The Kagan Hearing’s Surprise Winner
The biggest winner of the Elena Kagan confirmation battle may be a conservative lawyer who never stepped foot inside the hearing room and was once on the fast track to a seat on the bench Kagan will probably soon occupy. As unlikely as it may have seemed at the start of the week, Miguel Estrada has emerged as the wronged hero seven years after he capitulated in a bitter partisan fight over a seat on a federal ... read more























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Adam Housley
June 25, 2010 11:24 AM
The Ixtoc Spill 30 Years Later
Amidst the thick mangroves, under the turquoise tranquil waters and along the shoreline of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, the world's worst peacetime oil spill once hit here and more than 30 ... read more