Opinion Today: Put Cheney on Trial?

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December 2, 2008 Opinion Today

Bloggingheads.tv A regular series of video debates by Bloggingheads.tv Put Cheney on Trial? Jack Balkin of Yale, left, and Eric Posner of the University of Chicago debate whether members of the Bush administration should face trial. Watch the video » ADVERTISEMENT The Board A blog by the editorial writers of The New York Times What the Automakers Can Give the Public: Cooperation on Greenhouse Gases As everyone knows, Detroit’s automakers are desperately petitioning Congress for financial help. We believe any such help should be conditioned on, among other things, the industry’s willingness to retool and produce far more fuel-efficient cars. Here is something else Congress should consider: asking the automakers to drop their long and increasingly futile assault on California’s efforts to regulate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. . . . Read full post » Reader Comment "If automakers are forced by law to build the types of vehicles that California and a few other states demand then those same states should absolutely be forced by law to buy any of those unsold vehicles (at full price) each year. Another solution would be for those states to manufacture their own autos to suit their own needs. Those states could pool their money and build auto plant(s) to supply the specialty cars. . . ." - Posted by Tony Byron, Dec. 2, 9:11 a.m. Read full comment »

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