Category: Environment
“Good Riddance” to Gale Norton, but The Problems at Interior Remain
by WS Editors | May 1, 2006 | Environment, PoliticsNo one who closely watches the Interior Department foresees any dramatic shifts in policy once Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne replaces Gale Norton as secretary later this spring. As a former senator, Kempthorne is expected to breeze through the confirmation process, scheduled to begin in early May. But now is a good time to take stock […]
Lay Off Abramoff | Broken Promises to New Orleans | Phony Reformers
by WS Editors | Feb 15, 2006 | Environment, PoliticsStrange Coincidences—They’re beginning to pile up in the Abramoff case. It started in November 2002, when the acting U.S. Attorney on Guam, Frederick Black, was replaced the day after he subpoenaed a secret contract between Guam’s government and the indicted lobbying kingpin Jack Abramoff. Fast-forward to January 2006. As the White House is feeling the […]
DeLay’s Pals Indicted (Again) | Porked Out | Chasing Hurricane Dollars | Tancredo Tantrum
by WS Editors | Oct 1, 2005 | Environment, Politics, UncategorizedTom and His Lucky DeLay—House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is lucky a hurricane hit New Orleans. Otherwise his cavalier cronyism would once again be front-page news. A year ago a top political aide, Jim Ellis, and fundraiser John Colyandro were indicted by a Texas grand jury for illegally funneling $190,000 in corporate contributions to Texas […]
Hurricane Katrina: Destroying Lives, Destroying Illusions
by WS Editors | Sep 15, 2005 | Environment, National SecurityThe flood is receding from the streets of New Orleans, but the Crescent City and the wider Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama will be prostrate for the foreseeable future. At press time, the mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, has “strongly encouraged” all remaining residents to leave the city to escape the threat […]
Judging John Roberts | Help From Abroad | Public to Democrats: Speak Up! | Liberal Hawks
by WS Editors | Sep 15, 2005 | Environment, Foreign PolicyDouble Whammy—“Wow. You got the double whammy,” President Bush once told a 9/11 widow who lost her firefighter husband on their eighth wedding anniversary. The same could be said of the events between August 29 and September 5, when Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans and Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist passed away. The last […]
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