Asked whether Newsweek planned to invite a representative from an environmental group to the upcoming event, to balance Gerard’s appearance, Block said the magazine ... More »
Randy Morrow
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The bad news doesn’t end there. Indeed, the study offers little hope that women who sign up for the public option will be able to find supplementary plans that cover ... More »
Why should antichoicers be the only people who get to refuse to let their taxes support something they dislike? More »
Ms. Klein discuss the idea of "climate debt", an idea being increasingly embraced by less developed countries, and an idea the repubs and the right will never go along with since it will cost the US a lot of money.
Todd Stern, the chief U.S. climate negotiator, has scoffed at a Chinese and African proposal that developed countries pay as much as $400 billion a year in climate ... More »
Arianna points out that Buffet's recent comments seem to be out of character and more cheer leading then fact stating.
Some environmental groups are modifying their messages about climate change, this article talks about that, and that other groups believe the message of dire climate changes should continue.
I wonder if in the Eikenberry vs. McChrystal opinions there might be some inner service rivalry at work--e.g. "regular army" vs. the "special ops guys".
Eikenberry crossed paths with McChrystal during his second tour in Afghanistan, when McChrystal led the military’s Joint Special Operations Command, which conducted ... More »
As usual, it’s the weakest and most frightened among us who rely on the most flamboyant, theatrical displays of “strength” and “courage” to ... More »
Short article applying acronyms to the opposing opinion groups (yea/nay) in the health reform debate.
The bizarre fact is that the practice of buying the Taliban’s protection is not a secret. I asked Col. David Haight, who commands the Third Brigade of the Tenth ... More »
This article looks at some of the sources of pressure on Obama as he tries to decide on strategy for Afghanistan.
This article would be hugely funny if "the right" didn't take many of the statements as articles of faith.
But given the degree to which Democrats have been forced to water down their legislation to appease conservatives within their party, these memes really represent a mass ... More »
Mainly an announcement of a new database to track where conservative groups are getting their money.
Biden and other Obama advisers believe the relationship that Bush developed with Karzai masked the Afghan leader’s flaws and made it difficult to demand ... More »
Details of Dick ("go F**k yourself) Cheney's selective memory during interviews with the FBI regarding PlameGate.
The main al Qaeda forces have already left Afghanistan—why haven’t we? The cost of Afghanistan in American lives and dollars has steadily risen to the point where the ... More »






It is a bit disappointing that Newsweek would be involved in what appears to be an (industry) biased event.