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R&D: Top Five News Stories/Reports You Want to Read Today

Here is your R&D top five for December 16th: D.C. Council approves same-sex marriage bill from The Washington Post Mixed Views of Obama at Year’s End from the Pew Research Center Why southern Yemen is pushing for secession from the … Continue reading

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AGD: The Story of Stuff Presents “The Story of Cap and Trade”

With a lot of attention focused on Copenhangen this week, the eco-activists/cartoonists at The Story of Stuff present their view on the issue of emissions trading. What does the video get right? Where do they gloss or misrepresent information? Is … Continue reading

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R&D: Top Five News Stories/Reports You Will Want to Read Today

R&D top five for December 9th: Obama’s FDR moment from the Washington Post Contending with the PKK’s Narco-Terrorism from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47% from Gallup Cap, trade and block … Continue reading

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R&D: Top Five News Stories/Reports You Will Want to Read Today

Here is your R&D top five for December 8th: Copenhagen’s Many Agendas from the Council on Foreign Relations Journalism and Freedom (Rupert Murdoch Editorial) from the Wall Street Journal EPA is preparing to regulate emissions in Congress’s stead from the … Continue reading

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of December 1st-7th, 2009

1.  Is Switzerland’s vote to ban minaret construction a setback for efforts to better integrate Muslims into European society? 2.  How will Australia’s defeat of a carbon trading system impact Copenhagen? 3.  Will North Korea’s freeze on cash transactions accelerate … Continue reading

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R&D: Top Five News Stories/Reports You Want to Read Today

Here is your R&D top five for November 25th: US pledges carbon emissions cuts from the BBC Obama to Deliver Prime-Time Address on Afghanistan Tuesday from the Wall Street Journal Afghanistan: Elections and the Crisis of Governance from the International … Continue reading

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