Good Reads

The Party's Over -- I agree that the UN process on climate change should be replaced; the G20 model seems about right.

High School's Last Test -- It is flabbergasting that high schools do not track these trends already!

The States Can Check Washington's Power --  This is an interesting proposal. I wonder how it could be implemented...

The Peoples' Revolt in Iran -- Obama needs to pick a side and stick with it. I pray it is the right one.

Consider Lincoln  -- The foreign policy mess worries me most.

"Realistic Idealism" and the Obama Administration's Emerging Foreign Policy Worldview

I am of the belief that the Obama administration is (only now) rolling out its foreign policy. If Obama's West Point and Oslo speeches and Clinton's human rights speech at Georgetown are an indication of this nascent worldview, then I will be quite happy with the "realistic idealist" approach.