1. Judge Sotomayor would bring more federal judicial experience to the bench than any Supreme Court justice in 100 years. Over her three-decade career, she has served in a wide variety of legal roles, including as a prosecutor, litigator, and judge. 2. Judge Sotomayor is a trailblazer. She was the first Latina to serve on [...]
Archive for May, 2009
26 May
Honoring America’s Veterans
thinkprogress.org Yesterday President Obama observed Memorial Day in the tradition of sitting U.S. presidents, by placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C. Before the ceremony, a number of university professors petitioned the White House, urging Obama “to end a longstanding practice of sending a wreath [...]
26 May
Worldviews Collide
Obama or Cheney? It’s Your Choice. By Eugene Robinson Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Which reality do you inhabit, Obama World or Cheney World? If it’s the latter, remember that storm clouds are always gathering. Don’t forget your umbrella. In Obama World, it’s always morning. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and the pollen [...]
26 May
What to Do About North Korea
North Korean soldiers march along the border with China earlier today. (By Ng Han Guan — Associated Press) By Dan Blumenthal and Robert Kagan Tuesday, May 26, 2009 The North Korean launch of its Taeopodong-2 missile and its second nuclear test have laid bare the paucity of President Obama’s policy options. They have exposed the [...]
26 May
REQUIRED RETIREMENT ACCOUNT DISTRIBUTION EXEMPTION VERY LIMITED
May 25, 2009 Humberto Cruz, South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com Even if the law says you don’t have to do something, it may be a good idea to do it. But make sure you know the rules so you don’t run into trouble with the Internal Revenue Service. I’m talking about what my reader mail shows is [...]
24 May
BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the JOURNAL. Health care reform. (Single-Payer)
May 22, 2009 BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the JOURNAL. Health care reform. It’s the talk of the town – if the town is Washington, D.C. But some possible reforms aren’t being talked about at all. Not officially, that is. The White House and Congress have kept the lid on one of the most controversial but [...]
24 May
Bill Moyers Talks ‘Health Care’ with Many
May 22, 2009 SEN. MAX BAUCUS: We’ve got an extremely open process and I just urge everyone to respect the views of others but not interrupting those who are speaking. There will be plenty of time to be with everybody. This is a long haul process. And so, those of you in the audience who [...]
24 May
For Baucus, Health Care Is the Issue Of a Lifetime
Legislation Could Define His Career, His Party By Shailagh Murray and Ceci Connolly Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, May 24, 2009 Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, may be President Obama’s most critical ally on health-care reform. But which version of the independent-minded Montanan will preside as the debate intensifies this summer? Republicans [...]
24 May
Obama’s ‘None Of the Above’ Terror Policy
By Ruth Marcus Sunday, May 24, 2009 President Obama is: (a) A disappointing sellout to conservatives, someone who ran promising to reverse the Bush administration’s excesses in the war on terrorism and has now embraced them. (b) A dangerous liberal whose naive views about playing nicely with terrorists threaten national security. (c) A kinder, gentler [...]
23 May
A Tale of Two Speeches: Obama Uplifts, Cheney Uses Old Arsenal of Fear-Mongering
By Leslie Savan, The Nation. Posted May 23, 2009. While we’re enthralled by Obama’s elegance and reason, Cheney waits like a troll under a bridge, watching for the slightest misstep. Tools As rational, soaring, and adult-ready as Barack Obama’s speech before the shrine of the Constitution in the National Archives was — and, in contrast, [...]
23 May
The Health Care Industry: Protectionism the Free Traders Love
SATURDAY 23 MAY 2009 TRUTHOUT ORIGINAL Monday 18 May 2009 by: Dean Baker, t r u t h o u t | Perspective Free traders are not interested in promoting free trade in health care. (Photo: Steffan Hacker / USA TODAY) Suppose that people in the United States paid twice as much for our cars [...]
23 May
Rx and the Single Payer
SATURDAY 23 MAY 2009 TRUTHOUT ORIGINAL Friday 22 May 2009 by: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, t r u t h o u t | Perspective (Photo: Robin Dude / flickr ) In 2003, a young Illinois state senator named Barack Obama told an AFL-CIO meeting, “I am a proponent of a single-payer universal health [...]
