thinkprogress.org NATIONAL SECURITY Pakistan: A Partnership for Progress Pakistan will certainly pose one of the greatest foreign policy challenges for the incoming Obama administration. A new report by the Center for American Progress states that Pakistan “lies at the nexus of one the world’s most complicated geopolitical regions — one plagued by poverty, nuclear proliferation, [...]
Archive for November 21st, 2008
21 Nov
Make Detroit Change Its Ways
thinkprogress.org ECONOMY Make Detroit Change Its Ways Last month, Congress approved $25 billion in low-interest loans for automobile manufacturers and suppliers to retool their plants to build more fuel-efficient vehicles. However, slumping sales, frozen credit markets, and the current global economic crisis has prompted the Big Three automakers — General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler — to ask [...]
21 Nov
Waxman’s Win Marks Seismic Shift in House
washingtonpost.com The clash between Reps. Henry Waxman (Calif.) and John Dingell (Mich.) was notable in the recently quiet and stable House Democratic caucus. By Ben Pershing Democrats have a comfortable majority now in the House, and they will again in January. Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker now, and she will be again in January. In [...]
21 Nov
Middle East Priorities For Jan. 21
By Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski Friday, November 21, 2008 The Washington Post The election of Barack Obama to be the 44th president is profoundly historic. We have at long last been able to come together in a way that has eluded us in the long history of our great country. We should celebrate this [...]
21 Nov
Detroit: Get a Clue
By Eugene Robinson Friday, November 21, 2008 The Washington Post The truth is that the chief executives of the Big Three automakers could have hitchhiked to Washington to beg for alms and they still would have been raked over the coals. But the fact that they came in their corporate jets was a bit much. [...]
21 Nov
The Time Has Come to Create a Real ‘Liberal Media’
By Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted November 21, 2008. Deep-pocketed conservatives have long dominated the media landscape. If we want real change, it’s time for progressives to fight fire with fire. Having spent more than three decades in Washington, I’ve seen enough mistakes made – and opportunities missed – for a lifetime. So, at this [...]
