It isn't clear from the story whether suspending parliament before elections is standard, legal practice in Sri Lanka. Or if the president is acting in an extra-legal fashion to consolidate power. The writer clearly thinks the later, but without quite explaining why.

Another article I read on the topic this morning said the Senate bill already did incorporate all of the items listed here. This piece did not mention that. If it had, it would certainly lend credence to claims that GOP lawmakers are not advancing serious ideas, but simply trying to kill current bills.

While Saunders could have given some facts about transport and energy costs to give some reasons why this might work, she makes some valid points. While governments inject billions into big business, small companies consistently create more jobs.

Based on unnamed eyewitness accounts, it's hard to tell how credible it is. However, if true, it undoubtedly does cast doubts on the recent election, as Buncombe says. Most reporters said before the election that the Tamil vote would be key in this election. But this piece doesn't cover that aspect at all. It would have been an interesting addition.

Anybody who hasn't noticed that Emanuel is far less than a "perfect" strategist simply hasn't been paying attention. Or as these writers clearly have, they bought Rahm's own self promotion. It's what he's really good at. He had little to do with the House wins in 2006. And anybody who bothered to check the candidates he recruited and backed would know that. About three quarters of them lost. But, like so many pieces of conventional wisdom, this one gets repeated over and over again. ... More »

An interesting topic that the writer starts to tie into the current healthcare debate, but never fully does. Confusing organization and language makes it somewhat hard to follow. For example, the writer says Tatia French's mother needed a C-section--which is not true. There are also several rather glaring grammatical mistakes.

Darling believes bankers get it? I'd like to know what he's smoking, and why the author didn't question this. An amusing piece, but not much besides a few quotes and Elliot's observations.

Krugman fails to note that Canada also had less growth. So there's something in their financial system that seems to blunt both ends of the swing. I'm not sure if this is it. But he still makes a good argument for different banking rules.

Though I believe Dwight that the author missed some relevant case law, he still hits all the right points. Good argument, and well argued.

Pretty much what everybody else said.

Not an original opinion, but well presented and supported. Hari makes a convincing case.

One of the most eloquent pieces I've ever read by Huffington, and a great call to action by ordinary people.

Despite the title of the column, this was not everything I need to know. It was hard to tell from this piece whether or not the alarming headline was justified. Still, the topic seemed sufficiently important to post.

O'Donnell probably understands arcane Senate rules as well as anybody, given his tenure as a top aide there. For that reason, this is an interesting piece of insight into possible strategic moves on this bill.

Well-written until the second to last paragraph, the headline is killer clever. Unfortunately, those who are willing to listen to a "stupid" preacher spin lies, are unlikely to be swayed by logic and history.

Unfortunately, one person has spoken of the slave uprising in Haiti against their colonial masters. I say "unfortunate" because it was the stupid lie Pat Robertson said. Other than that, there's little new here--and certainly nothing to shed a light on the cause of Haiti's ongoing plight.

Oh, I just had to post this. It's one of the funniest pieces I've read in weeks. George Bush is a better speaker than Obama? Really? Obama was only elected because of his color? Funny, a lot of us thought it might be a liability. He was the most liberal member of the Senate? Teddy Kennedy, Russ Feingold, and Bernie Sanders would have been surprised to hear it. I don't know who this guy is, but he's clearly living on another planet.

Good research with figures presented in a way that makes the issue clear.

As somewhat of a news junkie, I was surprised that this was the first I'd heard of this. Robinson does a competent job of laying out the fact of the indictments.

While you may or may not care about the upcoming election in the U.K. that is likely to shift leadership there, Hari takes a rather unique approach to it here--comparing the actual outcome of the policies espoused by the leading candidates. He writes with a rather pointed wit, that I personally enjoy, but with plenty of facts to back it up.

First I've heard of this, and I've worked on the issue a lot. So kudos for the scoop. And thanks for the information to take action.

While the writer does include some throwaway lines about the controversial "church," he doesn't actually attribute them to anybody. Nor does he include information on the trial last year in France that accused Scientology of defrauding members. Or the decision of the German government to label it a cult. Anybody who has been fleeced by this group will tell you there's not a cult, they're a con job. And several prominent ex-members have gone public with such allegations. Likely the ... More »

This is the sort of story I count on journalists for. It exposes information that I would have no way to find on my own, but that I care about. It would have been interesting if the reporters had actually asked some bank consumers, forclosed homeowners, small business owners who can't get loans, or somebody in the unemployment lines what they think of this--instead of just going to the usual talking heads. But that was a fairly small quibble.

While I'm glad AP covered this story, I'm disappointed they chose to gloss over some of the other legal woes of this "contractor." They have also been accused of fraud--as have several of the other larger contractors. And are suspected of carrying on black ops for the CIA within Pakistan, including some of the drone attacks that have killed civilians.

Except for the failure to press the EPA on why they continue to ignore scientific findings they claim to rely on, and continue to grant permits for this process, this is a well-researched, well-written piece.