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| Mariah Carey is getting stronger every day. It's now Christmastime. I will not be arguing this. Today we have some wonderful Monday content and a little recap of some stories you might've missed over the weekend. |
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| By The Editorial Board |
| As nations gather in Glasgow, Scotland, to answer for a warming planet, natural calamities are now so common and the science so sharpened over what needs be done about climate change that one thing has become emphatically clear: Talk is no longer cheap. |
| At the dawn of arguably the most crucial decade of quelling rising temperatures, Americans and others around the world have endured a year marked by heat-dome misery in the Pacific Northwest linked to hundreds of deaths; floods that displaced thousands in Germany and Belgium and millions in China; modern history's first climate-induced famine in Madagascar; and out-of-control wildfires from Turkey to Siberia, including one in California so massive it generated its own weather. |
| Earth's thermometer keeps rising because of growing amounts of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air from the burning of fossil fuels. |
Today's Editorial Cartoon |
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| By Sunil Srivastava |
| For the past two decades, the U.S. and international community have engaged in a largely superficial approach to institution building in Afghanistan, particularly in the justice and security sectors. This included a failure to make combatting corruption and impunity a central and unyielding pillar of our efforts from the outset. |
| When I arrived in Bamyan province in April 2010 to serve as a justice adviser to the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team (NZPRT), huge amounts of resources were being devoted to establishing "credible" justice institutions throughout Afghanistan. Unfortunately, little attention was paid to the impact of these efforts. Progress was often measured through superficial indicators, such as the number of courtrooms built, the amount of equipment provided and the number of trainings conducted. |
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| By Paul Brandus |
| Some progressives will rip President Joe Biden for the "framework" agreement for his so-called human infrastructure plan that was announced Thursday. Why? Because they didn't get everything they wanted. Boo hoo. |
| They've been as intransigent as the Republicans in standing in the president's way, and in doing so have done themselves and their far-left brand harm. Governing is about making choices. The president said no one's getting everything they wanted, "including me." |
| Ronald Reagan used to say that there's nothing wrong with getting 80% of what you want now – you can always come back for the rest later. Meanwhile, Republicans are cackling too, but for a different reason: Their spin is that Biden gave in or retreated on key things he wanted. |
| Has it ever occurred to them that in politics or business, when you're negotiating, you always ask for more than what you're willing to settle for? Plus, there's the added bonus of appearing to be flexible and compromising. Biden turns 79 on Nov. 20. This isn't his first rodeo. He is moving the needle on some very big things. |
Some columns you might've missed |
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Columns on qualified immunity |
| We are doing a series examining the issue of qualified immunity. For more on the series read here. |
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| This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos. |
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