Arizona Senator John McCain is one of American politics' most complex political figures After becoming a political and cultural hero in the late 1990s into 2000 due to the story of his incredible bravery while in the military, in recent years as he ran for President in an ill-fated campaign and faced a potentially tough challenger for re-election to the Senate he seemingly … [Read more...] about McCain Channels Joseph Welch: Decimates Bachmann for Attack on Muslim Clinton Aide
Harbour City in Hamburg: Bringing a New District to Life
As Germany’s second-largest city, Hamburg has a lot going on in it. People who don’t necessarily want to move to the capital find it a great place to live, because while still having almost as much to offer as Berlin, it’s not as spread out and somewhat less hectic. According to statistics about Germany, the country generally has a high popularity rate among other EU countries. … [Read more...] about Harbour City in Hamburg: Bringing a New District to Life
Bill Raspberry, ‘Role Model’
AUSTIN, Texas -- William Raspberry was a provocateur who was so gentle and gentlemanly that you didn't always grasp how much he was shaking up the conventional conversation until you actually thought about what he had just said. He was so open to the views of others that it was easy to miss that his convictions were as hard as steel. The columnist, who died Tuesday at … [Read more...] about Bill Raspberry, ‘Role Model’
Poll Shows Drop in Support for Obama
In sharp contrast to last week's poll by Pew Research, today's CBS/NYTimes poll shows the race to be a close tie with the economy dragging Obama's numbers down. While some of us were rejoicing at the news of "moderate growth" over the past couple of days -- "moderate" signalling a certain steadiness, not erratic ups and downs -- many appear to be worried. The new poll … [Read more...] about Poll Shows Drop in Support for Obama
Tax Returns and Election Returns
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Russian Senators Get Cold Shoulder on Capitol Hill Over Magnitsky Act (Svoboda News, Russia)
High-level Russian desperation over the impending passage of the Sergei Magnitsky Act is palpable, with the Kremlin threatening to sanction 'corrupt' American officials and sending a delegation of Russian senators to plead with their U.S. counterparts not to pass the Act. For Russia's Svoboda News, Yuri Zhigalkin quizzes analysts as to why American lawmakers paid no mind to the … [Read more...] about Russian Senators Get Cold Shoulder on Capitol Hill Over Magnitsky Act (Svoboda News, Russia)
Pres. Obama Swinging The Government Hammer
A must read (I'm not kidding, go read the whole thing, even if you have to register for free to read it. You'll thank me) from John Kass, Chicago Tribune columnist and the son of an immigrant, who describes how his father worked his fingers to the bone every day of his life to run his small business. And how the government, not only didn't help, it was like a hammer over his … [Read more...] about Pres. Obama Swinging The Government Hammer
Selig Cartwright, Goldman Sachs Washroom Attendant: The Ultimate Market Secret Revealed — Walling Off Wall Street
Selig. Are You alright? You look terribly confused. I'm sorry, Mr. B. No need for you to worry. I'll get back to work. Not until you tell me the problem, Selig. We're all family here at Goldman Sachs, you know. Has your asthma gotten worse from the chemicals you use to clean our toilet stalls? Are you running short of sponges, floor wax, light bulbs? Are you having … [Read more...] about Selig Cartwright, Goldman Sachs Washroom Attendant: The Ultimate Market Secret Revealed — Walling Off Wall Street
A Brave and Intrepid Pioneer
WASHINGTON -- Bill Raspberry wore his eminence well. In a city full of preening, self-centered journalistic royalty, he was a warm and generous prince who never deluded himself into thinking he knew all the answers. He is desperately missed. William James Raspberry, who died Tuesday at 76, will be remembered by history as a brave and intrepid pioneer. In 1966, when he … [Read more...] about A Brave and Intrepid Pioneer
The Evolution of Moral Models
[This is the 13th in the series Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship.] When religion has committed itself to a particular science model, it has often been left behind as the public embraced a new model. That's the position in which the Catholic Church found itself in defending Ptolemy's geocentric model of the solar system against the simpler heliocentric model of … [Read more...] about The Evolution of Moral Models
Defense Update: Next Mission for Some of Our Military: ‘Win the Olympics’ (Updated)
UPDATE: All the members of the Military USA Olympic Team have now been named. The Team will consist of 20 athletes and coaches. The seven Army WCAP members are named in the original article below and so are the four coaches and assistant coaches. Four-time Olympian Basheer Abdullah, a retired staff sergeant, is in addition to the four coaches and will serve as Team … [Read more...] about Defense Update: Next Mission for Some of Our Military: ‘Win the Olympics’ (Updated)
New Dad Is Also New First-time Fortune 500 CEO-Can He Handle It?
