As yet another sign of how far the Congress is taking the country off track, keep an eye on how Congress fills the time while the debt ceiling debate stalls.

Just a few months ago, anti-climate zealots in the U.S. House of Representatives attacked the Environmental Protection Agency’s programs to cut pollution in our air.

Six months is not a long time or is it? Six months in the life of an infant brings some of the most vital stages of development. Six months can be measured by two weather seasons. This length of time can be significant or just create passing memories. For me, the last six months working at the Wilderness Society have been more than enlightening and have changed my vision of the future.

In the classic Shakespeare tragedy Julius Caesar, the titular Roman emperor meets his terrible fate with when the Roman Senate stabbed him 23 times.  The Clean Air Act, and the EPA that enforces it, experienced a similar senatorial fate today, being blindsided by the Senate when Minority Leader McConnell unexpectedly attached an EPA-gutting bill to a separate small business bill being debated on the floor.