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For St. Patrick's Day, The Best Irish Movies By Farr
(HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read John Farr's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com
Verdict a Long Ways Off on Iraq
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Last Sunday's elections in Iraq, the fifth since the 2003 invasion by the United States and its allies, have generated predictable polemics.
Adapting to foreign adoptions
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The plight of orphans after a tragedy in a poor nation can evoke an ardent desire in people from rich countries to give them a home. Yet the arrest in Haiti of a group of Americans trying to whisk 33 orphans out of that country just days after the Jan. 12 earthquake shows how that desire to adopt requires safe and legal channels. (See related Monitor story by clicking here.)
Glenn Beck Attacks ME!
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- I woke up this morning to an email from my father telling me that Glenn Beck had attacked me on Fox News.
Ponzi Nation: How Get-Rich-Quick Crime Came to Define an Era
(HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read Andy Kroll's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com
Soak the Rich, Keep the Change
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Do Washington state Democrats have a death wish? That's the question many locals must be asking after the Democrat-controlled Senate held hearings last Thursday, with little notice, packed with supporters for a new bill that would impose a statewide income tax.
Marijuana legalization? A White House rebuttal, finally
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama White House has finally laid out its most thorough, reasoned rebuttal to arguments for marijuana legalization â countering a campaign that is gaining alarming momentum at the state level.
High divorce rates and teen pregnancy are worse in conservative states than liberal states
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Ask most people about the differences between families who live in âredâ (conservative) states and âblueâ (liberal) states, and youâll hear a common refrain: Massachusetts and California are hotbeds of divorce and teen pregnancy, while Nebraska and Texas are havens of virtue and stability.
Reclaiming a Legacy: The Death of Fatima Meer and the World Cup
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- I journeyed to South Africa to celebrate the life of the late poet, anti-apartheid fighter, and sports activist Dennis Brutus.
Health care and job creation are important, but Obama must address racism
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Will President Obama pull it all off? Thatâs the question everyone seems to be asking as they wait to see if the Obama administration can deliver on everything from healthcare reform to job creation.
GETTING RID OF UNCLE JOE
(David Shribman)
David Shribman - He grew up when the Wabash country still had a frontier ethic, came to power as America was sensing its own potential for power and became perhaps the most powerful man in William Howard Taft's Washington. He smoked cigars by the score and wore a felt hat at his desk as well as in the street. He was Speaker John Joseph Gurney Cannon, and the rebellion against his despotism occurred 100 years ago this week.
THIS DADDY-DAUGHTER DUO IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE U.S.
(Cynthia Tucker)
Cynthia Tucker - Liz Cheney doesn't hold a seat in the United States Senate. She doesn't have the power to call committee hearings to intimidate those who dare disagree with her. And she isn't practicing her demagoguery in an era of widespread fear of an existential threat. Nevertheless, she has slipped easily into the role of Joseph McCarthy.
SANDS OF U.S.-ISRAELI RELATIONS CONTINUE TO SHIFT
(Georgie Anne Geyer)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- On the surface, the meeting of Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week in Jerusalem looked like business as usual. The Israelis were snippy about their policies being perfect, and the U.S. rushed in to assure them we were forever faithful.
TRIUMPH OF THE SWILL
(Ted Rall)
Ted Rall - "The Hurt Locker" Supports the Troops--and the Lies
NBC's Special Victims
(Brent Bozell III)
Brent Bozell III - NBC's "Law & Order" programs are long established and all over the schedule. But the sex-obsessed vice cops of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" are a breed apart. They exist to be socially provocative, which is to say, to rattle, to disturb. Viewers at home probably weren't ready for the plot that aired on NBC on March 3. These scriptwriters are so revolting that they become almost comical.
Whose Values?
(Linda Chavez)
Linda Chavez - Liz Cheney has stirred up a hornet's nest. The former vice president's daughter now runs a group called Keep America Safe, which last week released a video questioning the "values" of Obama Justice Department lawyers who once represented clients detained at Guantanamo for terrorist activities.
The Disemboweling of America
(Pat Buchanan)
Pat Buchanan - Though Bush 41 and Bush 43 often disagreed, one issue did unite them both with Bill Clinton: protectionism.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Deficient Cleaning Service
(Michelle Malkin)
Michelle Malkin - "Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House," Nancy Pelosi boasted before the 2006 midterm elections.
Real Genius
(Susan Estrich)
Susan Estrich - A year ago, David Axelrod, the president's senior adviser, was a genius. A year ago, Rahm Emanuel, the president's chief of staff, was a wizard.
The Democrats Won't Talk About This Provision
(Mona Charen)
Mona Charen - "You've heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don't know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future . ... We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of controversy." — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, March 9, 2010
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