Opinion
A bank bailout for Afghanistan?
(The Week)
The Week - A run on Kabul Bank — the nation's largest — is triggering fears of an Afghan financial meltdown. Should the U.S. step in?
How Old School Is George Clooney's 'The American'?
(The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire - The options could hardly be starker for Labor Day movie-goers. On one hand, there's the blood-stained Machete,
which seems to revel in the number of body-parts it dismembers for the pleasure of audiences. And, of course, there's also that
European-tinged, art-house hitman movie with the relatively unassuming poster
of George Clooney furrowing his brow. What's that one about, exactly?
It appears that nearly half of our nation's finest critics lost their
patience with the slow-burning film before trying to figure that out.
Why Are the Feds Suing Brash Arizona Sheriff?
(The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire -
Do enough Democrats want to extend Bush tax cuts?
(The Week)
The Week - With increasing numbers of moderate Democrats balking, Obama's plan to let tax cuts for the rich expire hits a serious snag
Pakistan floods: World reactions
(The Week)
The Week - The waters have started to drain in Pakistan, but the country's problems are far from over. The world reacts:
Christine O'Donnell: The Tea Party's next breakout star?
(The Week)
The Week - In a key race to watch, the Tea Party candidate for Delaware's Senate seat is trying to oust establishment Republican Mike Castle in a Sept. 14 primary
Evaluating Obama's 'Second Stimulus' Proposals
(The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire - As the job market and housing sector
continue to suffer, the White House is seeking initiatives meant to
re-stimulate the economy, following the first stimulus efforts of 2009.
According
to Time magazine, "most nonpartisan economists agree" that the first
stimulus was successful in the short-term but did not go far enough.
The "second stimulus" proposals are a $100 billion tax credit for businesses and $50 billion on infrastructure spending.
Any such measures must still be improved by an increasingly partisan
Congress that is expected to shift heavily Republican in November.
Newt's Faint Presidential Prospects
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - On Friday, at a town hall in small town Oklahoma, conservative Sen. Tom Coburn said Newt Gingrich is "the last person I'd vote for, for president." Gingrich is "a super-smart man but he doesn't know anything about commitment to marriage." Gingrich lacks, in Coburn's view, "the character traits necessary to be a great president."
Letters to the Editor â Weekly Issue of September 6, 2010
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Stimulus: Buy US goodsRegarding the article "The intricate task of recovery" (Aug. 16 double issue): A congressional budget analyst is quoted as saying, "[I]t's a choice between putting people back to work and cutting the deficit. You cannot do both." This implies that we need more government stimulus to create jobs, thereby increasing the deficit.
Schneiderman for Attorney General
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- "Transformational politics is the work we do today to ensure that the deal we can get on gun control or immigration reform in a year—or five years, or twenty years—will be better than the deal we can get today. Transformational politics requires us to challenge the way people think about issues, opening their minds to better possibilities."