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Editorials
The New Republic: Medvedev's American Gamble
[30 Jul 2010 at 7:19am]
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has come to stand for ineffectual high-mindedness, yet it's just possible that he understands the current political moment better than we do. According to Stephen Sestanovich of The New Republic Medvedev's gambling that America, and politicians who want to learn from America, can seem cool again.
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Foreign Policy: Behind The Venezuelan Violence
[30 Jul 2010 at 6:45am]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is once again accusing Colombia and the U.S. government of plotting to topple him. But according to Otto Reich John Sweeney of Foreign Policy it's really Chavez who poses a threat to peace in the region.
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India: No Country For Old People?
[29 Jul 2010 at 11:15pm]
As India competes in the global economy, new challenges arise for its aging population, who once relied on their children to help them through old age. Morning Edition commentator Sandip Roy explains.
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After A Son's Injury, A New Life Begins
[29 Jul 2010 at 11:03pm]
Tom Davis grew up in Pensacola, Fla., enjoying everything the seaside town has to offer. But in the summer of 2000, when he was 21, a surfing accident left him paralyzed from the neck down. Tom recently took a moment with his parents, Connie and Robert, to talk about his injury -- and their life together.
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Everyone Under Pressure In Rangel Case
[29 Jul 2010 at 6:08pm]
The last thing the Democrats want as they head into the fall elections is for the GOP to be able to use the "culture of corruption" charge, which brought the Dems to power in 2006, against them. And so they wish the Rangel case would go away.
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Foreign Policy: The Art Of Bullfighting
[29 Jul 2010 at 8:59am]
This week, Catalonia's parliament voted to uphold a ban against bullfighting set to take effect in 2012. Foreign Policy takes a look at photos of Spain's much-celebrated and much-debated sport.
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The New Republic: Defending Obama's Education Plan
[29 Jul 2010 at 7:24am]
Seyward Darby of The New Republic explains why charter-school bashing is off-base and why Race to the Top is a cutting-edge effort that encourages states to make big changes that will help all of their students -- black, brown, or white.
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The Nation: Arizona's Lesson In Constitutional Law
[29 Jul 2010 at 6:30am]
Arizona Federal Judge Susan Bolton decided to block immediate implementation of central provisions of the state's new anti-immigrant laws on Wednesday. John Nichols of The Nation believes that she was upholding one of the most basic principles of Constitutional law: that the federal government gets to set immigration policy.
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National Review: Detaining Arizona
[29 Jul 2010 at 6:26am]
According to the editors of National Review, Judge Susan Bolton twists facts and logic to support the Justice Department?s claim that the Arizona state law preempts the federal immigration scheme.
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The Root: What Obama Should Discuss On 'The View'
[28 Jul 2010 at 7:19am]
At best, President Obama will be able to use the show to reach less than 5 percent of the nation. Still, Cord Jefferson of The Root suggests that it's important to acknowledge that this kitschy, daytime TV appearance could be an opportunity for him to present and explain complex stances to people who don't normally seek out such knowledge.
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The New Republic: WikiLeaks And Pakistani Loyalties
[28 Jul 2010 at 6:54am]
Pakistani schizophrenia is deeply distressing and frightening. Reuel Marc Gerecht of The New Republic warns that an American retreat would make the Inter-Services Intelligence s former die-hard Islamist boss Hamid Gul, a dangerously captivating man, into a compelling shrink.
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Have Your Limoncello And Eat It, Too
[28 Jul 2010 at 5:30am]
Although traditionally served as an after-dinner sipper, this Italian liqueur is perfectly suited for any time of day -- particularly in a cocktail. But don't just drink it. Make your own, then use it for cooking and baking to impart creamy, lemony flavor without a lot of acidity.
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Cheerleading A Sport? You'll Know It When You See It
[27 Jul 2010 at 5:40pm]
A judge has ruled that cheerleading is not a real sport, defeating a college's attempt to get around Title IX rules for female participation in sports. But what about the 64,000 high school girls who are on competitive "spirit squads" -- are they not athletes?
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A 'Teachable Moment'? What's The Lesson?
[27 Jul 2010 at 2:17pm]
Host Michel Martin explores the lessons that can be learned from the Shirley Sherrod story -- by the president, by Fox News Channel and by all journalists -- about race, politics and the power of the truth.
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Former Green Jobs Czar Identifies With Shirley Sherrod
[27 Jul 2010 at 11:00am]
Van Jones, the former White House adviser for green jobs, says he can personally relate to Shirley Sherrod, the former USDA official who was forced to resign last week after her comments about overcoming racial prejudice were taken out of context. Both individuals resigned from the Obama administration amid strong political pressures. Host Michel Martin talks to Jones about the parallels he sees between his highly publicized resignation in 2009 and Sherrod's, and what he's learned since leaving the White House.
