Note to Liberal Elite: It's Not About Race
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:00 pm PDT
RealClearPolitics.com - New York Times columnist Frank Rich argues that opponents of Obama's healthcare legislation are motivated by racism. The Washington Post's Colbert King believes Tea Party activists "forerunners" are Southern segregationists. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution's Cynthia Tucker views racist incidents as a "reflection on the Grand Old Party" overall. Full Story | Top |
Moscow subway bombings: What now?
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:40 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - As Russia mourns those killed in the Moscow subway bombing terrorist attacks this week, its leaders are considering how to respond. One thing they should realize: Brutal tactics against terrorists in the North Caucasus region – the suspected origin of the subway suicide bombers – are not working. Full Story | Top |
Why the Health Care Bill Could Be Repealed
Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:00 pm PDT
RealClearPolitics.com - The punditocracy has recently been consumed with a debate over whether or not the Republicans will be able to repeal the recently-passed health care bill. Outside of self-professed conservative pundits, the conventional wisdom seems to be that the odds are prohibitively against repeal (or significant modification). Full Story | Top |
Moscow metro bombings: Russia should reinvent how it handles terrorism
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:10 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Monday’s subway suicide bombings, which left 39 people dead and wounded 70 more in Moscow, was allegedly carried out by the Black Widows, a cell of female suicide bombers from the North Caucasus, has deep historic and religious roots. This is the time for the Russian government to review the failing counterinsurgency policies, rooting out corruption and inefficiency and countering the growth of radical Islam. Full Story | Top |
China, Wall Street, and the financial crisis: Francis Fukuyama talks with Henry Paulson
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:52 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Francis Fukuyama is the author of “The End of History and the Last Man.†Henry Paulson is the former US secretary of the Treasury, whose recent memoir, “On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System†has just been published. This conversation between them will appear in the forthcoming issue of “The American Interest,†and was made available to the Global Viewpoint Network. Full Story | Top |
Trust Just Isn't Enough
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:25 am PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- I've had it with trust. Too much of it, and people will ignore the obvious. Too little of it, and they'll do exactly the same thing. Full Story | Top |
Illegal Hispanic immigration is undermining American values
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:07 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Walking the sandy beachfront in this ultra-affluent city, I chanced upon two Hispanic men rummaging through the trash. Startled at the sight, I stared momentarily. One of them yelled at me, “You look now, but in 50 years we will own all this!†Given the tsunami of illegal immigration and the prolific Hispanic birthrate, I responded, “I believe you will.†Full Story | Top |
Dems Lose Argument -- Win Dirty
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00 am PDT
Mona Charen - The revisionist history writers were busy last week. The health care law was "sweeping" and "historic." Mrs. Pelosi was the "most powerful speaker in history," and President Obama had cemented his place as "one of the most consequential presidents." The press, in short, echoed Vice President Biden's view on the importance of the legislation. Full Story | Top |
The Real Anti-Americans
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:00 am PDT
Pat Buchanan - As Democrats, after a Sunday rally on the Capitol grounds, marched to the House hand-in-hand to vote health care reform, Tea Partiers reportedly shouted the "n-word" at John Lewis and another black congressman. A third was allegedly spat upon. And Barney Frank was called a nasty name. Full Story | Top |
OHIO'S UNLIKELY WARRIOR
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:58 pm PDT
David Shribman - Ohio has changed its mind. In 1887, the state sent William Allen to Congress as one of its representatives in Statuary Hall. Full Story | Top |
STUDENT LOAN OVERHAUL WILL IMPROVE LIVES
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:58 pm PDT
Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- The United States used to be among the world's leaders in educating its citizenry. After World War II, Americans completed college at higher rates than most other countries as returning soldiers used the GI bill to pay tuition. Full Story | Top |
THE POWER OF ZERO
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:59 pm PDT
Richard Reeves - DALLAS -- Remember the good old days? Remember when a Republican senator, Olympia Snowe of Maine, said she heard history calling? Well, history did call and not a single Republican answered in Washington. Zero in the Senate. Zero in the House. Full Story | Top |
Australia, Bitten By a Filthy Dog
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:00 am PDT
Brent Bozell III - It seems like it's been quite some time since our National Endowment for the Arts has shocked the public with an outrageous grant for a ridiculous "artist" whose art flourishes only when the taxpayer is forced against his will to subsidize it. Sadly, that means these "artists" must take their talents elsewhere in search of public funding. Full Story | Top |
Bibi's Hollow Victory
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:00 am PDT
Pat Buchanan - "The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years ago, and the Jewish people are building Jerusalem today. Jerusalem is not a settlement. It is our capital." Full Story | Top |
Inevitable Decline?
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:00 am PDT
Mona Charen - Throughout the past year of debate on health care reform, the conservative fear and the liberal hope were identical — that passage of a huge new entitlement program would prove irreversible. "No one now dares touch Social Security or Medicare" crow the Democrats, and it will be the same with Obamacare. Full Story | Top |
Bum's Rush for Bibi
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:00 am PDT
Linda Chavez - Judging by his actions to date, President Obama appears to have an almost visceral antipathy toward Israel. Full Story | Top |
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