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Life Aboard the Drilling Rig That’s the Gulf’s Last Hope
Aboard the Development Driller II — The men who spend weeks at a time aboard these deepwater rigs are accustomed to drilling in relative solitude out in the waters …
Not All Environmentalists Pleased With Climate Legislation
One would think that the environmental community would be united behind what is being hailed by some as the most significant and important piece of climate legislation to ever …
First Signs of Strain in Kandahar Offensive
Amid the confusion over the latest US-led mission, body bags provide a sobering certainty. Kandahar, Afghanistan – At Kandahar Airfield, medics in the trauma ward waited for a helicopter …
Arab-Israeli Parliamentarian Fights Death Threats
Ramallah, West Bank - “I stopped counting after I had received 50 death threats. I told my secretary not to tell me about them any more,” Arab-Israeli Knesset (parliament) …
Did Democrats’ Deal With the NRA Kill Campaign Finance Reform?
At issue is a deal brokered by the House Democratic leadership to exempt the powerful National Rifle Association and others from disclosure requirements in a new campaign finance law. …
American Chernobyl
An uncontrollable industrial catastrophe, a worm-eaten system controlled by a rigid nomenklatura, a dynamic leader who wants to change things: doesn't that remind you of something? Yes, of course: …
The Intellectual Situation – Internet as a Social Movement
We love a parade. Up and down Fifth Avenue, voices ring against the burnished buildings. “WE WON! WE WON!” Who won? Won what? “Something to do with the internet,” …
Connie Schultz | It’s Not American To Feel Helpless
When I started to write this column Thursday, the estimated amount of oil that had gushed into the Gulf of Mexico was 40,340,547 gallons. Or maybe it was 235,669,211 …
Why Wall Street’s Generous to New Democrats in House
Washington - Members of the powerful New Democrat Coalition in the House of Representatives are among the top Democratic recipients of Wall Street campaign money this election cycle — …
Who Is Bob Dudley? Five Things to Know About BP’s New Point Man
BP's managing director Bob Dudley will have day-to-day responsibility for managing the company's oil spill response in the Gulf of Mexico. Will he do any better at battling the …