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 How Corporations Own Congress : ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 28, 2010t r u t h o u t | Robert Reich | Republican Economics as Social Darwinism
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, September 28, 2010NYT Op-Eds (3)
"The federal Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative will keep us safer without sacrificing civil liberties" (Guest Op-Ed) [See my comment]; "The Republican candidate for governor in New York has a lot more explaining to do before Election Day" (Herbert); "Remember what good government looks like? Revisiting California’s golden age might help" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 28, 2010
NYT (5): National News
Could Murkowski actually win?; Lazio leaves race, but won't openly back Paladino; As more voters cast early ballots, campaign strategies change; Increasing water problems in Southwest [See my comment]; and atheists know more about religion than believers!Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 28, 2010
NYT (8): Foreign Affairs
Opposition gains in Venezuela larger than expected; CIA steps up drone attacks in Pakistan; THRILL KILLINGS OF CIVILIANS BY U.S. ARMY UNIT BLAMED ON DRUGS; Is the Taliban ready to negotiate?; In India, its privacy v. "national security"; Germany moves to end military draft; Medvedev fires Moscow mayor; and Wikileaks spokesman resigns.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Katha Pollitt: Franzenfreude, Continued
Pollitt in The Nation ...Plenty of women writers get excellent reviews, but it is very rare for them to get the kind of excited, rapturous high-cultural reception given to writers who are "white and male and living in Brooklyn" or, since [Jonathan] Franzen lives on the Upper East Side, are named Jonathan. "Girl genius" is not a phrase in our language. Indeed, men get more reviews, period. The editors of DoubleX, Slate's women's blog, found that over the past two years 62 percent of the fiction reviewed in the New York Times had male authors, as did 72 percent of the books that got both a daily and a Sunday reviewI'm reading Franzen's new book, Freedom, btw - its really great! - mab .. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Bob Woodward – Obama’s Wars, part 2 of 3: Biden warned Obama during Afghan war review not to get ‘locked into Vietnam’
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, September 28, 2010How 19th Century Prostitutes Were the Freest, Wealthiest, Most Educated Women of Their Time
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, September 28, 2010The Dismantling of Civilized Society
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 27, 2010t r u t h o u t | World in Revolt: The Global Backlash Against Budget Cuts
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 27, 2010 It Is Official: The US Is A Police State : ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 27, 2010Why Say Yes to the Party of No? Ralph Nader
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 27, 2010Tired of ‘tea party’ sniping, moderates organize – latimes.com
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 27, 2010The Democrats Punt
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, September 27, 2010NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (5)
"A Justice Department report is a reminder of how easily civil liberties can be cast aside during suspicious frenzies" (Editorial); "One message of Justice Stephen Breyer’s new book is that the radicalism of the Roberts court poses a threat to the institution itself" (Guest Op-Ed); "“Structural†unemployment is a fake problem, which mainly serves as an excuse for not pursuing real solutions" (Krugman); "Will the rhetoric of the House Republicans’ Pledge to America win over Tea Party members?" (Douthat); "Sorry, but from now on governments will control currency values" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 27, 2010
NYT (6): National News
FEDS WANT TO MAKE INTERNET "WIRETAPPING" EASIER; Liberal march in DC will attempt to counter TP influence; Helping save lives, or encouraging illegal immigration?; As economy takes toll, NYC tenants in partially subsidized housing are falling behind in rent; A remarkably calm Muslim Day Parade in NYC; and Jimmy Carter's new book.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 27, 2010
NYT (3): Foreign Affairs
Another attempt to break blockade of Gaza will be made; Are escalating Chinese-Japanese tensions a tempest in a teapot, or ...?; Venezuelan plebiscite vote unclear.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 27, 2010
The Former Guerrilla Dilma Rousseff Set to be the World’s Most Powerful Woman
Hugh O'Shaughnessy in The Independent ..The world's most powerful woman will start coming into her own next weekend. Stocky and forceful at 63, this former leader of the resistance to a Western-backed military dictatorship (which tortured her) is preparing to take her place as President of Brazil.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Monday, September 27, 2010
