A Valentine to Women Who Keep the Water Flowing

By Jim Lauria Huffington Post February 14, 2011 As we men scramble to remember our sweethearts on this Valentine's Day, our thoughts tend to drift toward life's luxuries -- chocolates, roses and wine. But this Valentine's Day, I'm thinking about something much more fundamental -- water. Not just the water to refresh the roses, but the water that sustains us all. Valentine's Day seems to be a perfect time to thank women, billions of whom are committed to nourishing the world with clean, safe water. [...]

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Crafting the perfect response

By Erika Lovley
 Politico
 January 21, 2011 President Bill Clinton would not stop talking. 

That’s all Christine Todd Whitman could think about as she anxiously awaited her big national moment — the official response to the State of the Union address. 

“He gave his regular speech and then kept going,” Whitman said. “I was sitting there saying, ‘Now what do I say; he’s said everything.’ I started to get quite nervous.”

The response speech is one of the more daunting spotlight moments for an up-and-coming politician. Delivered directly after the president’s live address to the full Congress, Cabinet and Supreme Court, and a national TV audience, the response has a reputation for being a second-class act that is awkwardly staged and poorly executed. 

In 2006, Gov. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) was criticized for not hitting Republicans hard enough. 

In 2008, Kathleen Sebelius, then the Democratic governor of Kansas, was lampooned as dreadfully boring. [...]

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Kirk Heinze: Energy from the ‘Heavens’ must include nuclear

By Kirk Heinze MLive.com January 12, 2011 I recently had the pleasure of interviewing two most accomplished women on Greening of the Great Lakes. Both are former governors. Both are exceedingly knowledgeable, articulate and passionate about the beliefs they hold dear. And, among those beliefs, they share a deep and abiding commitment to the development of renewable energy. [...]

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