Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.
From Al Gore
The heart of the security agenda is protecting lives - and we now know that the number of people who will die of AIDS in the first decade of the 21st Century will rival the number that died in all the wars in all the decades of the 20th century.
You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some... and then there's that little-known third category.
We are going to have the best educated American people in the world.
I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.
America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.
The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.
The signs that the world is spinning out of kilter are increasingly difficult to misinterpret. The question is how to convince enough people to join a critical mass of urgent opinion, in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution... Here it is: Put a price on carbon.
It's not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they're visible above the surface.
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