Why Clinton Cares So Much about an Asian Island Chain
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:58 am PDT
 The Atlantic Wire - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is getting the U.S. involved in a complex, international dispute over a chain of islands in the South China Sea. China and nearby Asian states have long made competing claims as to who controls the strategically located islands. Speaking at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation in Hanoi, Vietnam, Clinton said that the U.S. has a "national interest" in resolving the issue peacefully. Here's what's going on, why it matters, and what could happen next, according to key journalists and experts. Full Story | Top |
On Democrats' Lost Week
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:00 pm PDT
RealClearPolitics.com - It should have been a good week for Democrats. The financial overhaul was signed into law. The extension of unemployment benefits passed. The Democratic Party finally looked like a party that could get things done. Full Story | Top |
Bill to legalize Internet gambling: No dice
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:41 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Fresh from fixing Wall Street’s casinolike ways in high finance, Congress begins work Tuesday on a bill to overturn a 2006 law banning Internet gambling in the US. The measure is being rushed through the House Financial Services Committee on a promise that it would create 30,000 jobs and billions in tax revenue. Full Story | Top |
U.S. War Games Aimed at North Korea
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:09 am PDT
The Atlantic Wire - The U.S. and South Korea are running joint military exercises off the Korean peninsula in an attempt to discourage North Korean military aggression-- seen, for example, in the sinking the South Korean vessel Cheonan in March. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the war games "are designed to send a clear message to North Korea that its aggressive behavior must stop." Friday, North Korea threatened a "physical response" if the exercises are not halted. Will the war games ultimately work? What diplomatic subtexts are in play? Full Story | Top |
Valerie Plame Wilson on 'Countdown to Zero': No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:20 am PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- The nuclear abolition documentary, Countdown to Zero, opens today in New York and D.C. amid positive reviews, and a major promo push featuring one of its expert witnesses and narrators, Valerie Plame Wilson. A rollout starts next week across the U.S. Here at Media Fix we've been writing about the film for weeks now, and yesterday posted the PSA "call to action" featuring producer Lawrence Bender (who earlier gave us both Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds). Full Story | Top |
Inflation's hidden cost: forcing families to make riskier investments
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:55 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - The American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) first published a book called “How to Invest Wisely†in 1947. Since then there have been vast changes in the United States and world economies, especially in the financial markets. One of the biggest changes has been the relentless erosion in the purchasing power of the dollar. Full Story | Top |
Stay or Go: Will Obama Challenge Petraeus's COIN Strategy?
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:30 am PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Obama's mentors on foreign policy issues in the Senate, Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, argued that "the lack of clarity in Afghanistan does not end with the president’s timetable," and that both the military and civilian missions were "proceeding without a clear definition of success." ... The allies, voicing similar concerns, have abandoned most talk of a conditions-based withdrawal in favor of harder timetables ... The Dutch leave this fall, and the Canadians say they intend to follow suit by the end of 2011. Full Story | Top |
Stop Coddling the McCarthyite Smear Machine
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:53 am PDT
The Nation - The Nation -- Editor's Note: This article was first posted by the Campaign for America's Future. Ousted USDA official Shirley Sherrod was subsequently reinstated in her position. Full Story | Top |
Imminent war in Sudan? Not exactly.
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:28 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - One would think that after two difficult wars, Americans would be hesitant to meddle in Middle Eastern nations with troubled political climates. In the last few weeks, however, astute and knowledgeable observers have been building a case for intervention in Sudan. Full Story | Top |
OBAMA AND MCCAIN: TOGETHER AGAIN
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 04:57 pm PDT
David Shribman - First he ran away from his own party on campaign finance. Next he ran at the heart of the congressional ethos by taking on Big Pork. Then he ran against the anointed darling of the Republicans, Gov. George W. Bush. Full Story | Top |
No to Oligarchy
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:06 pm PDT
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Sen. Bernie Sanders's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Full Story | Top |
The Washington Post Finds Waste -- in Government!
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00 am PDT
Mona Charen - Congratulations are due to the Washington Post. "Top Secret America," its in-depth, multi-part, two-year investigation into the vast network of government security agencies and private contractors is an eye-opener — obvious Pulitzer bait. Full Story | Top |
Rush to Judgment
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00 am PDT
Linda Chavez - The Shirley Sherrod episode is a painful reminder that most of us are too quick to allow prejudices to trump judgment. Sherrod's saga began when conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart decided to post a clip to his website from a speech Sherrod gave in March to an NAACP conference. In the clip, it appeared that Sherrod had refused to directly help a white farmer save his farm because she was only interested in helping blacks. Full Story | Top |
Hollywood Shocked as Family Films Flourish
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00 am PDT
Brent Bozell III - The surprise box-office boom for the cartoon "Despicable Me" is making it clear again to Hollywood this summer that family films are the most likely to be top-grossing films. "Toy Story 3" is No. 1 for 2010, not only among the critics, but among the people as well. "Despicable Me" already has broken into the top 10 box-office hits for the year to date with almost $130 million in ticket sales. Full Story | Top |
Losing White America
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00 am PDT
Pat Buchanan - On Monday, the Department of Agriculture demanded the resignation of Shirley Sherrod over a two-minute videotape where she appeared to describe to a cheering crowd of the Georgia NAACP how she denied assistance to a poor white farmer about to lose his land. Full Story | Top |
The Democrats' War on the West
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:00 am PDT
Michelle Malkin - "Why do they hate us?" It's a burning question on the minds of border-dwelling taxpayers, small-business owners, farmers, and Rocky Mountain oil and gas industry workers suffering under punitive Democrat policies. Eighteen months into the Barack Obama administration, the war on the American West is in full swing. Full Story | Top |
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