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10 Congressmen Who Should Be Fired
(The Daily Beast)
[29 Jul 2010 at 10:47pm]
The Daily Beast - They tried to build a Bridge to Nowhere, fretted about "killing Grandma," and stiffed the IRS. John Avlon presents a rogue's gallery of House members who should be bounced come November, from Joe Wilson to Alan Grayson.
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Op-Ed: Securing Medicare's future
(Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
[29 Jul 2010 at 8:57pm]
Exclusive to Yahoo! News - Forty-five years ago today, the creation of Medicare transformed our health-care system and our nation. It helped to make us a stronger and more prosperous country by freeing older Americans from the fear that sickness or injury would cost them their lifetime savings and security.
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Federal Judge Neuters Arizona Immigration Law: What's Next?
(The Atlanti...
[28 Jul 2010 at 10:34am]
The Atlantic Wire - The most controversial elements of Arizona's immigration law have been blocked
by a federal judge. Major provisions, such as one requiring authorities
to check the immigration status of individuals while enforcing other
laws, will not go into effect. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton also barred the state from requiring immigrants to carry their
papers at all times. While this isn't the last say on the Arizona law,
it's a major victory for the bill's opponents. Here's what observers are
looking at now and anticipating for the future:
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Is the Intelligence Community Unmanageable?
(RealClearPolitics.com)
[30 Jul 2010 at 12:00am]
RealClearPolitics.com - Beginning with the Washington Post's "Top Secret America" series last week, the media are creating a narrative aimed at cutting down to size what the Post called the American intelligence community: a system so big and unwieldy that its effectiveness is impossible to determine. Our intelligence community, according to the Post series, has become ungovernable in the way the media used to characterize New York City.
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Do Guantanamo media restrictions also prevent open trials?
(McClatchy Ne...
[29 Jul 2010 at 4:44pm]
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Reporters covering trials of accused terrorists at Guantanamo on Monday will have their first-ever face-to-face chance to air their complaints about the U.S government's restrictive rules, which journalists say make it nearly impossible for the public to follow the proceedings.
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Texas Billionaire Brothers Charged With $550M Fraud
(The Atlantic Wire)
[30 Jul 2010 at 7:15am]
The Atlantic Wire - More Forbes Billionaires Behaving Badly, sighs Luisa Kroll
at Forbes: "Unfortunately it is not the first - nor will it be the last
- time a member of our Forbes 400 list of richest Americans runs into
trouble with the law. Sometimes it works out okay. All charges against
Broadcom's Henry Nicholas, who could have faced up to a potential 360
years in prison for 21 counts of options backdating and 4 counts of drug
conspiracy, were dropped in January on the basis of prosecutorial
misconduct. Some billionaires like A. Alfred Taubman and Michael Milken
spent time behind bars and are now back to their lives and back on our
rich list. Then there is fellow Texan Allan Stanford who sits in a Texas
cell awaiting his 2011 trial on 21 criminal charges of defrauding
investors."The SEC Is Alive Again! writes Ashby Jones
at The Wall Street Journal: "If Mary Schapiro’s Securities &
Exchange Commission has adopted a strategy for helping people forget
about the missed opportunity that was Bernie Madoff, it might be this:
create more opportunities. Preferably high-profile, Goldman Sachs-type
opportunities." David Dayen
at FireDogLake agrees: "There does seem to be a resurrection of
activity from the SEC under the new leadership of Mary Schapiro. It’s
certainly more aggressive than the Chris Cox years."
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For biased critics of Israel, even its defensive actions violate human rights...
[29 Jul 2010 at 2:29pm]
The Christian Science Monitor - In 1947, when excusing Soviet totalitarianism had become quite the rage in fashionable progressive circles, George Orwell eviscerated a British politician who consistently defended totalitarians but nevertheless denied that he was a defender of totalitarianism. “But of course he does,” Orwell wrote. “What else could he say?
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Obama Ignores Warnings on Afghanistan—Going Back to November 2008
(The...
[28 Jul 2010 at 11:21am]
The Nation - The Nation -- At my Daybook today I link to a remarkable Garry Wills blog item at The New York Review of Books site, in which he reveals that he is breaking a kind of embargo a year after he and other historians had dinner with President Obama. It seems that most of them warned him about the "folly" of continuing/escalating in Afghanistan—and Wills is sad and angry that the President didn't listen one bit.
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Rand Paul's Former Campaign Manager Defends Maddow Interview (VIDEO)
(Hu...
