"The Monongahela River, which runs cleaner than when they were young (not a good sign)..."

Obama visits Pennsylvania.

Prof. Althouse asks: "Why don't environmentalists celebrate economic recessions?" I answer: "For the same reason anti-abortionists don't celebrate single mothers working two jobs and still facing obstacles that appear to be insurmountable. It is tough to sell people on the hard work that is going to take place because of the hard decisions that are to be made. Much easier to sell them on pretty pictures."