Boston Review ‘Americans misperceive the world and their role in determining its evolution’ Andrew J. Bacevich Nir Rosen argues that the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan is likely to fail and that the Karzai government is irredeemably illegitimate. I agree with the first point, but not with the second. The United States, as Rosen says, [...]
Archive for December 23rd, 2009
23 Dec
Afghanistan War: The Soviet Lesson Not Learned
HuffingtonPost.com Rep. Eric J.J. Massa U.S. Representative from New York Posted: December 23, 2009 01:41 PM Christmas Eve is a time to gather with friends and family to reflect on the good things in life. It’s a time to share our joys and our hopes for peace on earth and good will towards all. This [...]
23 Dec
Tracking Obama’s Campaign Promises
The Obameter: Tracking Obama’s Campaign Promises The Obameter Scorecard Promise Kept 75 Compromise 20 Promise Broken 9 Stalled 43 In the Works 206 Not yet rated 160 PolitiFact has compiled more than 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No [...]
23 Dec
The next decade from hell?
By Ruth Marcus Wednesday, December 23, 2009 This was, nationally and globally, a lousy decade. I hate to put a damper on your holiday season, but the next one has every prospect of being worse. The name never really took, but it’s too bad this decade wasn’t called the “oughts,” because so much that ought [...]
23 Dec
Obama lists financial rescue as ‘most important thing’ of his first year
By Scott Wilson Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 23, 2009 President Obama outlined Tuesday a first-year legislative record that he said rescued the economy and placed it on a path of long-term growth, even as he acknowledged that some unfinished items would probably be more difficult to achieve heading into a midterm election year. [...]
23 Dec
AIG executives’ promises to return bonuses have gone largely unfulfilled
By Brady Dennis Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 23, 2009 When word spread earlier this year that American International Group had paid more than $165 million in retention bonuses at the division that had precipitated the company’s downfall, outrage erupted, with employees getting death threats and President Obama urging that every legal avenue be [...]
23 Dec
The Ten Worst Nightmares Bush Inflicted on America
By Juan Cole, Informed Comment. Posted December 22, 2009. Here are my picks for the top ten worst things about the wretched period, which will continue to follow us until citizens stand up to fix them. By spring of 2000, Texas governor George W. Bush was wrapping up the Republican nomination for president, and he [...]
23 Dec
Moyers, Moore and Maddow are the Most Influential Progressives
By Don Hazen, AlterNet. Posted December 23, 2009. Recently we asked our readers to rank the most influential progressives. Here are the results. The three M’s — Bill Moyers, Michael Moore and Rachel Maddow — scored highest in a recent AlterNet survey* asking more than 5,000 readers to rate the most influential progressive media figures. Moyers, [...]
