The Clean Energy Corps is a program that will provide jobs and job training in the new green economy. It is designed to simultaneously stimulate the currently sagging economy, begin the important process of addressing global climate change, and provide a pathway for low-income and unemployed people toward good paying jobs with a reliable future.

I propose that the federal government subsidize part of the original investment needed to develop a national network of unusually comprehensive housing cooperatives. Long-term fixed-interest government loans would be needed to help with the costs of purchasing, renovating and maintaining the property and to pay for the necessary training and salaries of resident employees until the earned income of community businesses can cover their costs. The project's intention would be to provide for most of its residents' social and economic needs, as well as for their housing.

For 5 days a group of approximately 400 people from all over the world will Walk for Peace in Colombia led by Sabine Lichtenfels, Padre Javier Giraldo and Benjamin von Mendelssohn.

Passing through villages and hamlets surrounding the area of San Jose, an area unprotected between the fronts of civil war, participants will be confronted with the threatened reality for Colombian peasants and how they can be part of developing global peace strategies for crisis areas around the world.

This November 4, Californians should vote YES! on Prop 2 – a modest measure that stops cruel and inhumane treatment of animals, ending the practice of cramming farm animals into cages so small the animals can't even turn around, lie down or extend their limbs.

Anti-nuclear activists successfully stopped the nuclear industry once before, but nuclear energy is too important to America to allow that to happen again. Despite the activists' attempts to mislead the public, nuclear energy is a proven, viable, economical, and environmentally sound solution to U.S. energy needs and legislative carbon constraints.

Future politicians can, if they choose, communicate with anyone who provides personal information during the politician’s campaign at nearly no cost, without having their message filtered. A sitting President could reach out to a broad base of strong supporters, keep those supporters in close contact with each other, keep those supporters funneling their support to sympathetic Congressmen, keep those supporters hounding political adversaries, and keep those supporters listening to their message. Most importantly, the nature of the message can be very granular.

These proposals I list here serve to lower costs for all consumers, without harming the high quality of care which distinguishes the American health care market, while addressing the humanitarian crisis of the uninsured poor.

There is no single solution to all of the challenges and problems that foster children face in school and at home. Ideally, every child in the foster care system would become a part of a stable, loving, permanent home with adults committed to nurturing their talents and skills. However, policymakers can embrace measures to alleviate some of the stresses associated with foster care that contribute to lower educational attainment and poor life outcomes.

At the federal level, Congress should reform federal education policies to protect academic transparency, eliminate inefficient bureaucracy, and encourage innovation at the state and local levels. Policymakers should embrace policies that give more families the freedom to choose their children's school; allow school leaders to innovate and develop successful school models and improve teacher quality; and allow parents, lawmakers, and the general public to hold public schools and students accountable for results.