About Last Night...

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama focused on four questions. One was: How do we make technology work for us, and not against us — especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Another was: How can we make our politics reflect what’s best in us, and not what’s worst?

Sacramento Bee: Business leaders prefer a carbon fee on climate change

Yes, we should be excited that leaders from 193 nations put their heads and hearts together in Paris. They made important progress in staving off the worsening damage threatened by climate change. As a former ambassador, I relish such cooperation.