SAM STEIN Obama To Tea Party: 'Specifically, What Would You Do?'
So far in this election cycle, House and Senate candidates have raised $1.2 billion dollars, and the money arms-race only grows. The right as well as the left is disgusted with corporate domination of our politics, a system where elected officials spend more and more of their time raising money. We're not going to overturn the Citizens United Supreme Court decision any time soon, allowing unlimited sums to be spent on soft money. But, by supporting the Fair Elections Now Act, at least we can drastically reduce the self-interested money that goes directly to candidates.
The piece begins with the editors stating that they have "qualms" with Warren. Why is that? Well, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection will have a big budget and regulatory power. But so do lots of agencies!
Is it true that we're no longer in an economic crisis? Yes. Does that mean we're no longer in a crisis, or that steps to fix the economy aren't as urgently needed as they were before? Absolutely not.
The Arab states should therefore heed Obama's call to meaningfully contribute to the peace process by pressing Hamas to renounce violence and accept the principles of the Arab Peace Initiative. And Israel must accept that Hamas is a reality.
Hosting the world leaders that signed the Millennium Declaration in New York is certainly among the highlights of my UN career. But I worry that financial and political pressures risk making this week's MDG Review Summit a futile exercise.
A number of studies have shown that intercessory prayer works and can lead to positive results. So should you say a prayer for Christopher Hitchens today?
For every dollar we've spent, we've received more than $40 of benefits, making the Clean Air Act one of the most cost-effective things the American people have done for themselves in the last half century.
The Obama people's muscular policies are cast in certainties and self-righteousness that have become the theme music to all we do. The volume grows in proportion to the decline in our ability to accomplish anything of value in the world.
If you see The Town, you'll probably think of it as a standard heist flick. Because it's well-directed by Ben Affleck, you may not be able to put your finger on what doesn't work, but you'll know you've seen it all before.
Republicans are hell bent on demanding an extension of the Bush tax cut for their patrons at the top, or else they'll pull the plug on tax cuts for the middle class. This is a gift for the Democrats.
Perhaps the most ambitious MDG is the fourth, which aims to reduce child mortality by two-thirds. Progress is being made on this goal but much more can and should be done.
Despite the fact that HIV/AIDS is preventable and treatable, 430,000 children each year -- more than 1,000 a day -- are born with the disease. About 90 percent of these babies are born in sub-Saharan Africa.
This vote is, quite simply, a vote on whether the military will end an unjust and discriminatory policy that has already ended the careers of thousands of service members and harmed our military's readiness.
Oddly enough, Jesus didn't say a single word against homosexuality or masturbation or abortion or birth control, although if you listened to some of our conservative friends, you would think he was obsessed with those topics.
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If you want to know which way the global wind is blowing (or the sun shining or the coal burning), watch China. That's the news for our energy future and for the future of great-power politics on planet Earth.
Unfortunately, discrimination turns out to be what brings about the non-partisanship that President Obama has been so desperately trying to achieve.
The capture of the Republican Party by extremists, Tea Partiers and the like is a short term opportunity for the Democrats and nothing more. It does not mean any guaranteed victories.
Taylor's main argument is that our overspecialized colleges and universities are increasingly divorced from the hyper-connected world defined by "webs, not walls."
It is completely uncalled for to try to tar critics of the current Israeli government as anti-Semites. However, such criticisms do turn into a prejudice when they are completely one-sided.
Barack Obama, who was born more than two years after Castro seized power, might want to rethink America's Cuba policy, now that even Castro is having second thoughts about fundamentals.
When the donor nations have not just talked but have actually pooled their funds to support the national plans of poor countries, the speed of advance has been breathtaking.
With the right advice, Americans can become financially savvy and avoid being ripped off by unscrupulous practitioners. Here are 12 tips Elizabeth Warren should offer in her new role.
Questioned by host Mark Green, the women agreed that the Tea Party was more angry than partisan, that voters' "lizard brains" could help Ms. O'Donnell in Delaware and that government shouldn't ban breast-feeding.
Health clubs and gyms are known to harbor a host of contagious germs, and people who frequent them are at a greater risk for contracting infections that range from mild (but annoying) to more serious.
Seeing that real anger has been roused in the hearts of normal working citizens, "they" went into action and placed arguably attractive drones to lead the flock away from the real source of their anger, all the while playing the victim.
