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January 25, 2008
Chicago girl makes good.
NYT edit board endorses HRC. Well, if you're her, it's almost the ultimate--and you'd be celebrating, duck-walking, and doing the antler dance. The New York Times is the Democratic Party, and it just endorsed Hillary Clinton.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Goldhammer: The French nuke model.
At his wry French Politics, Art Goldhammer briefly comments on the future of nuclear power, inspired by a Roger Cohen NYT piece two days ago that we missed: Why America needs Atomic Anne. Cohen: "It's not often that I find myself recommending a French state-owned industry as the answer to major U.S. problems, but I guess there's an exception to every rule." Ah, the energetic but impressionable Yanks.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:43 PM | Comments (0)
The Environment: China still talking the talk.
"To be clean is glorious--but you won't make the Big Bucks." The Economist: Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air.
China's environmental bureaucrats...readily admit that pollution is poisoning the country's water resources, air and soil. They acknowledge that carbon emissions are soaring. If only, they lament, the government would give them the means to do something about it.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 09:13 PM | Comments (0)
Tax-based stimulus package "robust".
AP: President Bush likes it. Hill leaders like it. Now, get ready--and worry about too little too late. We need a $150 billion shot in the arm three weeks ago. If WAC? gets a rebate, we'll hit Target's Great Books section in Aisle 26A.
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders announced a deal with the White House Thursday on an economic stimulus package that would give most tax filers refunds of $600 to $1,200, and more if they have children.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 01:15 PM | Comments (0)