North America – Fed Up With War
Fed Up With War
The difference between the public s take on Afghanistan and that of the nation s top leadership is both stunning and ominous. A clash is coming.
HBC reveals uniform for Canadian athletes at 2010 Vancouver Olympics (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Hudson’s Bay Co. has unveiled a series of simple, classic-looking uniforms that Canadian athletes will wear during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Peering at the Future
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recognizes what some Americans do not: the importance of education as the pathway to personal and societal success.
Where Did We Go?
There is no more we in American politics at a time when we can only manage, let alone fix, our huge problems if there is a collective we at work.
Cassandras of Climate
As climate scientists have begun reaching consensus that Earth s outlook is getting worse at greater speed, the need for government action is thrown into sharper relief.
Obama s Tortoise Tactics
Through the seething summer of discontent, President Obama maintained a Pollyannaish disposition. Some thought it worrisome or weak. But maybe not so fast.
All cases of gestational diabetes should be treated, study finds
Even when women have only mild increases in blood-sugar levels, treatment results in fewer C-sections for mothers and more normal weights and less trauma for babies.
To improve the health of both mother and baby, even women with mild gestational diabetes should receive treatment, researchers say — helping resolve a long-standing dilemma in obstetrics.
Wonderful Copenhagen
President Obama’s trip to Denmark to lobby for Chicago’s Olympic bid for the 2016 Games will last only a few hours, yet the opposition wants to complain.
Obama at the Precipice
President Obama, like the young President John F. Kennedy in 1961, is wrestling with sending more troops to an unpopular war during his first months in office.
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