ClimateGate?  Or how the GOP is attacking environmental policy
Wonderful news for those of us concerned with Global Climate Change and ecological state of our planet. President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen next month for a global climate conference. The official says the president will be in Copenhagen on Dec. 9 before heading to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama's attendance had been in question until now. At least 65 world leaders will attend and seek to lay out the framework for a new global warming treaty. Obama has said the goal at the Copenhagen meeting should be an agreement that has "immediate operational effect," not just a political declaration.

Jobs Crisis:  34.5% unemployment for young black men
Blacks hit hard by economy's punch 34.5 percent of young African American men are unemployed http://www.washingtonpost.com/... Some studies examining how employers review black and white job applicants suggest that discrimination may be at play. "Black men were less likely to receive a call back or job offer than equally qualified white men," said Devah Pager, a sociology professor at Princeton University, referring to her studies a few years ago of white and black male job applicants in their

Roman Catholics should convert to Episcopal Church
I know I may be stepping on some eggshells here but I have to say it. If you consider yourself to be a social liberal and Catholic, you should consider the Episcopal Church. And here is the reason.... A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated Sunday when the bishop acknowledged asking Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion because of the Democratic lawmaker's support for abortion rights. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

Happy Birthday Vice President Joe Biden
The Vice President became a young 67 year old today. Who first comes to this world below In dreary November's fog and snow, Should prize the topaz amber hue, Emblem of friends and lovers true. Happy Birthday Mr Vice President! Vice President Joe Biden is committed to creating the most open and accessible administration in American history. To send questions, comments, concerns, or well-wishes to the Vice President or Dr. Jill Biden, please use the form below http://www.whitehous

The Decade of Bush
This decade is coming to a close and the media will soon start churning out their retrospectives of it all. The "Two-thousands" is the decade that, in popular culture, started on January 1, 2000 and will end on December 31, 2009. The Two-thousands have been dominated by some incredible news, from the very beginning with fears of Y2K and Bush v. Gore to 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq.  The midway point gave us the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. The closing came with a world-wide financial collaspe as well as the first African American president.  What a ride! It has also seen an explosion of telecommunications as well as an ecological collaspe. &