Epstein Secrets

such severe storms (regardless of their views about why such storms are now occurring with greater regularity) would have made the consequences of Sandy less grievous. With Sandy fresh in our minds and Americans headed to the polls, it is worth looking ahead to consider what other avoidable catastr

tating for the = A country with nearly 8 percent unemployment preferred to give the president a second chance rather than Mitt Romney a first one. The Republican Party today needs to have a real heart-to-heart with itself. EFTA00700212 The has lost two presidential elections in a row because it forced its cand

t itself against storm surges, despite the fact that the sea level has been rising for years and the number of storms is increasing. In the case of Sandy, the weather forecasts were relatively reliable three or four days prior to its arrival, so that the time could have been used to at least make imp

ped or harmed the public good. This is hardly anything less than a systemic crisis. This obstructionism is largely attributable to the group within the Republican Party known as the Tea Party. As filmmaker Sorkin claims, the coalition of ultraconservatives has developed into the "American Taliban." EFTA00700248 T

es New York will face this century, particularly when it comes to adapting the city's aging infrastructure and transportation network. Flooding from Sandy knocked out power for part of Manhattan and the storm caused unprecedented flooding in the city's train and vehicular tunnels under the Hudson and E

r politics and policies. With the 2016 Presidential campaign heating up over an unexpected issue -- the theory of evolution the anti-science wing of the Republican Party continues to voice skepticism. Apologists for this wing would dearly like to distract the media and the voting public from what is, frankly, a natio

The climate -- the earth's climate does not care whether you are a Democrat or a Republican. It doesn't care whether you're liberal or conservative. Sandy did not only destroy the homes of Democrats and not Republicans. The terrible drought that has gripped the Great Plains and our nation's bread bask

nly the conversation you're calling for, but action on change. ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ: And I totally agree with that. BILL MOYERS: So why can't we get the Republican Party to see what you have been talking about? ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ: I think basically the Republican Party has reached the conclusion themselves that th