Defining Patriotism
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:04 pm PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- The first sentence of The Nation's prospectus, dated July 6, 1865, promised "the maintenance and diffusion of true democratic principles in society and government," surely a patriotic sentiment, as was the magazine's name. Full Story | Top |
Politics Takes Chunk Out of White House Payroll
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:00 pm PDT
 RealClearPolitics.com - During his two months on the campaign trail as Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden was fond of sharing his father's witticisms with audiences to illustrate a point. One of the more common ones went something like this: "Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value." Full Story | Top |
Obama soars abroad, but America's PR doesn't
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:00 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama's speech to the Islamic world was a splendid example of public diplomacy at its best. His message was sincere, his words eloquent, and his quotations from the Koran pertinent as he reached out beyond governments and political organizations to millions of ordinary Muslims. Full Story | Top |
A 'coup' in Honduras? Nonsense.
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:00 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Sometimes, the whole world prefers a lie to the truth. The White House, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and much of the media have condemned the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya this past weekend as a coup d'état. Full Story | Top |
THIS IS HOW CONGRESS WORKS
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:57 pm PDT
Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- There is a story Rep. Henry Waxman during hearings on steroid use in baseball that some say is apocryphal. But I believe it -- and we have been friends for more than 25 years. It is said that after the sensational hearing where Mark McGwire said he did not want to talk about the past, the congressman came into his office the next morning and said he was surprised there was so little coverage in the newspapers. Full Story | Top |
Welcome to Obamacare Theater
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00 am PDT
Michelle Malkin - The White House sure likes to put on a show. Fresh off its joint stage production with ABC News, the Obama administration broadcast another health-care propaganda play this week under the guise of a citizen "town hall." Full Story | Top |
Sotomayor and Quotas
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00 am PDT
Linda Chavez - The Supreme Court's decision this week in the New Haven firefighters case may cause problems for its newest prospective member, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Full Story | Top |
Hands Off Honduras!
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:00 am PDT
Pat Buchanan - Last Saturday, Honduran soldiers marched into the presidential palace, bundled up President Manuel Zelaya and put him on a plane for Costa Rica. Full Story | Top |
LATIN AMERICA'S NEW LEFTISTS
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:57 pm PDT
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- For decades, even centuries, the bane of Latin American democracy has been the military takeover. Democrats from Guatemala to Peru and from Argentina to Chile have fought valiantly to keep political power from falling into the uncompromising hands of the generals. Full Story | Top |
SO MUCH FOR WISE LATINAS
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 12:15 pm PDT
Ann Coulter - With the Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano this week, we can now report that Sonia Sotomayor is even crazier than Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Full Story | Top |
ENCOURAGING DIVERSITY IS NO EXCUSE FOR INCOMPETENT EFFORTS
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:42 am PDT
Cynthia Tucker - According to the U.S. Supreme Court, several white firefighters were treated unfairly by the city of New Haven, Conn., when it refused to promote them despite their high scores on a promotional exam. In a 5-4 decision handed down on Monday, the court ruled that the city should not have scrapped the test just because black firefighters performed poorly. Full Story | Top |
DUKE CASE RAISES QUESTIONS
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:42 am PDT
Maggie Gallagher - Frank Lombard is a Duke University health official, a licensed social worker, a white, college-educated, legal father of two African-American boys, and according to federal authorities, a pedophile. Full Story | Top |
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