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How Carbon Trading Hurts the Poor
Pollution is a global problem, but the costs are paid neighborhood by neighborhood. Now that California has adopted an ambitious,...
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The New Orleans Project
Let's fight hurricanes like we're waging a war Every year, the United States suffers attacks on American soil so brutal, our military can do...
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Get Your DNA Tested, But Don’t Expect a Party
Are genetic testing companies making us obsess about the stupid stuff, while we forget to test for what matters? Spit parties, online social...
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The U.S. Needs a Department of Development
Foreign assistance isn't only a moral gesture, it's also essential to our national security. The United States spends more than $20 billion a...
China Should Bail Out the West
Beijing should bankroll a new "global rescue fund" to help countries hit hardest by the economic collapse. In the wake of the global...
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Make Public Education Work for Everyone
My husband is a Dutchman who moved to America to be with me. We have experienced many things together over the last seven years that have made me...
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Change Congress
For a very brief moment earlier this year, I considered a run for Congress. My Congressman had announced his retirement. Shortly thereafter, he...
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Give Women Guns
In the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court found that banning handguns is an unacceptable infringement on our Second...
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Tricking People into Doing the Right Thing
Anyone who has studied psychology knows just how puzzling human behavior can be. Busy people are trying to cope in a complex world, and this...
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We Are Making al-Qaeda Stronger
Despite any efforts on the part of the United States, the Middle East remains awash in violence. In July, 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza...
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Give Iraqis the Vote. Our Vote.
Most Iraqis agree on one thing: Regardless of a political shift in the White House, U.S. policy in Iraq is on a set course, determined by...
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Forget About 100-mpg Cars
"Why is so little attention being paid to getting better fuel efficiency, right now?"
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Save the Earth with Dirty Towels
"Welcome to the Welton Inn. To make ice, fill your ice bucket with water and wait for winter."
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Poor People Unite!
"What the world needs is an economic superpower that represents the interests of the world's poor: Call it Pooristan."
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Invest in International News
"If the market for global news is growing, why is the delivery of it shrinking?"
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Africa Needs to Know the Weather
"It is a difficult proposition, drafting a weather map for a country that has never seen one."
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It’s Time to Flee the Country
When I was a graduate student at Berkeley in the mid-1950s, my teachers included many brilliant refugees from Hitler's Germany. Sometimes, when we...
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Let’s Harvest the Organs of Death-Row Inmates
"Someone died waiting for that killer's heart. The liver, split two ways, could have saved two babies."
