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How Divided Are Democrats Over the War? (The Atlantic Wire)
July 29, 2010
The Atlantic Wire - A $59 billion bill providing funds for the war in Afghanistan cleared
Congress on Tuesday. In the House, 102 Democrats opposed the measure
while 148 Democrats supported it. Does this suggest that the war effort
is driving a wedge between pro-war and anti-war liberals? It depends on
who's analyzing the news story.
Obama on 'The View': Canny Decision or Unpresidential? (The Atlantic Wire)
July 29, 2010
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Ready to work for political change you can count on? (The Christian Science Monitor)
July 29, 2010
The Christian Science Monitor - Two years ago, Barack Obama electrified the nation with a promise of "change we can believe in." That was the wrong pledge.
Robert Redford: It's the opportunity, stupid! (Huffington Post)
July 29, 2010Huffington Post - Read Robert Redford's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com
Bill Kristol: Refudiate Liberalism! (The Weekly Standard)
July 29, 2010The Weekly Standard - Just before noon on Sunday, July 18, 2010, Sarah Palin enriched the English language. Referring to the planned Islamic center near the 9/11 site in New York, she tweeted: "Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate."
4 Burning Questions After WikiLeaks (The Daily Beast)
July 29, 2010The Daily Beast - Who was minding the store when 92,000 classified military logs were purloined? Retired Army Col. Ken Allard analyzes this and three other troubling conundrums—including whether the leaker should pay the ultimate price.
Federal Judge Neuters Arizona Immigration Law: What's Next? (The Atlantic Wire)
July 29, 2010The Atlantic Wire - The most controversial elements of Arizona's immigration law have been blocked by a federal judge. Major provisions, such as one requiring authorities to check the immigration status of individuals while enforcing other laws, will not go into effect. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton also barred the state from requiring immigrants to carry their papers at all times. While this isn't the last say on the Arizona law, it's a major victory for the bill's opponents. Here's what observers are looking at now and anticipating for the future:
On Democrats' Lost Week (RealClearPolitics.com)
July 29, 2010RealClearPolitics.com - It should have been a good week for Democrats. The financial overhaul was signed into law. The extension of unemployment benefits passed. The Democratic Party finally looked like a party that could get things done.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Why we should cheer Lisbeth Salander (The Christian Science Monitor)
July 29, 2010The Christian Science Monitor - A huge number of beachgoers, many of whom donât identify as feminists, will be carrying a book with overtly feminist content in their tote bags this summer â in the guise of an absorbing thriller.
Obama Ignores Warnings on AfghanistanâGoing Back to November 2008 (The Nation)
July 29, 2010The Nation - The Nation -- At my Daybook today I link to a remarkable Garry Wills blog item at The New York Review of Books site, in which he reveals that he is breaking a kind of embargo a year after he and other historians had dinner with President Obama. It seems that most of them warned him about the "folly" of continuing/escalating in Afghanistan—and Wills is sad and angry that the President didn't listen one bit.
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