John Kerry
Nuclear Standoff
I’ve written myself about the Obama administration’s more-than-flatfooted policies on Syria (here, here, and here) and Iran ( READ MORE >>
Senate Climate Bill Could Ditch Cap-And-Trade
Over the weekend, The Washington Post reported that John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman are preparing to unveil their much-discussed Senate climate bill in the next few weeks. The eye-opening twist, though, is that their bill probably won’t include a single cap-and-trade program for the entire economy. Instead, it would include different types of pollution controls for different sectors. READ MORE >>
Iran Contrarians
Browner, Kerry, and More Will Headline a TNR Event on Tuesday
And you should come, because we’ve put together a truly impressive lineup. Click here for more full details and email this address (events@tnr.com) to RSVP. Just as a thumbnail: It’ll take place at the National Press Club on Tuesday, February 23, from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. There will addresses by Carol Browner, the White House’s Director of Energy and Climate Change; Senator John Kerry; Representative Ed Markey; and Todd Stern, the State Department’s Special Envoy on Climate Change. READ MORE >>
How to Beat the Blues
Anthony Wright is executive director of Health Access California, the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition. He blogs daily at the Health Access Weblog and is a regular contributor to the Treatment. READ MORE >>
Who's Causing Gridlock On A Senate Climate Bill?
The New York Times' John Broder writes an obituary for cap-and-trade today (an obituary that, earlier this morning, John Kerry said “couldn't be further from the truth”) that had this odd passage: READ MORE >>
Where's the Obama I Voted For?
If you’ve been a Democrat for more than two or three years, disappointment with your leaders is something that comes rather naturally. From the 1970s until well into the previous decade, the party produced presidents and presidential candidates like Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry. These men weren’t lovable losers. They were just losers. Even the lone winner among them--Bill Clinton--famously and infamously found ways to disappoint. READ MORE >>
John Kerry and the Underbelly of History, John Kerry and the Underbelly of the Present
Watching the wake for Martha Coakley on television Tuesday night, I saw John Kerry hobbling into the Sheraton Boston ballroom, his crutches supporting the hip replacement he'd had last week. What a difference between this very serious and cerebral senator and the lightweight who aspired to join him in the upper house of the U.S. Congress. I allude to two efforts by Kerry to reveal facts that others would prefer to leave undisturbed. READ MORE >>
As you know, I voted just before noon. But, at 7:02, I got a phone call from Martha Coakley asking me to cast my ballot for her. "We've come too far ... etc., etc." Actually, she hadn't come nearly far enough. And then at 7:13, I received another call from someone who didn't identify herself. Of course, she was phoning on behalf of Coakley. READ MORE >>
