Caroline Calais -- Democracy in Americas

Green initiatives in stimulus act not enough

Read the rest of this entry ... (351 words left)

World Economic Forum: Green energy creates more jobs, Dallas expert disagrees

Read the rest of this entry ... (315 words left)

Russia to resume natural gas exports to Europe

Read the rest of this entry ... (214 words left)

Five trends of 2008 to shape energy- and environmental policy 2009

Read the rest of this entry ... (654 words left)

Few results in Poznan - fight against climate change starts at home

Read the rest of this entry ... (426 words left)

Precis hemkommen från vallokalen och stolt bärande en sticker med orden “My Vote Counted”, har jag idag röstat i mitt första president val. Det känns lite märkligt måste jag erkänna. Att leva som Amerikansk medborgare var aldrig något jag planerade eller ens drömde om. Mormor hade förstås en bror som uttvandrade till USA i början på 1900 talet. Hon var bara en liten bebis då och Edmund hennes storebror. Dock kommer jag ihåg att hon ibland fick brev. De var skrivna på engelska till ”my little sister Astrid”. Jag var nio år och bestämde mig raskt för att lära mig så mycket engelska att jag kunde kommunicera med uncle Edmund i Michigan.

Read the rest of this entry ... (249 words left)

             Nancy Pelosi’s speech yesterday says it all – in Washington partisanship is more important than prudence, and it makes me wonder, has the protestant ethic that once founded this country completely vanished? Is the idea that every American is morally responsible for his/her country completely dead?  It looks like it. For not only does the speaker of the house point finger at  president Bush,  house members voting against the bailout are made into villains.  And I honestly have a hard time seeing the 15 Texas republicans, and the 8 Texas democrats that voted against the bailout as dishonorable people.

Read the rest of this entry ... (219 words left)

Read the rest of this entry ... (185 words left)

Ike -- Gud vilja eller människans handlande?

Read the rest of this entry ... (262 words left)

Read the rest of this entry ... (276 words left)

Get rid of bilingual education – please. Here in Texas, 60 percent of all high school students that have been classified with having limited English proficiency (LEP), have been attending U.S schools for five years or more. Experts thinks the reason to LEP is that students have gotten poor bilingual- or English as a second language instruction in earlier grades, or that they often are forced to change schools when their family move around. I think we should look at bilingual education in itself as the source. Reports done in New York  conclude that children qualified more rapidly for mainstream classes if they came from English as a second language program, than they did when they came from bilingual one.

Read the rest of this entry ... (271 words left)