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Remember Drill, Baby, Drill? Well, it’s going to be more about actual good public policy based on sound science in the brave new world of the Obama administration. From “The Economist” comes Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the Earth. I’ve touched on some of these folks at Obama’s Team and Obama’s Team, […]

U.S. President Barack Obama will sign a series of Executive Orders Thursday ordering the closure of the military facility at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba within a year. At issue is the fate of the detainees held there.  Obama Wednesday in his first full day in office ordered a 120-day halt to military […]

As the inauguration of President Obama fades into history I thought it would be interesting to parse out references to foreign policy in the inaugural address (text, video). Although the speech was short on specifics, President Obama did set a tone suggesting a willingness to engage the world, to lead collaboratively, and contained the requisite […]

The White House website already has a page on the “New Energy for America” plan.  They’re on it! An article in this week’s edition of “EERE Network News” from DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, talks about President Obama’s inaugural address and its reference to renewables:   how the US will “harness the sun […]

Another sad story to digest.  This time, once again, an aspiring journalist was shot dead along with a human rights lawyer outside a metro in Moscow.  Murdered in broad day light. Only 25 years old, Anastasiya Baburova, kept a blog about life in Russia, about her passion for rollerblading and her frustration with Putin’s  government.   […]

The Washington Post Wednesday reported that U.S. President Barack Obama ordered a suspension of war crimes trials for suspected terrorists held at the naval facility at Guantanamo Bay.  We may have more on this later in the day. Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 21, 2009; Page A02 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Jan. 20 — In […]

Barak Obama was sworn in yesterday as President of the United States, however with President Obama, not only comes the new First Lady Michelle Obama, but also the ‘First Daughters’. Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, have surely done well thus far in the public spotlight, and shadow of their father. Nonetheless what does the move […]

I watched the inaugural address of Barack Obama at a packed auditorium at New York University School of Law. When Obama said, "America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity" the room broke out into applause. In fact, there were about a […]

How is the inauguration of Barack Obama changing perceptions of the U.S. role in the world? According to this AP report, the answer involves expressions of hope, expectation, elation and celebration: A world made weary by war, recession, joblessness and fear shed its collective burden Tuesday to celebrate the arrival of a new American president. […]

DC has been a buzz all weekend with the glitz and glamour of the inaugural balls, as well as the not so glamorous road blocks and street closing; however rain, shine or snow crowds of people will descend on the city streets in only a few hours. Many young and old have already begun to […]

Amnesty International joined a chorus of voices accusing Israel of war crimes for its use of white phosphorus incendiaries over populated areas of the Gaza Strip. White phosphorus munitions are used for a variety of roles by military forces. It is commonly used as a smoke screen to mask military movements on the ground. It […]