The House proposal to raise taxes on the very rich to help cover health insurance for all brings into focus what has been a hidden issue in the debate until now: Should medical care be a right guaranteed to all by all, as education, safety in the streets and freedom from foreign invasion now are as part of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? If government pays for … [Read more...] about Health Care as a Right
Single Payer Legal Care
Can't we admit that the best legal representation is a right which should be available to all Americans? Aren't we tired of those poncy, bourgeois bastages sucking up all best lawyers? It's time. … [Read more...] about Single Payer Legal Care
The Upcoming Fight for Life (Guest Voice)
The Upcoming Fight for Life by Michael Reagan This week Arizona struck another blow in the fight to protect the unborn. According to the pro-abortion lobby, the new legislation, signed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, works to “creates barriers, increases costs and denies access to services and providers to women who seek abortion care.” In my opinion, that is good … [Read more...] about The Upcoming Fight for Life (Guest Voice)
Senator Jeff Sessions
Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Senator Jeff Sessions
Live Streaming Video Of Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
Here's a live streaming video feed of the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings in the Senate. This post will be put on TMV every day until these hearings are over. This will allow you watch the hearings yourself and judge for yourself (pro or con): Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy And be sure to explore TMV each day of the hearings … [Read more...] about Live Streaming Video Of Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
John Ensign, Hypocrite Extraordinaire, to Run for Re-Election
Good news for Democrats, I suppose. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada -- he with the mistress and the cuckolded husband on his staff, he with the parents paying the mistress off, etc. -- has announced that he has no intention of resigning and will run for re-election in 2012. Let the "breathtaking hypocrisy" continue! (Cross-posted from The Reaction.) EDITOR's NOTE: This … [Read more...] about John Ensign, Hypocrite Extraordinaire, to Run for Re-Election
Rubio Done with Fla. Senate Race?
If this National Journal report is accurate, Marco Rubio may be pulling a George Patton down in Florida, pivoting 90 degrees from his assumed target and heading for a new battle. Two Republican sources said today that even as former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio campaigns for retiring GOP Sen. Mel Martinez's Senate seat, he has been calling around to top Republican … [Read more...] about Rubio Done with Fla. Senate Race?
Tune in, Talk up, Drop out
There's a lot going on this week, with nary a slow news day in sight, and my co-host Cindy and I will be taking to the airwaves once again this morning for another edition of Mid Stream Radio in case you'd like to join us. Our guest will be Rick Moran of Right Wing Nuthouse (and occasional guest author here.) We'll be figuring out exactly how awful our country must be to … [Read more...] about Tune in, Talk up, Drop out
Ahmadinejad ‘Must Be Offered Something’: Gazeta of Russia
OBAMA'S BLACKBERRY: 'AHMADINEJAD WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW YOU ON TWITTER' CAPTION: 'AHMADINEJAD WANTS TO FOLLOW OBAMA' Can the United States expect Russia to help Washington approach the Iranian regime - and if so, what can they do for us? In an attempt to answer these questions, we've posted this Iran-centric interview with Victor Kremenyuk, the deputy director of the Institute … [Read more...] about Ahmadinejad ‘Must Be Offered Something’: Gazeta of Russia
Thank You Senators Cornyn and Coburn for Solving a Critical Latina Problem!
I'm one of the leaders of a girl gang of Latinas. Many are heads of non-profits, executive directors of institutions, trustees of universities, holders of political office, change agents in education who saw school integration to fruition. Since we are a girl gang of elders who have many young students who are also movers and shakers in our culture now, we wanted a unifying … [Read more...] about Thank You Senators Cornyn and Coburn for Solving a Critical Latina Problem!
