Day November 24, 2007

An independent poll shows Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has gone from ten points ahead to ten points behind, and that even those who like and support him may vote against ending term limits for him. The vote is on Dec.…

That would be Peter Garrett, former lead singer for Midnight Oil. And on climate change policy, I’ve never heard anyone more articulate and compelling than Peter Garrett who I met and listened to carefully last September in Melbourne.

At least 35 structures including the home of Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers are gone. More threatened. Malibu is a wonderful place. But there are canyons there where homes simply should not be built.

Kevin Rudd, the just elected new Prime Minister of Australia, has pledged to make global warming a major priority, sign the Kyoto Protocol, and bring the troops home from Iraq. This is astoundingly good news, assuming that he does as…

Not satire.