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Investing in Voting Machines
Less than two weeks after Halloween, many Americans may wind up casting their ballots on haunted voting machines.
Is Obama Taking Climate Voters for Granted?
I may be a glutton for punishment, but I will cast my vote for Obama tomorrow. Still, I’m not going to let Obama hold my hand in public until he starts acting like the man who courted the climate community before the last election.
Beyond the Jobs Report: A Call for a Transformational Economy
Don’t count on the latest round of good economic news to have much of an impact on the elections. There are very few undecided voters left and these minor changes aren’t likely to change anyone’s mind.
This Week in OtherWords: An Early Thanksgiving
While I’m concerned about the damage this latest bout of extreme weather wrought, I’m also thankful that my loved ones are safe and sound. I hope that the same holds true for you, your friends, and relatives.
How to Make our Embassies Safer
The deaths of our diplomats in Benghazi turned the national spotlight where it doesn’t often go — to the security around our embassies and how much we spend on it.
The Next Administration’s Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges
Our next commander-in-chief will, as President Barack Obama joked during his final debate with Mitt Romney, spend little time fretting about the nation’s bayonet arsenal or herds of battle-ready horses. Instead, the White House will confront serious international challenges as it deals with Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, North Korea, and nuclear weapons.
Isolation on Both Ends of the Line
When Martha Wright’s grandson went to prison more than 20 years ago, she learned a stark lesson about the cost of maintaining ties with a family member who is incarcerated.
A Nuclear Strike on States’ Rights
The 9/11 attacks made terrorist incidents at nuclear reactors appear much less hypothetical. After the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, concerned citizens grew more alarmed about the possibility of a catastrophic nuclear accident in our own country. And a struggle underway in Vermont over the future of its Yankee reactor is highlighting the threat that power companies can pose to our democratic process.
The Dead-End Servant Economy
Fire fighter, basketball player, lion tamer, teacher, nurse: Ask little kids what they want to be when they grow up, and you’ll get all sorts of answers. But you’ll never hear this one. You’ll never hear youngsters say they want to devote their careers to serving rich people.
Politics Creep to a New Low
America has always had political campaigns that dig into the muck of their opponents’ personal lives, then fling any nasty nuggets of negativity they find right into the face of voters. But this year is different. Not, of course, because there’s any less singling of slime, but because the campaigns are also digging into the private affairs of another political target: you.
