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Beginning from the standpoint of the retired general who oversaw the U.S. Army’s investigation into the Abu Ghraib debacle, historian Jeremy Brecher and legal analyst Brendan Smith have offered The Nation an outline of the various accountability options that are available and where things stand today. However one may feel about exactly how to reach closure on this most awkward of topics, their points generally are quite well taken and certainly provide every American with food for thought…however difficult it may be to digest.

Nobel Laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore today issued probably the most dramatic — yet surprisingly still realistic — challenge this nation has had on its table in at least a generation, maybe two. He called on all Americans to band together to pressure policy-makers to begin domestically generating 100 percent of the nation’s electricity from renewable and other clean energy sources within 10 years. And he makes one heck-of-a strong case.