Opinion

By Christine Todd Whitman Columbia Daily Tribune July 29, 2012 Much at stake for state, nation in small reactors. [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman NJ.com July 20, 2012 I am appalled by Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s questioning the loyalty of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She and the other representatives who joined in the allegations that Abedin has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood should be ashamed. Is this the way [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman NJ.com June 15, 2012 I recently celebrated the release of a new book about the people and wildlife of Delaware Bay: Life Along the Delaware Bay. The book very colorfully informs us about the incredible array of important wildlife and fish of this great bay, as well as about the bay's rich cultural resources, and the [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman Democracy June 13, 2012 For the past year we have watched Republican presidential candidates fall over one another to prove who can best pander to the far-right base. Of course, this behavior is not unique to Republicans; increasingly in recent elections we’ve seen candidates from both parties move to the extremes to get their party’s nomination, [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman May 9, 2012 Today's natural gas market is still vulnerable. We should take advantage of our domestic energy resources, including nuclear energy. [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman and Jay Timmons Investor’s Business Daily April 19, 2012 The United States is poised for a manufacturing renaissance. Now it's up to policymakers to make sure that this country's policies match our goal of a revitalization of manufacturing. [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman New York Times April 19, 2012 To the Editor: “Report Faults Online Services Over Reliance on Coal and Nuclear Power” (Business Day, April 18) discusses a Greenpeace report suggesting that emissions-free nuclear power and coal constitute “dirty energy.” [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman McClatchy-Tribune News Service December 22, 2011 As state leaders struggle to meet rising energy demand in a sluggish economy, some are embracing nuclear energy as a solution that provides jobs as well as affordable electricity. Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia are among the states that are expanding the role of nuclear in their energy [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman The Hill 15 November, 2011 Today, the U.S. is undergoing a decisive change in how we use and produce energy. A green revolution is seeing wind and solar power grow at unprecedented rates. In the first five months of 2011, wind generation had grown by 35 percent, and solar generation grew by 49 percent over the [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman and and Dennis Blair The Washington Post November 4, 2011 Partisan politics have brought our government to a standstill. Washington has forgotten that, for U.S. democracy to work, every citizen must be represented. [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman Bloomberg Business Week November 1, 2011 Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- “You reap what you sow” used to be a widely understood principle. Today, we seem to have lost that understanding as we watch the occupation of Wall Street and cities across the country. [...]

By Christine Todd Whitman Sun Sentinel 27 October, 2011 A dominating factor in Florida’s double-digit unemployment is a significant drop in construction activity. All across our nation, home starts and manufacturing are down and we are losing our competitive edge in technologies that America once dominated. [...]