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  TimesPeople recommended a blog post:

  Aug 25, 2011

  The E.P.A. Has Gone Rogue - Room for Debate

  Republican candidates should work to rein in the E.P.A., making sure it follows Congress's intent.

  The argument is wrong in its assumptions.

  "The E.P.A. today is legislating climate policy under the guise of implementing a statute, the Clean Air Act, enacted in 1970, years before global warming was even a gleam in Al Gore’s eye. This is an egregious breach of the separation of powers. The claim that Congress gave E.P.A. such expansive powers in 1970 but just forgot to tell anybody is absurd." 

  This is simply a lie.       Arguments based on it lies.

  Al Gore is a distraction here.  Congress explicitly gave the E.P.A. its powers and we were strongly informed.
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  TimesPeople recommended a blog post:

  Aug 25, 2011

  No E.P.A.? Welcome Back Smog - Room for Debate

  It’s actually the E.P.A.’s cautiousness, and not over-zealotry, where it has taken its lumps.

  "There’s still, for instance, no national health standard for chromium-six"

  There is such a standard. It is "NO!".

  You will notice that there is no chrome plating on U.S. car parts.  The bright work is stainless steel or aluminum.
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  TimesPeople recommended a blog post:

  Aug 25, 2011

  E.P.A. Is an Underappreciated Cop on the Beat - Room for Debate

  The E.P.A. has transformed our nation, strengthened our economy and improved our lives beyond measure.

  All true. The agency has more work to do.  If it regulates green house gasses, as it should, it will face panic from very powerful interests.
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  Aug 25, 2011

  What if Republicans Closed the E.P.A.? - Room for Debate

  Many of the G.O.P. presidential candidates want to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency. What's the alternative to it?

  There is no alternative to it but lingering death from our own wastes.
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  Aug 25, 2011

  How Parents Can Talk About Their Pasts - Room for Debate

  What parents should reveal about

  • Parents' Histories Are Fascinating

    Hara Estroff Marano, author, "A Nation of Wimps"
    

  • No Need to Seem Perfect

    LaShanda Henry, Mahogany Momma Magazine
    

  
  

  • Moving On With Our Lives

    David Anderegg, professor of psychology
    

  
  

  
  

  • A Matter of Timing

    Karen Karbo, novelist and memoirist
    
    
    

As these point out children are curious, profoundly observant and have excellent memories.

They know all the secrets that are and a good many that aren't.
My guess at an approach to the problem is:
Ask what they think the situation is. 
Listen closely. 
Think carefully. 
Tell them what they need to know to guess correctly. 
Answer their questions or refuse to answer
knowing that refusing to answer is an answer.
Reassure them if you can.