The US lists polar bears as threatened, but the program to protect them is ineffective, since it fails to address the fatal threat.

Wisconsin Republicans threaten to censor teaching at the University of Wisconsin.

Ethics lawyers for Dubya and Obama called for delaying confirmation hearings so the ethics reports could be delivered.

There are two aspects of Republican rule we need to resist: policies that are cruel to the poor and weak, and attacks on democracy itself.

In the latter, conservatives might join in.

If the loser's net worth is positive, he can divest himself of interest in the running of his businesses without actually selling them in a hurry.

This method won't work, however, if the worth if his businesses is negative.