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Essential Elements of a Copenhagen Agreement

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 23 November 2009
Foundation for a Low Carbon Future: Essential Elements of a Copenhagen Agreement – In December 2009, twenty thousand people, including about 40 heads of state, will converge in Copenhagen to decide how the world responds to escalating climate change over the next half century. If successful, the meeting of 192 member countries [...]
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Video: President Obama’s Speech in Cairo, Egypt

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 4 June 2009
Barack Obama gave a formative speech on the future of U.S. – Middle East relations today, focusing in particular on U.S. relations — both as perceived and purported — with the Muslim World. Initial feedback is that it was a powerful speech that went over well by most accounts. Watch and decide for yourself. For [...]
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How Did Blagojevich Manage to Stay in Power so Long?

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 9 December 2008
What the whole world now knows about Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich comes as no surprise to Illinoisians and other observers. a quick search reveals that one of my earliest blog entries here, in Sept. 2005, mentions him as a criminal. Unbelievable?!? Hardly — Blagojevich is the fifth Illinois governor of the last nine to be [...]
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