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Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 31, 2008Jimmy Carter Conspicuously Absent From Podium: Information Clearing House - ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 31, 2008Truthdig - The End of an Institution
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 31, 2008Super Imperialism: Information Clearing House - ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 31, 2008Scientists Reprogram Adult Cells’ Function
from bill altmillerPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 31, 2008
DE BORCHGRAVE: Disturbed nukes?
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 31, 2008Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
from michael hamiltonPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 31, 2008
Truthdig - Yes He Can
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, August 31, 2008NYT (Late-Breaking): Mayor Orders the Evacuation of New Orleans
As a related issue, the G.O.P. is considering postponing the convention if Gustav hits New Orleans on Monday. Bush has already said he will not speak at the convention on Monday if this occurs. Stay tuned.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 31, 2008
NYT Op-Eds (7)
"The disconnect between the reality of this campaign and how it is perceived and presented by the mainstream media is now a major part of the year’s story" (Rich); "In the draft of the 2008 Republican platform, the writers delight in powerlessness and the fierce urgency of not right now" (Guest Op-Ed); "Imagine my delight when the hokey chick flick came out on the campaign trail, a Cinderella story so preposterous it’s hard to believe it’s not premiering on Lifetime" (Dowd on Palin); "America needs to stand behind Dr. Halima Bashir, a young Darfuri woman whom the Sudanese authorities have tried to silence by beatings and gang-rape" (Kristof); "It was heartening to stand in an Iowa field and hear public figures talk thoughtfully about issues of war and peace, about the life and soul of the country that has been entrusted to all of us" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Communist Party in China is trying to break the old mold without breaking its hold by searching for ways to make the economy greener and smarter" (Friedman); and the cantankerous, curmudgeony William Safire shows why he needs to be put out to pasture.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 31, 2008
NYT (6): National Politics
The political reality of "vision" v. "compromise"; Hillary v. Palin; Bush v. himself (Magazine cover article); Blinder v. Stein on Obama's economic plan; and McCain v. Obama on "leading the world."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 31, 2008
NYT: Drug Violence Alters the Flow of Life in Mexico
One result of the (largely unnecessary and self-defeating) war on drugs.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 31, 2008
NYT: Helping the Stars Take Back the Night
Working toward minimizing a form of pollution that is rarely mentioned: light.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 31, 2008
NYT: Police Using G.P.S. Units as Evidence in Crimes
If you're going to commit a crime, don't use a car with G.P.S. or EZ-pass. [N.B. In NYC, they actual convicted someone based on their Metrocard, which records where you have been.] Big Brother is definitely watching!Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 31, 2008
NYT Books in Review: “The Same Man,” “Freedom’s Battle,” “The Way We’ll Be,” “Sex in Crisis,” “Blue Dixie”
A look at George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh; a history of humanitarian intervention; Zogby predicts the future; sex, religion and politics; a very different "Southern strategy"; and an essay on how censorship may have helped shape Solzhenitsyn's prose.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 31, 2008
Barack Obama’s Reagan moment
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, August 31, 2008Makeover model for McCain
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, August 31, 2008The Democratic convention was anything but conventional
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, August 31, 2008Putin suggests U.S. role in Georgia clash - International Herald Tribune
from marylouise sillmanPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, August 30, 2008
Charles Kaiser For the Defense of Barack Obama: Newsweek.com
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, August 30, 2008DE BORCHGRAVE: Unwinnable insurgencies?
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, August 30, 2008The Financial Times and the “Self-Confessed Mastermind of 9/11” : Information Clearing House - ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, August 30, 2008Obama’s Progressive, Populist Agenda: “Now Is Not the Time for Small Plans” | AlterNet
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, August 30, 2008NYT Op-Eds (4)
Gail Collins hits it out of the park: "McCain does not believe in pandering to identity politics. He was looking for someone who was well prepared to fight against international Islamic extremism, the transcendent issue of our time. And in the end he decided that in good conscience, he was not going to settle for anyone who had not been commander of a state national guard for at least a year and a half. He put down his foot!...The idea that women are going to race off to vote for any candidate with the same internal plumbing is both offensive and historically wrong...If she’s only on the ticket to try to get disaffected Clinton supporters to cross over, it’s a bad choice. Joe Biden may already be practicing his drop-dead line for the vice-presidential debate: 'I know Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a friend of mine, and governor, you’re no Hillary Clinton'”; a guest op-ed suggesting that Palin was a good choice undermines its own argument ("John McCain chose Sarah Palin because he needs to recast the Republican Party in his own image: anticorruption, pro-reform and fiscally and socially conservative"); a guest op-ed looks at New Orleans three years later ("The third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina serves as a reminder to urge the next president to bring fresh attention to recovery in New Orleans." See also accompanying graphic); and Bob Herbert waxes teary-eyed over Obama's triumph ("For black residents in and around Detroit, Barack Obama’s nomination helped to redeem some of the grief of many years of racial humiliation and oppression").Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, August 30, 2008
NYT: Battles Over Billboard Space Precede G.O.P. Gathering
Stifling free speech in Minneapolis-St. Paul. (And don't forget that the DNC (of which Obama is titular head) and some of its corporate sugar-daddies stifled free speech in Denver as well...)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, August 30, 2008
