An interesting fact, in France there are 2.4 companies with less than 50 employees for every one with more than 50. And here is part of the reason why … [Read more...] about France’s 49 Employee Firms
The Republican Game Plan on Same Sex Marriage and Obama’s Irritation at Joe Biden
ABC's Jake Trapper reports on the GOP's game plan on same sex marriage -- and Barack Obama's feelings about how Vice President Joe Biden speeded up his eventual statement of support: video platform video management video solutions video player Also of interest: Why ABC's Robin Roberts got the exclusive. And, moving from journalism … [Read more...] about The Republican Game Plan on Same Sex Marriage and Obama’s Irritation at Joe Biden
VIDEO: Team Obama Releases Ad Contrasting Obama and Romney on Same Sex Marriage
The Obama camp just put out an ad contrasting Barack Obama's position on same sex marriage with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Note at the end the one cut away footage that they put in showing Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum nodding in agreement: part of the ongoing effort to ensure that Romney is perceived as belonging to the often over-the-top Republicans who … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Team Obama Releases Ad Contrasting Obama and Romney on Same Sex Marriage
The Iranian Nuclear Talks, Part 1: Where We Are Today
By Ali Ezzatyar I feel like it is difficult to be a casual follower of the Iranian nuclear issue. All related news items are generally tagged with a derivation of one of the following themes: a) Israel is going to attack Iran; or b) the parties are set for nuclear talks. Particularly with respect to the nuclear talks, it is even frustrating for me, an IR nerd of sorts, to … [Read more...] about The Iranian Nuclear Talks, Part 1: Where We Are Today
Obama Backs Gay Marriage
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Obama Has ‘Just Concluded’ what Millions of Americans Have Known All Along
When Obama fought for the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy from the time he assumed the Presidency until its repeal in September 2011, he took many political risks. It took courage and he did the right thing. When Obama made the decision one year ago to go after Osama bin Laden, he took tremendous risks. If anything had gone wrong, if the daring mission had … [Read more...] about Obama Has ‘Just Concluded’ what Millions of Americans Have Known All Along
Mormons Perform ‘After-Death’ Baptisms of Dutch Royals (Trouw, The Netherlands)
What do journalist Daniel Pearl, Holocaust victim Anne Frank and now members of the House of Orange - the Dutch Royal family - have in common? They are all posthumous members of the Church of Mormon. According to Mormon Church records recently uncovered by the Trouw newspaper of the Netherlands, a number of now-dead members of the Dutch Royal family, formerly members of the … [Read more...] about Mormons Perform ‘After-Death’ Baptisms of Dutch Royals (Trouw, The Netherlands)
Need for Centrist Third Party Grows
The increasing ascendancy of Tea Party activists and extreme right-wingers in the Republican Party reinforces America’s need for a centrist third party. Recent events have proven that there is no room in the GOP for moderates, or even moderate conservatives, with Senator Olympia Snowe retiring and Dick Lugar going down to defeat in the Indiana Republican primary. The extremists … [Read more...] about Need for Centrist Third Party Grows
Paul Ryan Loses His Patron Saint
It's getting French Revolution-y out there. Mitt Romney is facing villagers with pitchforks, restless natives keep decapitating moderates like Dick Lugar and even new idols like Paul Ryan are being pushed toward the tumbrel. Lugar’s downfall is more 2010 Tea Party guillotining of long-time Republicans, but a search for ideological purity is so intense that even Ryan is … [Read more...] about Paul Ryan Loses His Patron Saint
Some Certainties About the 2012 Election
Who needs TV with its bad acting when we can watch the Oval Office race between President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney? The overheated rhetoric and overdramatized outrage on each side is now in full gear. Suspense is injected by perpetually see-sawing polls: the latest two show them in a dead heat nationally and Obama losing ground in 12 key swing … [Read more...] about Some Certainties About the 2012 Election
Just Say No
What's going on in Europe? They are just saying no to an economic Third Reich. It is a revolt against the plutocrats and the technocrats and yes the bankers. This is the sort of the thing that has resulted in revolution - think Cuba, Venezuela and yes pre Communist Russia. Sometimes violent sometimes through the ballot box. … [Read more...] about Just Say No
Obama On Marriage Equality: All Part of A Plan ?
Other TMV commentators have already discussed the fact that President Obama has announced his support for marriage equality. I thought I'd take a different tack on the subject, the issue of whether this was really the result of Obama being forced on the issue or part of a broader plan. I lean to the 2nd option. As Politico has pointed out, Obama expressed support for … [Read more...] about Obama On Marriage Equality: All Part of A Plan ?
VIDEO: Part of Barack Obama’s Comments to ABC News In Favor of Same Sex Marriage
Here's some of what ABC has released from its interview (set to air tomorrow) in which President Barack Obama said he believes same sex marriage should be legal: video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Part of Barack Obama’s Comments to ABC News In Favor of Same Sex Marriage
Evolved Obama Appeals To Hollywood Campaign Donors
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No Panic Across Atlantic, But ‘Contentious Issues’ Await Obama and Hollande (Le Figaro, France)
What kind of welcome can France's new head of state - its first socialist president in decades and only its second ever - expect in Washington? Le Figaro correspondent Laure Mandeville writes that this time around, no alarm bells have been ringing at the White House, but that on a range of issues having to do with Afghanistan, NATO, the euro and eurozone debt, the election of … [Read more...] about No Panic Across Atlantic, But ‘Contentious Issues’ Await Obama and Hollande (Le Figaro, France)
Obama Evolves on Gay Marriage
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Obama Finally & Belatedly ‘Mans Up’ On Same-Sex Marriage
My Monday column originally was going to riff off of the words of former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell for Barack Obama "to man up" and endorse gay marriage, an issue which took on a new urgency with North Carolina this week becoming the 30th state to ban same-sex unions. Whether the president was heeding Rendell's advice or not, his endorsement in a television interview … [Read more...] about Obama Finally & Belatedly ‘Mans Up’ On Same-Sex Marriage
Soros at Odds With Democratic Party
George Soros announced the other day that he and a group of big donors will invest $100 million in a get-out-the-vote effort before the November election. The decision has angered and inconvenienced Democratic leaders who need money for TV ads in a (possibly useless) attempt to battle the Republican Super Pacs' advertising campaign. The resulting acrimony and what the Times … [Read more...] about Soros at Odds With Democratic Party
Is Barack Obama Poised to Announce that He Supports Gay Marriage Soon? (UPDATED)
Is President Barack Obama about to announce his support of gay marriage? Speculation is increasing on some of the cable networks that he will -- and very soon. On MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell show, talking heads including Time's Mark Halerpin predicted Obama will announce his support and let the political chips fall where they may. Four reasons why some think this will happen … [Read more...] about Is Barack Obama Poised to Announce that He Supports Gay Marriage Soon? (UPDATED)
U.S. Obeisity
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