TORA BORA REVISITED: HOW WE FAILED TO GET BIN LADEN AND WHY IT MATTERS TODAY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE By John F. Kerry NOVEMBER 30, 2009 Removing the Al Qaeda leader from the battlefield eight years ago would not have eliminated the worldwide extremist threat. But the decisions that opened the door […]
The Lawmaker and the Bishop Need to Stop Feuding FOXNews.com By Judith Miller November 24, 2009 The longer the battle between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and Bishop Tobin lingers, the more attention will inevitably be paid to the Church’s very aggressive lobbying in our political process and the extent of its alleged influence over Catholic politicians […]
photo by Jake Kitchener The American Tobacco Campus – Durham, NC
WSJ: … WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee desires to implement President Reagan’s Unity Principle for Support of Candidates; and WHEREAS, in addition to supporting candidates, the Republican National Committee provides financial support for Republican state and local parties for party building and federal election activities, which benefits all candidates and is not affected by this […]
While it may not seem at first glance a Thanksgiving topic, I think it’s a great one. The Worldwide AIDs epidemic has finally peaked and the incidence of new cases on the wane. The graph below is the Worldwide incidence of people living with HIV from the UNAIDS 2008 Report [with the new 2008 figure […]
We’re off to Raleigh NC for a Thanksgiving visit with our daughter, then back for a few packing days before for a jaunt to Egypt and Jordon. Think of something neat to be thankful for on Thursday. Mine is already written and will appear in the morning. Happy Holidays to all…
Conrad, demanding Social Security commission, meeting with Obama tonight Open Left by: Chris Bowers Nov 24, 2009 One of the stories we have been following on Open Left is a threat from roughly 15 Senate Democrats"national suicide pact." that I have termed a Here is the threat: These 15 Democratic Senators will refuse to raise […]
Hackers leak emails from University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit, stoking climate debateAssociated PressNovember 21st 2009 Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online — stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made […]
The CIA Asked to Destroy Torture Tapes on Same Day They Claimed They Didn’t Torture By: emptywheel November 24, 2009 As William Ockham has noted, there is a new – very informative – Vaughn Index and Declaration out. I’ll have much more to say about these. But for now, look at what documents 3 and […]