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Ignore the Media's Rahm Obsession
(HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read John McQuaid's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com
Pawlenty's Populist Tea Party
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - "America is in trouble," Tim Pawlenty warned Saturday. "Tyranny" is possible. In fact, it's "creeping." And, in case you thought otherwise, the nation is "worth fighting for."
Senate jobs bill: the perils of extended unemployment benefits
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The Senate jobs bill, approved by a vote of 62 to 36, has touched off a couple of red-hot debates.
Remember 11/4/08?
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- On the day of President Obama's healthcare summit, I took a break from the political hubbub and saw a new documentary about the day of his election, 11/4/08.
Feminomics: Pro-Life Atlanta's Big Lie to Poor and Minority Women
(HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read June Carbone's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com
The Scandalous Empire State
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Pick your applicable New York cliché. Its politicians fall faster than a New York minute. Bad apples spoil the Big Apple. It's called Babylon for a reason.
Afghanistan war: New rules of engagement don't pit civilians vs. soldiers
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - In concert with Afghans and NATO allies, American soldiers last month waged an aggressive fight against Taliban insurgents in the town of Marjah.
NATO renewal requires European courage on Afghanistan
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - In 1953, the shrewd former Supreme Allied NATO Commander and newly-elected president Dwight Eisenhower used the National War College (now the National Defense University) to house his Project Solarium and bring together experts to engage in competitive fresh thinking to determine Americaâs cold war strategy.
Heidi Montag: Consumer Advocate
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- First, the former Saturday Night Live presidents threw their support behind financial regulation. Now an even more unlikely reformer, reality TV star Heidi Montag, is teaming up with director Ron Howard and Americans for Financial Reform in an amusing new video pressing for the creation of a new agency to protect consumers. After all, "a consumer agency will stop the banks and credit card companies from being such sleazy jerks."
The Greek debt crisis: how the international community can help
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Greece may be doing all the right things to revive our economy. But not everyone may want us to succeed. To succeed, the international community needs to address the threat of speculation and ill-regulated financial markets â a threat that imperils not only Greece, but the entire global economy.
MARCO RUBIO REPUBLICANS
(Maggie Gallagher)
Maggie Gallagher - He came, we saw, he conquered.
IRAQ WAR STILL A MISTAKE
(Georgie Anne Geyer)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- One would have to have a heart of stone not to be moved by the Iraqi elections Sunday.
And the Winner Is...
(Susan Estrich)
Susan Estrich - Like most Americans, I haven't seen "The Hurt Locker," but I was still rooting for Kathryn Bigelow to claim the Best Director statue. This is, after all, 2010 — a little late in the day for "first women," particularly in an industry that depends on women as much as men to buy tickets. If you believe the media accounts, another glass ceiling has now been broken. Were it only so simple.
The Shameless Abortion Carnival
(Brent Bozell III)
Brent Bozell III - If anyone was looking for a self-righteous extreme feminist, they found one in Angie Jackson. This is a woman who was so proud she was aborting her baby that she announced she would "tweet" her chemical-cocktail abortion live, as it happened, on Twitter. The liberal media found this made-for-TV slaughter fascinating, and not at all a controversy worthy of discussing with two sides.
Desperate Dems Cling to Human Kiddie Shield
(Michelle Malkin)
Michelle Malkin - Have you noticed something about the audiences that President Obama has cherry-picked to cheer his government health care takeover roadshow? They're getting younger and younger.
Beware of Democrats Bearing Gifts
(Mona Charen)
Mona Charen - The signs are all around us. Even as Barack Obama and the Democrats lower their heads and prepare to bulldoze a huge new entitlement through Congress, the results of profligate government spending are everywhere apparent. It requires a prodigious degree of ideological blindness to miss this.
Who Should Pay the Piper?
(Pat Buchanan)
Pat Buchanan - Greece this past weekend saw the worst rioting since the debt crisis began. After Athens had announced new tax hikes and budget cuts to reduce a deficit of 13 percent of gross domestic product, mobs drove guards from Greece's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and attacked police.
PRESIDENTS AND THEIR PEP TALKS
(David Shribman)
David Shribman - Had John McCain been elected president and had a general malaise settled on American politics, you might have imagined picking up a newspaper like the Financial Times and seeing a headline like this one: America Needs a Pep Talk.
OLD PREJUDICES CAN ENDURE EVEN AMONG THE YOUNG
(Cynthia Tucker)
Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- Having done my share of sneering at the younger generation over their rap music (I despise the violence and misogyny), their sartorial style ("Pants on the Ground!") and their seeming sense of entitlement (40K a year isn't enough for that first job?), I should acknowledge their continuing contributions to a culture that celebrates diversity and equality.
STUDENTS WAKE UP IN CALIFORNIA
(Richard Reeves)
Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of California students, from graduate students to kindergarten kids, walked out of their classrooms last Thursday to peacefully (mostly) demonstrate against the decline of education in the Golden State. Could this be the start of something big? Something bigger than tea bags?
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