Carson, credited as the founder of the contemporary environmental movement, and author of the landmark book, “Silent Spring,” touched off a major controversy on the dangers of pesticides in the early 1960’s. The well-funded campaign of disinformation that attempted to discredit and silence Carson, continues to dog environmental science nearly 50 years later.
The Anchor Clause is this: let the Bush Tax Cuts expire, then commit the Democrats to a bill that would retroactively refund the higher tax rates for incomes under $250k to January 1st. Every week, people’s promised refund will grow, as will their resentment against the Republicans who are holding their tax cuts hostage for the rich.
There has been a great deal of change and reform delivered over the last two years. While most of these have gone by unnoticed or are not remembered, a fine Wiki team has recorded and organized every major point in a comprehensive database, now available here.
By Kit Kimberly As Halloween approaches, images of kids in costume, of Linus waiting for his Great Pumpkin, of ghosts and ghouls, the street decorations and signs of autumn fill the pop culture consciousness—at least in the USA and some other Euro-based cultures. In the US this year, All Hallows also falls on the eve [...]
A historical chronology of the changes in policies by the Democratic party since they got into power 20 months ago.
