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Matt Meyer, Op-Ed: On the narrow but important path of discrediting the false dichotomy of principle and practice, Cynthia Boaz beautifully reflected that "commitment to the principle can evolve from the action, which itself is the result of the strategy." In an email to the Peace and Justice Studies Association list-serve, Boaz put it even more poignantly: "Strategy," she asserted, "is the form that the active manifestation of the principle takes." 
Laura Flanders, Op-Ed: At issue here is "trust" and that little matter of "we." As far as half the country's concerned, those whom government takes care of aren't "our own." They're certainly not "we." Mitt Romney knows that by uttering that one word "welfare" the phantom "welfare queen," is summoned into his campaign, along with Newt Gingrich's famous "food stamp President." With that one word "welfare"—hey presto—the Republicans are talking race, as in "not us." 
Zoha Arshad, News Report: "The lack of rapid response and infrastructure in the area is further cause for alarm for green groups, as well as the fact that an oil spill or even disturbance within the area could lead to the migration of wildlife. Among the species that would be threatened are endangered bowhead whales, female polar bears and birds, all of which depend on the icy ecosystem for survival." 
Robert S. Becker, Op-Ed: "Campaigns are made by fools like me
And billionaires who'll set us free.
What! Re-elect that Muslim fraud
That wonder boy, lionized abroad.
No alien this bishop shall hogtie,
Just Utah mandates from on high.
Was there ever, or will likely be,
A president more pious than me?' So spake the apostate Mitten,
And suckered masses were smitten.
For only fools held by this thrall." 
David Suzuki, Op-Ed: "As evidence builds, deniers are starting to change their tune. They once said global warming isn't happening, and some claimed the world is actually cooling. Now, heat records are being broken worldwide—this past decade was the hottest on record. Many scientists say the situation is even more severe than first thought, with temperatures and impacts increasing faster than predicted." 
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Video Report: "It is true that people have asked that question again and again. You know, should we tell kids that Columbus, whom they have been told was a great hero, that Columbus mutilated Indians and kidnapped them and killed them in pursuit of gold? Should we tell people that Theodore Roosevelt, who is held up as one of our great presidents, was really a warmonger who loved military exploits and who congratulated an American general who committed a massacre in the Philippines? Should we tell young people that?" 
Heidi Bruce, News Report: Of the six extreme weather events in 2011, the report indicates that five were at least partly caused by climate change. Last year's record heat wave in Texas was about 20 times more likely to have happened due to climate change than natural variations in weather systems, according to the report. "Every weather event that happens now takes place in the context of a changing global environment," commented Kathryn D. Sullivan, deputy NOAA administrator. 
Travis Waldron, News Analysis: "The fact that other countries are graduating more and more of their people and giving them a good education, that, in and of itself, is certainly not a negative," Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D), who helped unveil the report today, told ThinkProgress. "It's good for their countries, it's good for the global economy when there's a stronger middle class." But, Markell said, the falling share of college graduates is indicative of the more competitive global economy, and, as the report notes, the U.S. faces problems in the education sector that could harm future American competitiveness. 
Phil Angelides, Op-Ed: "Last year, the profits of the nation's five biggest banks exceeded $51 billion, with their chief executives all enjoying pay increases. By 2011, the 10 biggest U.S. banks held 77 percent of the nation's banking assets. On the legal front, enforcement has been woefully inadequate. Federal criminal financial fraud prosecutions have fallen to a two-decade low. Violations are settled for pennies on the dollar - the mere cost of doing business, with no admission of wrongdoing and with the bill invariably picked up by insurers or shareholders." 
Robert Johns, News Report: "Our research is documenting some of the truly amazing dynamics of bird migrations. In addition to the simply staggering distances these birds travel – often thousands of miles at a time, nonstop – we are also observing what could be described as jaw dropping physical feats involving storms," said Fletcher Smith, lead biologist on the tracking project. He added, "These herculean efforts leave the birds exhausted and in need of a safe haven to rest and refuel. --
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