That 1937 Feeling New York Times By PAUL KRUGMAN January 3, 2010 Here’s what’s coming in economic news: The next employment report could show the economy adding jobs for the first time in two years. The next G.D.P. report is likely to show solid growth in late 2009. There will be lots of bullish commentary […]
After Americans Visit, Uganda Weighs Death for Gays New York Times By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN January 3, 2010 KAMPALA, Uganda — Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about “curing” homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived here in Uganda’s capital to give a series of talks. The theme of the event, […]
Just Out from TSA Talking Points Memo by Josh Marshall January 3, 2010 The TSA just released the following statement on updated, permanent security measures, effective tomorrow … "Today, the Transportation Security Administration issued new security directives to all United States and international air carriers with inbound flights to the U.S. effective January 4, 2010. […]
Gosh, this is scary. I’ve never disagreed with digby before. I wonder if I might be struck by lightning or abducted by aliens. Anyway, here goes: Rebranding The Enemy Hullabaloo by digby January 2, 2010 The Plan emerges: An already difficult situation for Democrats in Congress is worsening as the 2010 political season opens. To […]
In October 1962, I was 21 years old and a junior in college. One afternoon, I was working ‘the desk’ of the Student Center and vaguely listening to the TV News in the nearby lounge. When I heard President Kennedy, I walked to the lounge and heard him announce the presence of Russian Missiles in […]
Chris Bowers at Open Left is taking the holiday off and posting "oldies." This is one from a couple months ago that I hadn’t seen. It’s something we all know, but Darcy’s explanation makes it quite clear why – some fine thinking: Why bipartisanship can’t work right now: the other axis Open Left by: Darcy […]
This picture from our Egypt trip of a faluka [the boat] on the Nile is typical of the Nile in upper Egypt [the south]. Planted, level fields stretch for a variable distance broken by parallel and perpendicular lines [which are irrigation ditches]. Beyond the fields is always desert, in this case, the beginnings of […]
Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers Washington Post By Neil Irwin January 2, 2010 For most of the past 70 years, the U.S. economy has grown at a steady clip, generating perpetually higher incomes and wealth for American households. But since 2000, the story is starkly different. The past decade was the […]
Muhammad’s promise to Christians Washington Post By Muqtedar Khan Director of Islamic Studies at the University of Delaware 01/02/2010 Muslims and Christians together constitute over 50 percent of the world. If they lived in peace, we would be half way to world peace. One small step we can take towards fostering Muslim-Christian harmony is to […]