environment
Via Plumer, Stephen Dubner's attempt to preempt the many critics of their global warming arguments contains two classic approaches:We have a chapter in SuperFreakonomics about global warming and it too.
While the Court's decision not to strike down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act -- at least, not yet -- was probably the best outcome that could have been.
I strongly recommend Kate Sheppard's piece on the EPA's new determination that "that planet-warming greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health and welfare," both because it provides valuable information about the new policy shift (as well as its limitations), and it's a good example...
Another Bush administration change in E.P.A. regulations -- also reflective of the legendary Republican commitment to "federalism" -- has been rejected by the courts as inconsistent with the Clean Air.