Obama’s “Way-to-Go, Brownie!” Moment?

Greg Palast, Huffington Post by Greg Palast | Dec. 11, 2008 (Opinion)

Trial balloons lofted in the Washington Post suggest President-elect Obama is about to select Joel Klein as Secretary of Education. If not Klein, then draft-choice number two is Arne Duncan, Obama's backyard basketball buddy in Chicago. Full Story »

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 by Dale Penn - Dec. 14, 2008

BBC Palast has become well known for his acerbic diatribes against the Bush family and corporate malfeasance. That he is taking a harsh tone with Obama seems to speak well for his independence.

This is an opinion piece with teeth. Palast seems intent on playing a role in the 4th Estate, regardless of what party is at the helm. This is very a healthy quality for an opinion journalist, and also a very rare rare it seems to me.

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