WaPo: Asking Rich to Help Pay for Health Care Will Hurt the Deficit
Fred Hiatt does not think the rich should have to help fund health care reform: … [Read more...] about WaPo: Asking Rich to Help Pay for Health Care Will Hurt the Deficit
Microsoft, Google and Apple: The Competition is Real
Microsoft Will Open Retail Stores Near Apple Stores in the Fall On Monday I quoted Robert X. Cingely's skeptical take in a NYTimes OpEd on the Microsoft/Bing Google/Chrome corporate competition: This is all heady stuff and good for lots of press, but in the end none of this is likely to make a real difference for either company or, indeed, for consumers. It's just noise … [Read more...] about Microsoft, Google and Apple: The Competition is Real
Osama bin Laden Capture: Would It Matter Or Not?
Once his name was pitchforked into bloody headlines throughout the world...A President vowed to capture him...The new and old media -- and American intelligence officials -- analyzed every word and inflection in tapes and videos purporting to be made by him..A new President Barack Obama vowed to make the elusive terrorist's capture a top priority. But the question remains: … [Read more...] about Osama bin Laden Capture: Would It Matter Or Not?
Too Easy to be Cynical
In New York on business, I picked up a copy of today's Financial Times and read (among other things) this commentary. Its rather chilling conclusion: [Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert] McNamara described 11 errors in Vietnam: every one was also made in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... in 1969, Forbes wrote that the time had returned when investors were going to talk about … [Read more...] about Too Easy to be Cynical
Does the CIA ‘Have a Free Ride’ in Switzerland? Are We the 51st State?: Nachrichten of Switzerland
Swiss neutrality is an article of faith among the people of that country, which is why something of a civil war has erupted between Switzerland's collective head of state and its judiciary over whether documents, which are rumored to show CIA meddling in Swiss national affairs, should be destroyed. In a nutshell, the documents involve Swiss nationals who helped Pakistan … [Read more...] about Does the CIA ‘Have a Free Ride’ in Switzerland? Are We the 51st State?: Nachrichten of Switzerland
Obama Is Misreading Iran Domestic Turmoil
The White House is misreading the signals from Iran’s turmoil and may find itself in a box by the September deadline President Barack Obama has set to intensify pressure if Teheran does not offer cooperation. Following the street demonstrations contesting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s election, Iranian domestic politics have changed fundamentally and the country has entered a … [Read more...] about Obama Is Misreading Iran Domestic Turmoil
The Irresponsibility of Mark Sanford (Even His Top Staff Didn’t Know Where He Was
I haven't written on the Mark Sanford saga in a while -- mainly because there hasn't been much new/newsworthy to report (he's still in office and he's apparently trying to reconcile with his wife), but also because, I admit, I grew tired of it -- but The State has some new details on Sanford's trip to Argentina to see his mistress (or, to be more precise, on the story he spun … [Read more...] about The Irresponsibility of Mark Sanford (Even His Top Staff Didn’t Know Where He Was
Positive Reaction to the House Democrats’ Health-Care Plan
House Democrats released their long-awaited health-care reform bill yesterday, and the plan it proposes includes a government-run component (a so-called "public option"). No, it's not exactly the single-payer, universal system that many of us prefer (and that we have here in Canada), but it's comprehensive and ground-breaking, and likely would ensure coverage for the vast … [Read more...] about Positive Reaction to the House Democrats’ Health-Care Plan
Be Careful What You Wish For (Guest Voice)
Be Careful What You Wish For by Average Joe Aaron Sorkin as usual has an uncanny capacity to encapsulate an argument. A couple of characters in his screenplay of A Few Good Men seem to explain the Bush Administration’s obsession with gathering domestic intelligence nicely. Kaffee, played by Tom Cruise in tells Colonel Jessep, played by Jack Nicholson, he thinks he is … [Read more...] about Be Careful What You Wish For (Guest Voice)
Senate’s Supreme Soap Opera
As the Sotomayor Show drones on, Democrats and Republicans are pushing dueling plot lines--an American dream of minority upward mobility vs. the Conservative nightmare of activist judges tilting the scales in favor of it (see firemen, New Haven). Behind these postures is the reality that Supreme Court confirmations are now TV soap operas in which politicians emote to their … [Read more...] about Senate’s Supreme Soap Opera