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How to Listen for Racism on the Campaign Trail: Jeffrey Goldberg

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:05:00 -0800

Bloomberg - By Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg - Jan. 31 - Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for the Atlantic, is the author of "Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror." He was formerly a Washington correspondent and a Middle East correspondent for the New Yorker. Here are some things you could lea

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Bachmann Says She Will Not Continue in the Race

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Sarah Wheaton - Jan. 04 (News Report) - On the morning before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said she was counting on a “miracle” to resurrect her faltering campaign. On the morning after, she acknowledged that it was beyond saving.

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Op-Ed Columnist: Springtime for Toxics

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Dec. 25 (Opinion) - The E.P.A. just did a very good thing in releasing new rules on mercury and air toxics for power plants. And, of course, Republicans are furious.

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Herman Cain, a man at odds with the skin he's in

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Leonard Pitts Jr. - Oct. 15 (Opinion) - Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain neatly encapsulates an article of faith for many white conservatives — namely, that they, not black and brown people, are the true victims of bigotry. Cain comes across as a man profoundly at odds with the skin he's in.

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Bin Laden’s death and the debate over torture

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By John McCain - May. 12 (Opinion) - Osama bin Laden’s welcome death has ignited debate over whether the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques used on enemy prisoners were instrumental in locating bin Laden, and whether they are a justifiable means for gathering intelligence.

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The Tragedy of Sarah Palin

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Atlantic Monthly - By Joshua Green - May. 10 (Opinion) - From the moment Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska—the only record she has—shows a very different politician: one who worked with Democrats to tame Big Oil and solve the great problem at the heart of the state’s politics. That Sarah Palin might have set the nation on a different course. What went wrong?

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McCain visits Benghazi; Libyan rebels welcome armed drone aircraft

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Greg Jaffe, Edward Cody, William Branigin - Apr. 22 (News Report) - Libyan rebels welcomed President Obama’s deployment of armed Predator drones and received praise from their most prominent U.S. visitor Friday, as they expressed hope that increased American support would help turn the tide in a conflict that the top U.S. military officer acknowledged is becoming deadlocked.

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Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Rolling Stone - By Michael Hastings - Feb. 24 (Investigative Report) - The U.S. Army illegally ordered a team of soldiers specializing in "psychological operations" to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war, Rolling Stone has learned – and when an officer tried to stop the operation, he was railroaded by military investigators.

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McCain's Shift Makes Him Senate's Most Conservative

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

National Journal - By Reid Wilson - Feb. 24 (News) - The politician who once best exemplified the idea of a "maverick" independent has shifted so far to the right that he is now tied for the title of the Senate's most conservative member, according to National Journal's 2010 vote ratings.

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Republicans Fault Democrats on Vote

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Janie Lorber - Feb. 10 (Opinion) - When House Republicans suffered an embarrassing defeat Tuesday in trying to pass an extension of the Patriot Act, they pointed a finger not at defiant members of their own party, but at Democrats who didn’t play along as expected.

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With House set to debate healthcare, government finds up to half of Americans under 65 have preexisting conditions

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Amy Goldstein - Jan. 18 (News Report) - Analysis marks the government's first attempt to quantify the number of people at risk of being rejected by insurance companies or paying more.

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Palin Was Terrific

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

American Spectator - By Quin Hillyer - Jan. 17 (Opinion) - I continue to believe that Sarah Palin is not yet qualified to be president, but my admiration for her continues to grow. Her interview with Sean Hannity, just aired, was almost pitch-perfect. It was dignified. It was well-modulated. It was strong. And it was thoughtful.

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McCain once more into the breach

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Economist - Jan. 17 (News Analysis) - Last week John McCain cast his lot with those who are making some kind of effort at bridging our partisan rhetorical divide.

