A new generation of environmental assessment and forecasting tools has begun to emerge, replacing the sensational Malthusian gloom-and-doom reports of the 1970s that were mostly proven wrong. Panelists at this event will examine several of these efforts, including the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, the Pilot Environmental Performance Index, the State of...

The UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment inclusion of human resiliency and adaption suggests that it may represent a turning point from old-style Malthusian fatalism on the environment.

Often failing to fulfill its assigned mandates and unable to implement the initiatives it has begun, the UN's World Health Organization desperately needs to reform.

State and federal functions should be segregated; this is especially critical for Medicaid and education.