This time, the governor and the municipalities took some initiative. But at moments like these, the difference between wealth and poverty appears at its most raw.
Elkhart and Toledo. Indiana and Ohio. Decline and comeback: How the new era under President Barack Obama is seen in these two cities in the United States
None of these theories, in the ways they've been conceived, would be able to defend all the capitals of the European member states of NATO against any type of missile that might attack them.
That the United States of America provides this ray of hope for the depressed global scene is so much the better. Among the truly awful inheritances handed down from eight years of Bush, perhaps the worst is such acute and unintelligent anti-Americanism.
In the battle for security for all citizens, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is the only weapon in our arsenal. Only more transparency in negotiations and respect for each other's values will dispel suspicions and clear the rumor closet of 'chlorine chickens' and genetically altered corn.
The Internet — where boundaries seem to disappear — can be a tool for liberation or domestication, and could serve to move toward more justice or the extension of existing inequalities and domination.