One thing is certain: 2015 must be a year for progressive electoral reform.
Back in blustery January, in his state-of-the-state address, Mr Schwarzenegger vowed this would be a year of reform for a state used to living beyond its means.
Yes, 2010 could be a banner year for a reformed El Rushbo if he can manage to string together a few months of abstinence from further racially charged, misogynistic, homophobic, anti-Muslim and otherwise hateful remarks.
While the Patent Reform Act of 2007 may or may not happen, we will be able to look at 2007 as a landmark year for patent reform without a Congressional bill.
It's a look back at how and why things went wrong for the President in his first year, with a particular focus on the one piece of major legislation he managed to pass, the Recovery Act, which should have set the pace for a year of strong reforms.
My client, Abu Wa'el Dhiab – a Syrian man who has never been charged, and indeed has been cleared to leave Guantánamo by the US government for more than five years – has been fighting for over a year to reform the way he and other hunger-strikers have been treated.
Was bailing out the banks with a blank check first and then asking them a year later for voluntary reforms the most effective course?
Becoming active in the politics of the London Borough of Camden, Livingstone was elected Chair of Camden's Housing Committee; putting forward radical reforms, he democratized council housing meetings by welcoming local people, froze rents for a year, reformed the rate collection system, changed rent arrears procedures and implemented further compulsory purchase orders to increase council housing.
A push last year for comprehensive reform was defeated by his party's right wing, which continues to spread hatred on the campaign trail.
It is however going to be a very busy year for me reforming dress code and connecting everyone on the planet, but I'm hoping one of these blogs might eventually get shared enough to take care of the latter task.
