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 |
'Atlas Shrugged': With America on the brink, should you 'go Galt' and strike?
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:54 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - "Atlas Shrugged" has finally reached the big screen and, especially among tea partiers, Ayn Rand is being hailed a prophet. How could she have anticipated, more than 50 years ago, a United States spinning out of financial control, plagued by soaring spending and crippling regulations? How could she have painted villains who seem ripped from today’s headlines? Full Story | Top |
The origin of the birthers
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:32 am PDT
The Week - Until this week, 45 percent of Republicans believed the president was born outside the U.S. How did this rumor start? Full Story | Top |
A Wedding: Not Just for Royals
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:00 am PDT
Mona Charen - By the time you read this, Prince William and his bride, Catherine Middleton (who, depending upon the distribution of titles, may henceforth be known officially by the odd formulation "Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales"), will have exchanged vows. Full Story | Top |
A Generation of Termites?
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:00 am PDT
Joe Conason - The aging of the baby boom generation has not improved its reputation. Having brought immense positive change to this country, the postwar population wave is frequently castigated as a self-seeking and even selfish cohort by members of the generations that have followed, who worry that those nearing retirement will cost too much to maintain amid dimming economic prospects. Full Story | Top |
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