Filibuster Follies Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:13 am PST The Nation - The Nation -- With 35 million people uninsured, and Big Insurance on the verge of receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies through health care reform, the idea that a Blanche Lincoln, Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson or Mary Landrieu could sabotage a public option should be a wakeup call to all of us as to the dysfunctionality of our Senate. Full Story | Top | How Unemployment Affects Midterm Elections Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00 pm PST RealClearPolitics.com - It’s become something of an article of faith within the lay punditry that high unemployment and a weak recovery will seriously weigh down the Democrats’ performance in the 2010 midterm elections. People vote with their pocketbooks, the adage goes, and their pocketbooks are likely to be awfully thin in November of 2010. Full Story | Top | GRATITUDE '09 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:39 pm PST Maggie Gallagher - I've been thinking a lot lately about thankfulness. Many people do not know this about me, but I used to be a libertarian. Full Story | Top | When the Press Favors Secrecy Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST Brent Bozell III - Here's a dirty little secret about The New York Times: It likes to leak things. Important things. Things that change the course of the public conversation. From the Pentagon Papers to the ruined terrorist-surveillance programs of the Bush era, the Times has routinely found that secrecy is a danger and sunlight is a disinfectant. Full Story | Top | Turkeys of the Year Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST Michelle Malkin - As we gather round the Thanksgiving table, bow our heads in prayer and feast on the holiday bird, it is only fitting to take a moment to fete the unforgettable turkeys of 2009. Full Story | Top | CHANGE HAS COME TO THE NATIONAL DEBATE Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:47 pm PST Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- This Thanksgiving, coming in the good year of Our Lord 2009, wears a cloak of indecision as it strolls around these gray city streets, topped off by a droopy hat of disappointment and a scarf of desolation. This Thanksgiving, you might say, is not exactly a "Yes, we can" holiday. Full Story | Top | Our Pushover President Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST Pat Buchanan - "This state visit is ... a terrible mistake," said Rep. Eliot Engel, chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. Full Story | Top | Nurse Ratched Democrats Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST Mona Charen - The president and his party in Congress are attempting to dig this country so deep into debt that we may not be able to climb out. This is a strong and resilient country, but we wouldn’t be the first great nation to bankrupt ourselves. Full Story | Top | THE UNITED STATES -- DECLINE AND FALL? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:58 pm PST Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- It has become fashionable on both the left and the right to compare the United States to ancient Rome. Decline and fall: We are a militaristic power trying to make everyone else in the known world submit to our way, or we are an irreligious, hedonistic bunch going the way of all flesh. Or maybe both. Full Story | Top | LEARNING OLD LESSONS Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:58 pm PST David Shribman - Barack Obama is back from Asia and his bow to the Japanese, his handshake with the tyrant from Myanmar and his difficult sessions with the Chinese. There sure has been a lot of talk about the president and his submissiveness in Asia. Full Story | Top |
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