The View From Israel: Victors in a Necessary War By Griff Witte Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, January 11, 2009 This is an unwanted war, Israelis say, but it is necessary, and they are winning it. Unlike in 2006, when Israelis grew bitterly split over the war in Lebanon, the invasion of Gaza has produced […]
I feel almost apologetic that I’m writing so much. I am surprised that no matter how much I’ve said about Bush and friends, I can’t seem to get it off of my chest. I just watched This Week with George Stephanopoulos and Barack Obama. George was nice enough, but there was one unanswerable question after […]
Obama: Financial Bailout Program Needs Overhaul By REUTERSJanuary 11, 2009 President-elect Barack Obama urged a revamping of the government’s $700 billion financial bailout, saying in an interview broadcast on Sunday it had to increase the flow of credit to families and businesses. "I, like many, are disappointed with how the whole TARP process has unfolded," […]
An Extremist Makeover? By MAUREEN DOWD January 10, 2009 In the past week, I’ve twice been close enough to Dick Cheney to kick him in the shins. I didn’t. It’s probably a federal crime of some sort. But a girl can fantasize. I did, however, assume the Stay-away-from-me-you’ve-got-cooties stance that Jimmy Carter used when posing […]
Thanks to Joy for pointing me to Frank Rich’s op-ed. As she says, "he’s on fire." Eight Years of Madoffs By FRANK RICH January 10, 2009 Three days after the world learned that $50 billion may have disappeared in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, The Times led its front page of Dec. 14 with the revelation […]
The Obama Gap By PAUL KRUGMAN January 8, 2009 “I don’t believe it’s too late to change course, but it will be if we don’t take dramatic action as soon as possible. If nothing is done, this recession could linger for years.†So declared President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday, explaining why the nation needs an […]
At least for the near term, the Sarah Palin period has ended. In this interview, her focus is clearly on the media – and her claim is clear – media bias. In the latter part of the interview, the interviewer poses a hypothetical question, Would she have been treated "better" had she been Barack Obama’s […]
Cheney: No One Could Have Predicted The Financial Crisis, Just As No One Foresaw 9/11 Yesterday in an interview with the Associated Press’s Deb Reichmann, Vice President Cheney repeatedly insisted that no one anticipated the looming U.S. financial crisis. “I don’t think anybody saw it coming,” he said. He then compared the financial crisis to […]
Unemployment [Bureau of Labor Statistics] Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2001 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.7 2002 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0 2003 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 […]
As long as we’re in the middle of what feels like a Class War, we might as well mention the guy who changed the face of the world with his ideas about such things – Karl Marx. In a modern world, his name isn’t spoken much outside of academia – for obvious reasons. And if […]