Bin Laden Is Dead, But Will the Long War on Terror Live On?
Sun, 1 May 2011 10:30 pm PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- The killing of Osama bin Laden is a triumphant moment for President Obama and the CIA, allowing a symbolic claim to victory in the War on Terror, bringing an understandable feeling of closure for the victims of 9/11, and will almost certainly assure the president’s re-election in 2012. Full Story | Top |
Bin Laden's Dead: Good Job, CIA! Now, Let's Get Out of Afghanistan
Sun, 1 May 2011 10:01 pm PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- Put aside, for the time being, the fact that the United States – with a $80 billion a year intelligence system, a $600-billion-plus military budget, and a vast law enforcement apparatus – couldn’t find and kill Osama bin Laden for more than fifteen years, including ten years since 9/11. Full Story | Top |
With Osama bin Laden Dead, It's Time to End the War on Terror
Sun, 1 May 2011 09:47 pm PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- In a dramatic, yet sober, Sunday night address to the American people, President Obama announced the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. He reminded us of the horror, the grief, the tragedy and senseless slaughter of September 11, 2001. He reminded us of how, in those grim days, “we reaffirmed our unity as one American family...and our resolve to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice.” Full Story | Top |
FROM NOBODIES TO NOMINEES
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:02 pm PDT
David Shribman - WASHINGTON -- The conventional wisdom is that Barack Obama cannot be beaten. The root of this wisdom is the aphorism, sometimes attributed to former New York Gov. Benjamin B. Odell Jr. and sometimes to former House Speaker Joe Cannon, that you can't beat somebody (Obama) with nobody (any one of the dozen Republican nobodies, male and female, Trump and trumped). Full Story | Top |
VIVID IMAGES OF SOUTHERN RACISM ARE BLURRED BY TIME
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:02 pm PDT
Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- Last week, Haley Barbour, the affable governor of Mississippi, became the first to drop out of the preliminary race for the Republican nomination for the presidency. He said he didn't have the "fire in the belly" necessary to withstand the punishing rituals of the campaign trail, but political observers added other reasons, including his family's resistance to having their lives upended. Full Story | Top |
The Tables Turn in Town Halls, and Maybe DC
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:27 pm PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- In the summer of 2009, raucous town halls were a central turning point in the healthcare reform debate, as angry constituents bombarded legislators with furious monologues and protests over the legislation. Full Story | Top |
US and Pakistan: allies with mutual disgust
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:39 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - The bizarre case of Raymond Davis – the CIA contract employee who shot and killed two Pakistani men who were pursuing him on the streets of Lahore Jan. 27 – illustrates just how poisonous relations between the United States and Pakistan have become. Full Story | Top |
Why birthers won't quit: Racism?
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:07 am PDT
The Week - Birth certificate or not, diehards refuse to believe Obama was born in the U.S. Does the fact that he's black have anything to do with it? Full Story | Top |
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