT TO SCALE or, How a Double-jointed Nonpianist with Dreams of Grandeur Learns to Play Strauss in Three Weeks. Two major ambitions defined my childhood. One was to become what I imagined headlines would refer.. Read & Discuss

The head of the nation's largest church preaches a self-help Gospel to millions of people. Thomas Golianopoulos find's out what's behind pastor Joel Osteen's smile. Read & Discuss