[30 Jul 2010 at 10:10am]
Huffington Post - In a revealing and somewhat endearing short interview with a local blogger, Rand Paul's former campaign manager defended the Kentucky Senate candidate's decision to give that controversial, post-primary interview to Rachel Maddow in which he questioned the reach of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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Google's Midlife Crisis
(The Atlantic Wire)
[30 Jul 2010 at 7:21am]
The Atlantic Wire - Is Google stuck in a rut? The search
giant's stock is down 21 percent since January and efforts to diversify its
revenues have been less than satisfying. In an exhaustive article,
Fortunes' Michael Copeland and Seth Weintraub argue
that Google's "search party is over." As people begin to rely on social
networking to guide them through the Web, keyword searches no longer
rule the roost, they argue. Can Google keep up in this brave new world?
Technology observers discuss:
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Tea Parties, Glenn Beck Protest Six Flags' 'Muslim Day'
(The Atlantic Wire)
[30 Jul 2010 at 6:57am]
The Atlantic Wire - Since 2000, the theme-park chain Six Flags has held an annual
"Muslim Family Day" at its Chicago park. The event, co-sponsored with
the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), includes halal food and
modestly dressed entertainment for local Islamic families. This year, it
falls on September 12. The timing, along with the ongoing controversy
over the proposed Islamic cultural center
planned for lower Manhattan, has made this year's Muslim Family Day a
cause célèbre for a handful of Tea Party members and certain Fox News pundits.
Here's what they have to say and how observers are reacting.
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5 Best Friday Columns
(The Atlantic Wire)
[30 Jul 2010 at 4:04am]
The Atlantic Wire - Paul Krugman on Obama's Tentative Centrism While the current President
rode into office on a "wave of progressive enthusiasm," the New York Times columnist writes he has since been
far "more centrist and conventional than his fervent supporters
imagined." This isn't necessarily a good thing, argues The New York
Times opinion columnist, and Obama's choices can't always be blamed on
Republican obstructionism. He concludes: "The point is that Mr. Obama’s
attempts to avoid confrontation have been counterproductive. His
opponents remain filled with a passionate intensity, while his
supporters, having received no respect, lack all conviction. And in a
midterm election...[that] could spell catastrophe."Peggy Noonan
on the Competent Chris Christie In what has recently become a trend
among conservative pundits, the Wall Street Journal columnist gives a
ringing endorsement for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie saying that,
"He's going to break through in a big way." While the Democrats are
campaigning against the GOP's "populist spirit" (the Tea Party) in the
lead up to the November midterms, their biggest worry should be worried
about Christie's courageous and, more importantly, competent style of
governance. She enthuses, "But Mr. Christie's way is also closer than
most national Republicans have come—or Democrats will come—to satisfying
the public desire that someone step forward, define the problem, apply
common sense, devise a way through, do what's needed."David
Brooks on the Long Slow Decade The New York Times columnist fears the
impact of the recession will be felt for years to come. "What we have is
not just a cycle but a condition," writes Brooks. "We could look back
on the period between 1980 and 2006 as the long boom and the period
between 2007 and 2014 or so as the nasty crawl." So, how to the spur
economic growth? Brooks sees good plans on both sides of the aisle. For
Democrats, it's what Brooks calls the "Moon Shot Approach"--an economy
buoyed by a strong infrastructure and tax breaks for key sectors.
Republicans see hope in the "Unleash America" school of thinking--it's
defined by "a free-market and entrepreneurial vision of their country."
Both approaches, Brooks says, are better than the inevitable "nativist
and antiglobalist visions that will be arising" in coming years.Patrick
Kennedy on a Brain Disorders Battle Writing in the Boston Globe, the
Rhode Island congressman says the recent 20th anniversary of the
Americans With Disabilities Act should inspire politicians to demand the
same protections for those with brain disorders. "Approximately 100
million Americans have some form of traumatic brain injury," writes
Kennedy. "Millions more suffer from Alzheimer’s, autism, Parkinson’s,
and epilepsy." Yet only 5 percent of the NIH budget is spent researching
neuroscience. Kennedy argues America must respond to the rise in brain
disorders with "the same kind of urgency...as we did with AIDS."Steven
Pearlstein on the New Division of Labor "The only surprise is that
anyone is surprised by the lack of private-sector hiring," concludes the Washington Post columnist. "It is only in the world of Chamber of
Commerce propaganda that businesses exist to create jobs." Writing in
response to the recent news that corporate profits have soared while
little new job opportunities have been created, Pearlstein isn't
optimistic that most employers will soon be adding full-time employees.
"There are lots of theories why this is happening," he writes. "With
consumers cutting back on debt-financed spending, cutting expenses has
been the most obvious way for businesses to increase their profits." In
effect, the profits are addition by subtraction.
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