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By Denise Best | Related entries in In The NewsInteresting read and perspective on implications of the recent “immigration reform” legislation … Thoughts? Tweet
Interesting read and perspective on implications of the recent “immigration reform” legislation … Thoughts? Tweet
I found the following account from a CNN reporter who was in Iraq to be both heartfelt and sad. Check it out. I know the Marines that were operating in western al Anbar, from Husayba all the way to Haditha. I went on countless operations in 2005 up and down the Euphrates River Valley. I [...]
Jonathan Gurwitz of the San Antonio Express-News has written an excellent editorial pointing out that the late, great Texas Senator, Lloyd Bentsen, would likely be unwelcome in today’s Democratic Party. Bentsen, who was partisan enough to earn the 1988 vice-presidential bid, was nonetheless an independent thinker who was unafraid to embrace traditionally conservative ideas (particularly [...]
Jonathan Alter in Newsweek writes about the evolutionary confluence of technology and politics, and announces an intriguing new initative to creatively disrupt the 2008 elections. All you need is a modem and a dream. Bob Schieffer of CBS News made a good point on “The Charlie Rose Show” last week. He said that successful presidents [...]
Could they be slowing down their enrichment program so the US would be more likely to join them for direct negotiations? NY Times has more: In discussions with White House and State Department officials in recent days, Europeans have described the inspectors’ findings, clearly hoping to influence a debate within the Bush administration over whether [...]
Apparently some cars that run on natural gas are using refined methane to go, go, go. The kicker? It’s 1/5th the price of regular gasoline. Oh Bessie! Tweet
From Seth Chalmer, also quoting Jared Lefevre of The Split Rail. Jared: 1. A strategy for Iraq, set in clear terms… 2. Securing ports and borders… 3. Initiatives to support the development of green technology. Governmental power (grants, tax breaks, etc.) should be used to support a growing industry that will not only protect us [...]
[Warning, some explicit language herein] Here is someone who rejects the notion that the explosion of digital pornography is a thing to be celebrated, a “glorious Dionysian orgy after two millennia of unnatural Christian repression.” For every positive effect porn has, there is a Larry Flynt and a slew of victims. I have one friend [...]
Or is it that “the GOP and its media and energy constituencies will do everything they can to discredit attempts to deal with global warming or other issues that undermine their respective agendas. And they do it by playing the normal/weird card”? Jack Whelan at After the Future has a keen analysis of how the [...]