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 | WINDS OF CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:58 pm PST Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- It would seem at first, from the international news, that the elections to be held Sunday in Honduras might offer some resolution to the many political questions on the rise of the Far Left that has been sweeping the hemisphere over the last few years. Full Story | Top | Still Doing God's Work on Wall Street Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST Robert Scheer - Jail, anyone? Perhaps that's too harsh, and at any rate premature, but is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the behind-the-scenes sweetheart deals that passed tens of billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the very banks that caused the financial meltdown? Full Story | Top | Thanksgiving Flu Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST Linda Chavez - There's nothing to get you into the mood for a Thanksgiving gathering like a little H1N1 in the air. Full Story | Top | Understanding Our Hollow "Centrists" Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST Joe Conason - The puzzling thing about politicians of either party who claim to be "centrist" or "moderate" is how much they sometimes sound like party-line right-wing Republicans. Distinguishing among these species of politicians can be almost impossible during the current struggle over health care reform, especially when a senator like Blanche Lambert Lincoln of Arkansas tries to explain herself. 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 | Checkouts and Markups Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00 am PST Susan Estrich - It's that time of the year again. Time to feel like a fool. I started early this year, at Bed Bath and Beyond. Mind you, I love the store — two shiny new floors of beautiful things that you don't have to try on. I'm a goner for candles and diffusers, not to mention cordless vacuum cleaners. And they even have beauty products and potato chips in the checkout line. It should be bliss. Full Story | Top |
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