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Sarah Palin's Jewish Problem

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:45:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Jan. 14 - "...the Jewish people today are in slavery to many false gods in America.... My prayer is that American Jewish people become aware of the bondages to these gods and break free from them.. They must make Aliyah (return) to Israel before greater judgment o

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Let's All Stand on John McCain's Lawn

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Jan. 05 (Comedy News) - Puppet Senator John McCain attributes his crankiness to America not electing him president.

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Tortured Until Proven Guilty: Bradley Manning and the Case Against Solitary Confinement

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Lynn Parramore - Dec. 31 (Opinion) - In 1890, the United States Supreme Court nearly declared the punishment unconstitutional. It is banned by the Geneva Convention, condemned by the United Nations, and either prohibited or restricted in most civilized countries. And yet today, as Atul Gawande revealed in his gut-wrenching 2009 New Yorker article, tens of thousands of Americans are tortured in this fashion every day, out of sight, in the "Supermax" prisons that have popped up like poisoned mushrooms on the American landscape since the 1980s. Some prisoners are consigned to these Houses of Unholiness for violations - both major and minor -- of prison rules. Some for gang activity. Others for trying to escape. Or for violent behavior. Some are placed there because they are mentally ill and there is nowhere else to put them -- the equivalent of casting a sufferer of pneumonia onto an Arctic tundra.

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John McCain DADT Repeal Reaction: 'Today Is A Very Sad Day'

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Elyse Siegel - Dec. 19 (News Analysis) - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), once a voice of optimism for repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, reportedly called Saturday "a very sad day" before the Senate voted to lift the military ban. "I hope that when we pass this legislation that we will understand that we are doing great damage," said the four-term incumbent before the vote, according to ABC News. "Today is a very sad day." Back in 2006, the longtime senator communicated a distinctly different view on the issue. "The day that the leadership of the military comes to me and says, 'Senator, we ought to change the policy,' then I think we oug

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Obama’s Very Good Week

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By David Brooks - Dec. 10 (Opinion) - He only needs to work on two things. He needs to explain his method better than he did in his press conference. It is entirely consistent to support a policy and be willing to move off of it in exchange for a greater good or a necessary accommodation. That’s called real life.

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McCain wants 'regime change' in North Korea

Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Glenn Thrush - Nov. 28 (News) - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is calling for "regime change" in North Korea - and blames the recent crisis on the failings of Pyongyang's lone international supporter, China.

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Democrats confident in repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'

Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Ed O'Keefe - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Thirteen Democratic senators signaled strong support Thursday for ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and said they are willing to work well into December to ensure passage of a defense bill that would end the ban on gays openly serving in uniform.

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Stewart Mocks McCains' DADT stand

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Advocate - By Advocate Editors - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Jon Stewart tackled Sen. John McCain’s stand on “don’t ask, don’t tell” — and Cindy McCain’s apparent flip-flop on the issue — on Monday night’s Daily Show.

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Stewart RIPS John & Cindy McCain's Ever-Evolving Stances On DADT (VIDEO)

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Katla McGlynn - Nov. 16 (Comedy News) - "It's the 'maverick' way. Spend a year studying whether or not soldiers deserve full civil rights, and a half-an-hour deciding who will be your presidential running mate."

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Cindy McCain Named to "The Ridiculist" | News

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

The Advocate - By Julie Bolcer - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Cindy McCain earned a position on "The Ridiculist," a new hypocrisy-exposing segment on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, for an about-face on “don’t ask, don’t tell” that Cooper called “one of the most brazen flips-flops we’ve seen in years.”

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Time for Dems to slam the GOP hypocrites

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Salon - By Gene Lyons - Oct. 21 (Opinion) - Obama's GOP antagonists offer empty rhetoric even they don't believe. But does he have the heart to call them out?

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As The World Burns

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New Yorker - By Ryan Lizza - Oct. 03 (Opinion) - On April 20, 2010, Senators John Kerry, Lindsey Graham, and Joseph Lieberman, along with three aides, visited Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff, at the White House. The legislators had spent seven months writing a comprehensive bill that

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