The raving Dion if he has a 'smart' plan he should be honest enough to tell Canadians what it is and how much it will cost. Otherwise he is a fool and simply arguing against the government for the sake of arguing. This is a serious issue and all parties need to be clear on what their specific plan is and how much it will cost. On the other hand if the environment is such an urgent and global issue what Harper is saying makes sense. If the largest polluters i.e. U.S., India and China are not committed to binding targets anything we do in other countries is doomed to failure. He is right and this idea that the developed countries have been and are the biggest polluters therefore the lesser developed countries should be exempt from binding targets is ludicrous. While they may be right, if as we are being told there is a catastrophe about to happen in the world because of GHGs skyrocketing then everybody has to be part of the solution.

the has-been

The Giuliani campaign trotted out the perfect man to vouch for the mayor's credentials: Steve Forbes, who was pro-choice in his first presidential bid and pro-life in his second. "Thanks to Giuliani's success on welfare reform, where rolls were cut 60%, the abortion rate in New York City fell faster than the national average," Forbes told RealClearPolitics. "Rudy may be pro-choice—and I happen to be pro-life—but the policies he pursued help the pro-life cause."

Welfare reform has done a great deal to promote work, demand responsibility, and reduce poverty, but even ardent proponents like me have trouble crediting it with short-term reductions in abortion. Most conservative welfare reformers had the opposite worry—that a concerted effort to reduce illegitimacy might cause a spike in abortions.

Island holds first meeting on future of recycling

Recommendations for bringing expanded recycling collection to Hilton Head Island were as varied and colorful as a bin full of mixed aluminum and plastics.