Tony K’s got something to say

The Washington Post reports this morning that the office of the Vice President edited testimony on climate change before its submission–isn’t this illegal (or did those rules change while I was sleeping)?
Members of Vice President Cheney’s staff censored congressional testimony by a top federal official about health threats posed by global warming, a former […]

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My friend, Sarah Jane Hise, has been following the Global development agendas, or lack thereof in the presidential debates on the Center for Global Development’s Blog. So far it looks like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have both developed platforms on Global Development issues. Of course there is a shout out to John […]

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This is a pretty good account (login mat be required) of where things stand with the “top 3″ Dems in the race.  What I would like to know is–what it will take to get Bill Richardson up in the ranks of the media darling elites.
Change is needed–but just noting we need change is not making […]

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(HT:  mi amiga Ruth)
Check out Free Rice.  The site is a English vocab game that donates 10 grains of rice through the UN to developing countries for every answer you get correct.  The funds are provided by the companies advertising on the site.  Take a look at the current tally.
The genius is the spin–turning charity […]

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This is a great speech I recommend reading, you can also watch the video.
June 7, 2007
President Bok, former President Rudenstine, incoming President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, parents, and especially, the graduates:
I’ve been […]

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Please, go read Paul Krugman’s editorial from this morning, Lies, Sighs and Politics. He rightly points out the lack of quality news coverage from the U.S. presidential primary debates, the irrelevant importance of sounds bites as opposed to setting a position on policy and plain and simply missing the story.
In Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, […]

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Citibank has pledged $50billion over the next
Citigroup will on Tuesday commit to providing $50bn (£25bn) to environmental projects during the next decade in Wall Street’s boldest statement of the business risks and opportunities presented by climate change.
The world’s largest financial services group will commit to increase 10-fold to $10bn its planned investment to reduce its […]

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