Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Health Care Plan Looks Like Kennedy
The GOP Has It Backwards About Ted Kennedy
Via tweet from Kyle Moore, comes this op-ed from Geoff Garin about which political party most needs another Ted Kennedy: … [Read more...] about The GOP Has It Backwards About Ted Kennedy
Scenes From a Funeral
After a half century of seeing Kennedys up close and reporting their history, watching Ted Kennedy's funeral prompts renewed wonder about the complexity of American fame. President Obama's eulogy, eloquent as always, was after all the tribute of someone who has known Ted Kennedy for only a few years, graciously lauding him as "a Happy Warrior" and "a kind and tender … [Read more...] about Scenes From a Funeral
Japanese Earthquake Looming
Today the voters in Japan are headed to the polls and if the pre-election polling is correct the long dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is going to experience a defeat, quite possibly by landslide margins. The LDP has ruled Japan for almost all of the 54 years since the end of World War Two but they have suffered major losses recently, including the loss of control of … [Read more...] about Japanese Earthquake Looming
Ted Kennedy Joins His Brothers at Arlington National Cemetery
As I am writing this, Senator Edward M. Kennedy is being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. He joins his two slain brothers, John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. In fact, Senator Kennedy is being buried only a short distance from where his brothers are buried, and where an eternal flame lights the graves not only of the former president … [Read more...] about Ted Kennedy Joins His Brothers at Arlington National Cemetery
Is Dick Cheney Writing the WaPo’s Articles Now?
If the Pulitzer Prize Committee had a category for stenographic journalism, this WaPo piece by Peter Finn, Joby Warrick, and Julie Tate surely would win it. The article is three full screens of tripe like this: … [Read more...] about Is Dick Cheney Writing the WaPo’s Articles Now?
Persuasive Leads in Favor of Lockerbie Convict Were Overlooked: Le Figaro, France
Libyan intelligence agent Abdel Basset al-Megrahi after stepping aboard the Libyan aircraft that would whisk him away to Libya, August 20. Did 'the powers that be' decide that pursuing the best leads after the Lockerbie bombing, aka/Pan Am Flight 103, was politically inconvenient? According to this analysis by Pierre Prier of France's Le Figaro, the need to keep Iran and … [Read more...] about Persuasive Leads in Favor of Lockerbie Convict Were Overlooked: Le Figaro, France
In Search For A Statesman
As the nation pays its final respect for the life and times of Sen. Edward Kennedy it has become clear to me we will never again see a politician of his stature grace the halls of Congress. That is sad. What struck me was the litany of friends and foes alike who all agreed on one basic principle: Ted Kennedy was a man of his word. He was passionate in his beliefs even though … [Read more...] about In Search For A Statesman
[Updated] Are Some People Really This … Misunderstood?
Within the last month or so, we had a string of comments and even a few posts wherein labels like "stupid" were attached to one or another derided group or individual. As the so-called "managing editor" of this blog, I sent a friendly reminder to our contributing writers that we (at the very least) should not contribute to the careless proliferation of such labels. I won't … [Read more...] about [Updated] Are Some People Really This … Misunderstood?
Jaws, the Bank Version
Too-big-to-fail is morphing into bigger-than-ever swallowing up failing-faster-than-ever. The nation's largest banks, infused with taxpayer billions, are feasting on the weak as the Washington Post reports that "no consequence of the crisis alarms top regulators more than having banks that were already too big to fail grow even larger and more interconnected." FDIC chair … [Read more...] about Jaws, the Bank Version
Live Video Streaming of Ted Kennedy Funeral
Here's CBS live streaming video of Ted Kennedy's funeral: Free TV : Ustream … [Read more...] about Live Video Streaming of Ted Kennedy Funeral
Even Camelot Needed Health Care (Guest Voice)
Even Camelot Needed Health Care by Michael Winship Toward the end of George McGovern's failed presidential bid in 1972, I was helping advance a bus trip for vice presidential candidate Sargent Shriver. The final weekend of the campaign, his caravan would start in New Hampshire and work its way down the Eastern seaboard, holding rallies along the way and winding up … [Read more...] about Even Camelot Needed Health Care (Guest Voice)
Death Panel
Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Death Panel
New York State of Mind
Siena Research recently concluded their sweeping August poll of New Yorkers' political leanings and the results contain some shocks and some yawns, as usual. Two things are obvious, though. First, having given total control executive and legislative power to the party of the Donkey, Empire State denizens are absolutely sick of the Democrats they elected. Second, they are still … [Read more...] about New York State of Mind
Of Hunger in World War II: Rat-Proofing The Walls By Using Tin Cans
In the imagination of a young soldier, there was this one extraordinary midnight the Yanks liberated fifty middle-aged Brit officers captured and held by the Germans in dreary sheds at the Czechoslovak border. "The British officers were among the first English speaking prisoners to be taken in WWII.... They had not seen a woman or a child for four years... They hadn’t seen … [Read more...] about Of Hunger in World War II: Rat-Proofing The Walls By Using Tin Cans
LIFTOFF !!
The third time seems to be the charm as the Space Shuttle Discovery roared off the pad shortly before midnight Florida time. Soaring with it was migrant farm worker turned astronaut Jose Hernandez. He was quoted as saying that as high as he will be flying tonight his parents will probably be flying even higher. I can just imagine how correct he is. Imagine starting out life … [Read more...] about LIFTOFF !!
By Any Other Name
Ronald Bailey at Reason objects to Ezra Klein's objection to Charles Krauthammer's repetition of the rightist canard that government-funded health care will lead to rationing. … [Read more...] about By Any Other Name
Happy Friday
You may think you've got it bad, but at least you're not part of the next generation of punk rock. Think about the low points of your life, then watch this video and just be glad you are who and where you are. (Warning: Some inappropriate language, so avoid if that would offend.) I'm Fat and Nobody Likes Me … [Read more...] about Happy Friday
Joseph McCarthy and the ‘Martyrdom’ of Hollywood: Rceczpospolita, Poland
Senator Joe McCarthy covers the microphone as he listens to his nearly-as-notorious legal aide, Roy Cohen, in 1954. Is Hollywood being too hard on America's one-time anti-communist crusader, Senator Joseph McCarthy? Furthermore, is the 'factory of dreams' too kind to those whose lives the late senator ruined? In the newspaper Rceczpospolita, Poland's very own … [Read more...] about Joseph McCarthy and the ‘Martyrdom’ of Hollywood: Rceczpospolita, Poland
China Must Stop Relying on U.S. Justice to Halt Bribery: Beijing News, People’s Republic of China
In this surprisingly critical article from China's state-controlled Xinjingbao [Beijing News], the author castigates the authorities for relying on foreign justice to identify graft - and for failing to pursue those who have taken bribes from American companies. Given the appearance of this article in the state-controlled press, one can assume that Beijing has been embarrassed … [Read more...] about China Must Stop Relying on U.S. Justice to Halt Bribery: Beijing News, People’s Republic of China