Turkey's worrisome approach to Iran, Israel
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:00 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Who knows what Turkey's prime minister may have said in private to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about Iran's nuclear program this week. But on a visit to Tehran, the powerful and confident Turkish leader – he's offered to negotiate between Iran and the West – publicly defended his "friend" Iran. Full Story | Top |
Reparations?
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:06 pm PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- Even without George W. Bush's debut in Fort Worth as a motivational speaker (see Stephen Colbert swoon over the speech here), this past week has been full of reminders of 43. Full Story | Top |
Pelosi's Not-So-Robust Public Option
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:02 am PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- The public option was always a compromise for serious supporters of health-care reform, who -- like Barack Obama when he was running for the Senate in 2003 -- knew that a single-payer "Medicare for All" system was what America needed to provide health care to everyone while controlling costs. Full Story | Top |
Hillary 2016?
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00 pm PDT
RealClearPolitics.com - Hillary Clinton did not need another man stealing her thunder. Last week, John Kerry earned headlines for convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to agree to a run-off election. The Senate's top man on foreign affairs looked more like the secretary of state. And naturally, political observers wondered where was the secretary of state? Full Story | Top |
President Obama and American Exceptionalism
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:00 pm PDT
RealClearPolitics.com - Several pundits have observed that the rhetoric of candidate Barack Obama has differed considerably from the conduct of President Obama's administration. A major part of Obama's campaign appeal, especially to young voters and Independents who helped propel him to victory, was the promise of ushering in a new politics, an escape from partisan rancor in favor of pragmatic problem-solving. But just nine months into his tenure, the old, bare-knuckle politics seems to have been replaced with the Chicago brass-knuckle variety. Full Story | Top |
Letters to the editor
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - On child abuse and the courtThank you for publishing, "Child abuse: when family courts get it wrong," in the Oct. 11 issue. For years, distraught mothers who complained about unfair custody decisions were dismissed as "disgruntled litigants." The up-to-date research has now established that custody courts are failing to protect battered mothers and their children because they are using outdated and discredited practices. Full Story | Top |
FOREIGN JOURNALISTS FACE A DANGEROUS NEW WORLD
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:58 pm PDT
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- This fall, David Rohde, a young and intrepid journalist covering Afghanistan for The New York Times, told the dramatic story of his seven months in captivity with one of the most extreme Taliban militias -- from his capture in Afghanistan to months in miserable, gun-filled rooms in the Pakistani tribal areas. Full Story | Top |
A Winning Compromise?
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00 am PDT
Joe Conason - The Senate leadership's decision to include the "public option" in its health care reform legislation seemed at first almost miraculous, especially to anyone who believed the hundreds of obituaries recited in the media over the past several months. But by acting on their convictions rather than their fears, the Democrats could ultimately find that the politics of consumer choice can be turned to their advantage for years to come. Full Story | Top |
When Sports-Lefties Go Political
Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00 am PDT
Larry Elder - We've now established that Rush Limbaugh cannot own an NFL team given his "unacceptable" (read: conservative) political comments. What about sports figures, executives and commentators who offer their left-leaning political thoughts? Full Story | Top |
I'LL PASS ON 'OPTING OUT'
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:58 pm PDT
Ann Coulter - The Democrats' all-new "opt out" idea for health care reform is the latest fig leaf for a total government takeover of the health care system. Full Story | Top |
THE NEW ROBBER BARONS COULD DEEPEN THIS ECONOMIC HOLE
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:29 pm PDT
Cynthia Tucker - Wall Street's masters of the universe are a shameless bunch, their egos swelled with a sense of entitlement that would make the old railroad robber barons blush. Their predations are largely responsible for the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, but they don't get it. Full Story | Top |
How the FCC and Liberal Churches Are Scheming To Shut You Up
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00 am PDT
Michelle Malkin - The war on conservative speech has moved from the White House to your neighborhood pews. Left-wing church leaders want the Federal Communications Commission to crack down on "hate speech" over cable TV and right-leaning talk-radio airwaves. President Obama's speech-stifling bureaucrats seem all too happy to oblige. Full Story | Top |
Lieberman Twists the Knife
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00 am PDT
Robert Scheer - Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any health care reform bill that has a public option — even the version with the "trigger" compromise accepted by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe — because it might cost money. Full Story | Top |
Vaccine Supply and the Public Option
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00 am PDT
Susan Estrich - My internist told me he is now using the technique he learned many decades ago in the military, when supplies of vaccine were short and they had to split doses. I wouldn't even think of asking. But I did ask my rheumatologist, since rheumatoid arthritis is one of those things that makes getting the flu worse. He would have been happy to give me a flu shot — I'm talking regular flu here, not the swine kind — but he was out. Full Story | Top |
Don't Replay the '70s
Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00 am PDT
Brent Bozell III - The Left is ecstatic about the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll, which claimed a surge in public support for the so-called "public option," wrapped in the (insincere) rhetoric of "choice" and "competition." The poll asks if the government should "create a new health insurance plan to compete with private insurance plans," and 57 percent agree. Happy days are here again for liberals. Full Story | Top |
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