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The bitch and the airhead: blatant women-bashing makes a gut-wrenching comeback
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, November 20, 2008For women, it’s not the gender, it’s the agenda
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, November 14, 2008The Atlantic (5)
Should children have sex changes? (a very interesting article); why China is its own worst PR enemy; why "airport security" is an oxymoron; why Andrew Sullivan blogs; and a book review asking "Should women rule?"Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, November 5, 2008
NYT Editorial: So Little Time, So Much Damage
"President Bush’s aides have been scrambling to change rules and regulations on the environment, civil liberties and abortion rights, among others — few for the good. Most presidents put on a last-minute policy stamp, but in Mr. Bush’s case it is more like a wrecking ball. We fear it could take months, or years, for the next president to identify and then undo all of the damage."Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Bella Abzug: In hard times, look to the legacy of the brilliant feisty Bella, not the poser Palin
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, November 2, 2008The force of the Hillary Effect
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, October 18, 2008Obama’s three challenges
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, September 29, 2008NYT (3+): National Politics
The Times' take on the debate (including some excellent side articles, particularly "Beyond Ideology, a Generational Clash" and "Assessing the Candidates' Assertions"); the USPS decides to provide absentee ballots after all; and how Sarah Palin helped raise over $800,000 for Planned Parenthood.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, September 27, 2008
NYT Editorial: Wasilla Watch: Sarah Palin and the Rape Kits
"Did the detail-oriented mayor miss a big detail in her town's budget?"Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, September 26, 2008
Has Sarah Palin been picked as the titular head of the coming police state?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, September 24, 2008NYT Op-Eds (3)
"Faced with the financial crisis spinning out of control, much of Washington appears to have decided that government isn’t the problem, it’s the solution" (Krugman); "Everybody says we’re about to enter a new political era, rich in global financial regulation. The herd might just be wrong once again" (Brooks); "The Bush administration wants to undermine women’s rights and women’s health by placing ideology ahead of science" (Clinton, Richards)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, September 19, 2008
Truthdig - For Palin, It’s a (Christian) Man’s World
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, September 18, 2008Unfit to stand so close to presidency
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, September 11, 2008NYT Op-Eds (7)
"John McCain’s speed-dating of Sarah Palin reaffirmed that his decision-making process is impetuous and, in its Bush-like preference for gut instinct over facts, potentially reckless" (Rich); "Intense, independent scrutiny by The Times and the rest of the news media of Sarah Palin’s background, character and record was inevitable and right" (Hoyt); "With Sarah Palin, the smoke-and-mirror games of Republican politics continue" (Warner); "It’s delicious imagining the debate between Big Mama, as Bill’s male aides called Hillary Clinton, and “Hottie Granny,” as People magazine will doubtless dub Sarah Palin" (Dowd); "No matter how much we voters know about a candidate, the truth is we never can tell what kind of president he’ll be" (Vowell); "Barack Obama and John McCain need to focus, not on war, but on strengthening our capacity for innovation — our most important competitive advantage" (Friedman: Oops, wrong Georgia...); and the Times gives Bill Safire yet another opportunity to show how feeble-minded he has become ("With his acceptance speech, John McCain became the candidate of change)".Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 7, 2008
Sarah Palin’s song and dance
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, September 7, 2008So what is fair game with Sarah Palin? Look at the rules Hillary Clinton had to play by.
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, September 6, 2008Bristol Palin.. What a Difference Four Decades Makes
go to storyReally enjoyed this from Rosa Maria Pegueros in Common Dreams. She writes ... "When Jane found herself pregnant, everything changed. I drove her to her father's office so she could break the news. I sat in the hallway while she went in. It was an agonizing visit. When she finally emerged, her face stained with tears, she shared her father's verdict: She was to stay away from the family home until after the birth of the child, and she was to give up the child for adoption after which she would be allowed to return. His main concern, he said, was that a bad example not be set for the younger children, several of whom were not yet ten years old. As far as I know, her mother had nothing to say about it; I don't know if she urged him, in private, to change his mind; nor do I recall if she ever called Jane during that period. I have often wondered what that exile cost Jane in her relationship won her parents. Jane, then a senior, 20 years old, found herself without a home to return to, without familial support, alone in a way she had never been"
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, September 6, 2008
NYT (3): National Politics
A bispartisan call for revamping the measure for "poverty"; McCain's VP "screening process" (or lack thereof); and an unexpected area of concern over Palin.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 2, 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
Selection is a bold, but risky, political gamble
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, August 30, 2008McCain reclaims his maverick image
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, August 30, 2008An ex-beauty queen for VP: Political risk or political genius?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Saturday, August 30, 2008Women at center stage
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Thursday, August 28, 2008NYT Op-Eds (3)
David Brooks gets pride of place today for his amazingly thoughtful analysis of - and support for - Obama's independence from forces within his own party ("Barack Obama is already an elusive Rorschach test candidate, and now he’s being pulled by his party in a thousand directions"); Bob Herbert sees "risks in the shadows" for Obama vis-a-vis race ("The race issue in Barack Obama’s campaign can come up in peculiar and jolting ways"); and Susan Faludi looks at Hillary and the fading promise of women's suffrage ("For supporters of Hillary Clinton, paying homage to women’s progress at the Democratic National Convention will be akin to slathering sweet icing on a bitter cake").Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, August 26, 2008
