By E. J. Dionne Jr. Tuesday, December 2, 2008 The Washington Post There is a paradox at the heart of the proposed bailout of the auto industry. The rescue would have no chance of passing without the muscle of the Big Three’s unionized workforce. Yet you can’t turn around without hearing someone trash autoworkers for [...]
Archive for December 4th, 2008
4 Dec
The Danger of Holdovers
By David S. Broder Thursday, December 4, 2008 The Washington Post In the two most crucial areas facing his presidency, national security and economic policy, Barack Obama has opted for continuity, not change. That is reassuring to many in the short term, but it entails long-term risks. By keeping Robert Gates as defense secretary and [...]
4 Dec
Auto Rescue, Take Two
ECONOMY Auto Rescue, Take Two Last month, the CEOs from Detroit’s Big Three automakers — General Motors (GM), Ford, and Chrysler — came to Washington, D.C. to ask Congress for a $25 billion loan to help their struggling companies stay afloat and avoid potential collapse. However, what began as a legitimate call for help [...]
4 Dec
Franken Campaign: Al Pulls Ahead by 22 Votes
Posted by Sam Stein, Huffington Post at 12:39 PM on December 3, 2008. For the first time since the Minnesota recount began, Al Franken has actually pulled ahead of Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. Al Franken’s campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the Minnesota recount began, the Democrat has actually pulled ahead [...]
4 Dec
Is Mumbai India’s 9/11? It’s Not That Simple
By Lakshmi Chaudhry, TheNation.com. Posted December 4, 2008. We may recoil at the 9/11 narrative, but for many in India, it is a call to the world to recognize their loss. There are very many good reasons to resist imposing a 9/11 narrative on the Mumbai attacks, the most important of which is the inevitable [...]
4 Dec
Forget the Polar Bears — The Climate Crisis Is About All of Us
By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. Posted December 3, 2008. Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the planet collapse? George Bush is behaving like a furious defaulter whose home is about to be repossessed. Smashing the porcelain, ripping the doors off their hinges, he is determined that there [...]
