"I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler." – Jon Stewart
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 29th, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist – Putting Torture Behind Us – NYTimes.com. Kristoff seems to suffer from the common illusion that Republicans want to work together for the good of the country and putting them in charge of investigating Bush Administration abuse of detainees and blatant law breaking will somehow win them over. They only want one thing: [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 28th, 2009
What’s that you say? The GOP doesn’t debate policy matters in good faith and place partisanship and ideology above the good of the nation? Oh noes! Say it ain’t so Paul: Paul Krugman – Bad Faith Economics – NYTimes.com. As the debate over President Obama’s economic stimulus plan gets under way, one thing is certain: [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 28th, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist – Wall Street’s Socialist Jet-Setters – NYTimes.com. Maureen Dowd unleases on John Thain (former Bank of America CEO) and the other financial sector executives who did their level best to destroy the economy through good old fashioned greed and avarice. The former masters of the universe don’t seem to fully comprehend that their [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 26th, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist – Will Obama Save Liberalism? – NYTimes.com. Bill Kristol’s op-ed column in today’s time is standard fare wherein he strokes himself off to memories of St. Ronnie. It’s only notable in that it ends with this true gem: “This is William Kristol’s last column.”
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 21st, 2009
Obama Orders Halt to Prosecutions at Guantánamo – NYTimes.com. That was quick! This is one of the main reasons why I voted for him. Gitmo will be remembered as a national shame, much like the WWII era imprisonment of Americans of Japanese descent. Gitmo has only enabled the recruitment of more sucide bombers and encouraged [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Oct 27th, 2008
Obama ought to make a bigger deal about this. The important take away is that the continued American presence in Iraq helps al Qaeda. Op-Ed Columnist – The Endorsement From Hell – NYTimes.com John McCain isn’t boasting about a new endorsement, one of the very, very few he has received from overseas. It came a [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 14th, 2008
Co-Payments for Expensive Drugs Soar – New York Times Perhaps this should be viewed as a good thing for the prospects of true systemic health reform, given of course you personally don’t die of cancer or become disabled by MS because you can’t afford the drugs to treat the illness. When the middle class begins [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 14th, 2008
Bush Warns House on Surveillance – New York Times With the House moving toward a vote on electronic surveillance legislation that the White House has said falls far short of its requirements, President Bush warned legislators strongly Thursday morning against passing what he called “a partisan bill that will undermine American security.” There is no [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 1st, 2008
Things are not looking up: Net Loss of 17,000 Jobs in January Is First Since 2003 – New York Times U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 17,000 non-farm jobs in January, the first time in nearly 4-1/2 years that U.S. payrolls shrank as fading construction and manufacturing sectors reflected the economy’s waning momentum. Paul Krugman clarifies the [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jan 1st, 2008
Looking at America – New York Times We can only hope that this time, unlike 2004, American voters will have the wisdom to grant the awesome powers of the presidency to someone who has the integrity, principle and decency to use them honorably. Then when we look in the mirror as a nation, we will [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Dec 16th, 2007
Apparently all are “quaint” notions. Has widely reported all over the place: Wider Spying Fuels Aid Plan for Telecom Industry – New York Times But the battle is really about something much bigger. At stake is the federal government’s extensive but uneasy partnership with industry to conduct a wide range of secret surveillance operations in [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Jul 30th, 2006
Left Behind Economics – New York Times It’s behind the subscription wall at the NYTimes.com Bush supporter: “Why doesn’t President Bush get credit for a great economy? I blame liberal media bias.” Informed economist: “But it’s not a great economy for most Americans. Many families are actually losing ground, and only a very few affluent [...]
Date: 04/11/2006