Tagged with 'politics'
An All-White Elephant
This is an excellent, surprisingly well-linked, op-ed by the NY Times’ Frank Rich on race issues in this year’s US election. I particularly like this quote:
If we’re to judge black candidates on their most controversial associates — and how quickly, sternly and completely they disown them — we must judge white politicians by the same yardstick.
Bowling 1, Health Care 0 - New York Times
This is a brilliant op-ed / media criticism by Elizabeth Edwards for the New York Times. It’s remarkably well-written, and I particularly like this quote:…
George Speaks, Badly - New York Times
Fun, if slightly snarky (and a little late?) op-ed by Gail Collins in yesterday's NYT:
We’re really past expecting anything much, but in times of crisis you would…
Massachussets-style health-care reform: results are in
A group, Physicians for a National Health Program, has an interesting press release, distilled from an “open letter” signed by 250 doctors in Massachussets…
It's a cliche, but...
Today is Canada Day, the Canadian answer to the 4th of July in the US. (I still occasionally get friends or relatives in the states asking me if they have the 4th of July in Canada. Yes?…
What Can Be Fixed
In the middle of a NYT story on a deadly bombing in Iraq:
Many Iraqis, beleaguered at every turn, said they saw the bomb as an attempt to aggravate sectarian strife and as…
Sam Brownback Is an Idiot
Sam Brownback, Republican Presidential candidate extraordinaire, tries to explain why he wants to have his cake and eat it, too... Er, I mean, does and…