Republicans have a lot to be happy about. So, I guess, does anybody else who’s upset with President Obama, Democrats, and the federal government.
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Toward what end? Obama’s ISIS policy
I don’t like where this is headed. I don’t like it at all. It’s been 13 years since 9/11, and in spite of the blood spilled and the money spent in Iraq and Afghanistan, by this country and others, we have by no means wiped out the threat of terrorism. We weakened – but didn’t […]
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Obama’s speech: tax breaks vs. opportunity
Political convention speeches are meant to be emotional and rhetorical. They’re meant to fire up the base, and President Barack Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech last night was no exception. PHOTO COURTESY STEVE JURVETSON Barack Obama That said, there was still a moment in Obama’s speech where the rhetoric really surprised me, pleasantly so. It […]
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NEWS BLOG: The Party of No and the price of obstructionism
If anyone needs an explanation for why public approval of Congress has plummeted to an all-time low, reporter and blogger Michael Grunwald gives an excellent account in his new book, “The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era.” Grunwald has been making the case for some time that President Obama […]
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NEWS BLOG: Dukakis on Obama
Do principles matter in the often unprincipled world of politics? That question was recently put to former Massachusetts governor and Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis by Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. Dukakis was a guest on their PRI show, “Smiley and West,” where he discussed the recent Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act […]
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NEWS BLOG: Obama, Romney, and the Supreme Court’s balance
Fer heavens’ sake: who knew? According to a column in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, there are only three conservatives on the Supreme Court: Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Antonin Scalia. And there are four liberals: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Stephen Breyer. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Anthony Kennedy are […]