When will we see that headline? Because I saw the one I describe at the end of this sentence over an AP story in the Plain Dealer today and countless variations are all over the place regarding Marissa Mayer's ascension at Yahoo. This is what we call pure unadultered linkbait: "All eyes on Yahoo's mom-to-be chief exec." Really? Really? As if we will ever see, "All eyes on … [Read more...] about New Dad Is Also New First-time Fortune 500 CEO-Can He Handle It?
Citizens United – The Minimal Impact Argument
Matt Bai of New York Times Magazine gives a spirited defense of the Citizens United decision. He begins by telling readers what he thinks the decision says and why, in his opinion, the decision has had only the most minimal impact on political fund raising and spending in 2012. Personally I disagree with Bai's take, both as to his interpretation of what the holding of the … [Read more...] about Citizens United – The Minimal Impact Argument
A Man, A Movie and A Perfect Storm
The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook WASHINGTON - ROMNEY'S FLAT-FOOTED CAMPAIGN response to the barrage coming at him looms as one of those election year moments that could become historic. That it's coming at a time when there seems to be a convergence of energy targeted at Mitt Romney's … [Read more...] about A Man, A Movie and A Perfect Storm
Obama Campaign Mocks Mitt Romney’s Retention of Ownership at Bain Though Retroactively Retired
OBAMA CAMPAIGN RIDICULES MITT ROMNEY: The Obama campaign keeps hitting Mitt Romney with the gift that keeps on giving -- Bain Capital and his retroactive retirement -- in a new web video. The video incorporates vox populi, with individuals on the street asked to read Romney’s explanation for his retention of ownership of Bain between 1999 and 2002 while incredulously playing … [Read more...] about Obama Campaign Mocks Mitt Romney’s Retention of Ownership at Bain Though Retroactively Retired
Quote of the Day: Romney’s Taxes and the Still Uglier Campaign to Come
Our political Quote of the Day comes from two MSNBC First Read items that deal with the fact that now bipartisan calls for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney to release more tax returns won't go away -- and that if you thought this campaign is ugly now, to paraphrase Al Jolson and Ronald Reagan "you ain't seen nothin' yet." *** Romney’s tax-return dilemma: For Mitt … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Romney’s Taxes and the Still Uglier Campaign to Come
Bomb Attack Kills Syrian Defense Minister
If the blood-drenched regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has been under international diplomatic fire, it has also been under real fire -- a fact struck home by the news that Syrian's Defense Minister and also Assad's brother in law have been killed in a bomb blast. The news underscores the regime's fragile status and portends an even shakier future: Syria's … [Read more...] about Bomb Attack Kills Syrian Defense Minister
Mitt Romney on Bain
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For Helping America Return to Asia, Vietnam will ‘Feel China’s Pain’ (Huanqui, People’s Republic of China)
Is Washington turning Vietnam against China by fanning the flames of their territorial dispute in the South China Sea? In unusually blunt language, this editorial from China’s state-run Huanqiu threatens Hanoi over helping America reinforce it influence in Asia, warning that Hanoi 'must understand in no uncertain terms that the pressure Washington puts on China will fall on … [Read more...] about For Helping America Return to Asia, Vietnam will ‘Feel China’s Pain’ (Huanqui, People’s Republic of China)
Learning To Be An American
John Sununu's comment that he wishes our president would "learn how to be an American” -- and the subsequent "sorry" for it -- have become an all too familiar refrain on the right. I'm reminded of Ed Kilgore's 4th of July observations on America-Hating Patriots: I’m as “American” in background, outlook, and life-experiences as anyone you’d meet. I belong to a distinctly … [Read more...] about Learning To Be An American