Sense of Unease in Some Black Voters JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For weeks now, James Jones has been extra courteous in traffic and at the gas station because he has an Obama sticker on the back of his truck. “Something like that might make a difference for Barack Obama,” Mr. Jones explained. “I’m not taking a […]
A house divided against itself cannot stand Abraham Lincoln 1 It goes without saying that McCain’s Rovian techniques rely heavily on this ancient Roman maxim of warfare. Divide the country on Abortion, then Homosexuality, then stem cells, then Gay Marriage. Divide the country along racial fissures, or ethnic lines, or social status, or ideology, or […]
One Last Bush Doctrine By Dan Froomkin Belittled domestically, President Bush is flexing his last working muscle: His control over the nation’s military. And in so doing, he is adding one last addendum to the ever-changing Bush Doctrine, establishing yet another de facto U.S. policy on his way out the door, and leaving his successor […]
GA-Sen: Betraying the Public Trust … In February, there was a serious dust explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia. The explosion killed 14 people and injured over 40, making it one of the very worst industrial disasters in Georgia history. Much of the machinery used in the refinery was badly outdated, […]
Thinking last night about the Iraq War [and the news from Iraq?] put me in a reflective mood – an Eliot mood: What we call the beginning is often the end And to make and end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from… Little Gidding It seemed innocent enough, those […]
Tony Hillerman, Novelist, Dies at 83 Tony Hillerman, whose lyrical, authentic and compelling mystery novels set among the Navajos of the Southwest blazed innovative trails in the American detective story, died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque… Mr. Hillerman’s evocative novels, which describe people struggling to maintain ancient traditions in the modern world, touched millions […]
So Much for Those Permanent Bases by paradox Following the Iraq war over the years one of the most frustrating elements was the issue of permanent presence: would we stay there for 40 years or not? Usually the answer came back as a belated yes, for although the evidence was spotty and Rumsfeld always lied […]
Alaska Senator Is Convicted of Ethics Breach in Gift Scheme Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest-serving Republican in the Senate’s history and a figure of enormous influence in his state, was found guilty on Monday of violating ethics laws for failing to report gifts and services that he was given by friends. A federal […]
Greenspan Says, "Who Could Have Known?" by: Dean Baker t·r·u·t·h·o·u·t | Perspective That’s right, the former Maestro told Congress last week, when asked about the meltdown of the housing bubble and the resulting financial crisis, "we’re not smart enough as people. We just cannot see events that far in advance." Unfortunately, this sentence is even […]