Month: March 2010

Now that health care reform has passed the Democrats are arguing amongst themselves about how ambitious they should be in the remainder of this Congress. As Pelosi told the president during the health care debate, it’s...

Crossposted from the Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. In addition to hoes and shovels, more and more farmers in sub-Saharan Africa carry another agricultural “tool”: a cell phone.Over the last...

The first insult was Joe Biden’s in Jerusalem last week; the second insult was directed at Obama personally, while Netanyahu was visiting the White House yesterday. And the timing was perfect. As Netanyahu was talking to...

At 8 am on March 22, 2010 Hampton and I crossed First Street in New York City to the UN building. After an 18 hour ride from west of Newark, across the George Washington Bridge, to New York City, Times Square, and Rockefeller...

I’m all for spreading credit around for the recent health care reform bill signed into law yesterday. Let the ultra macho Rahm Emanuel hijack as much of it as he likes. Let Obama claim that he did it for Teddy. Presidents...