OpEdNews Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Pelosi-Tells-The-Nation-Ma-by-David-Swanson-080730-90.html July 30, 2008 By David Swanson From The Nation: Katrina vanden Heuvel: “On balancing politics and staying true to values… If the book’s subtitle is A Message to America’s Daughters, what is your message to those daughters who will ask what our representatives did to hold this President and Administration [...]
Archive for July 30th, 2008
30 Jul
Impeachment– Key To Dem Win In November
OpEdNews Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Impeachment—Key-To-Dem-W-by-Rob-Kall-080730-14.html By Rob Kall It’s time the Democrats in the congress did what the vast majority of democrats want, and the constitution demands– impeachment hearings for Cheney and Bush. I’ve had a chance, over the past few months, to get a feel for this. I commissioned a Zogby poll which found [...]
30 Jul
Goodlings Amok
A Common Thread in Bush’s Failings By Ruth Marcus Wednesday, July 30, 2008; Page A15 The improbable topic of today’s column is Monica Goodling and the federal budget deficit. You might think that the two of these have nothing in common save the happenstance that both are the subject of devastating new reports: Goodling about [...]
30 Jul
Finally, a little optimism on healthcare
By Charles Kenney Globe Newspaper July 30, 2008 SLOWLY BUT surely the long-held article of faith that the United States has the world’s finest healthcare is eroding in the face of mounting evidence. A fresh report from the prestigious Commonwealth Fund concludes that “despite spending more on healthcare than any other industrialized nation, the US [...]
30 Jul
Veterans get ALS disability, ‘Lou Gehrig’s disease’ to be listed as service-connected, U.S. says
By Josh Mitchell | Sun reporter The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to provide full disability payments for Lou Gehrig‘s disease, tacitly acknowledging for the first time a generalized link between the fatal neurological disorder and military service. Veterans and patient advocates have advocated the change for years, citing studies showing that former soldiers are more likely than [...]
