It should be time to discuss the big issues which will define the years ahead, notably how are we, as a nation, going to pay our way in the years ahead?

On Capitol Hill, the ship of state is so bereft of rudder and sail that the crew is jumping overboard. The latest to abandon ship is Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana, who minced no words about the dysfunctional Congress he is choosing to leave.

Forget for a moment about health care and financial reform. On national energy and environmental issues, which have been stalled in the congressional queue, we have a critical national security threat, a danger to public health and welfare, and national policy that encourages American families to inadvertently fund terrorists.

 

In the wake of the Copenhagen conference, climate change could soon be displaced by a different crisis demanding a transition to a low carbon economy.

If you suddenly came face to face with President Barack Obama, what would you say?