Virginia Beach, Va. - For years, the US government has been fretting over national network vulnerabilities with banking and financial assets, government and military data, and the energy and utilities grid. Just last year, the Defense Department detected 360 million attempts to penetrate its networks, up from 6 million in 2006.
The Nation -- It was not necessarily supposed to be this way.
W.E.B. Du Bois was quick to endorse the appointment of Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court. "As a Jew," Du Bois said, quoting Isaiah, Brandeis knows the experience of "being despised and rejected of men."
Facing a growing image problem, a 78-seat deficit in the House of Representatives and soon to be on the short end of a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, Republicans set out this week to try and recast the Grand Old Party with voters by focusing on an issue Democrats have yet to build consensus around.
The US needs no-holds-barred debate on the Middle EastIn regard to the May 1 Opinion piece, "Arab forum tackles a Washington taboo": I was unaware of the Doha Debates, but very glad to hear they exist. And I'm somewhat dismayed to hear that there were concerns about conducting them in the US, when they have been conducted peacefully in the Middle East for the last six years.
Haddonfield, N.J. - It's widely reported – and has become generally accepted – that the newspaper model is either dying or already dead, when, in fact, thousands of newspapers across the country are doing quite well. Thousands of newspapers deliver for their readers and advertisers every day. Thousands of newspapers are positioned to embrace – not be destroyed by – emerging technology.
Say it ain't so, Donald! Why is Donald Trump, one of the biggest mouths on the planet, trying to make Miss California USA, the runner-up Miss USA, shut up?
The media wail about "torture," but are noticeably short on facts.
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:
Creators Syndicate - When Sen. Arlen Specter ran in a contentious primary against conservative congressman Pat Toomey in 2004, his slogan was "Courage, Clout, Conviction." The other day, when Specter's pollster apparently told him he was going to lose to Toomey in a rematch, he promptly chucked that blather about his courage and conviction and narrowed his thinking to clout. In desperation, he switched to the Democratic Party.
Creators Syndicate - You expect some people to write a book. You see their name when you're scrolling titles or actually looking at books, and you say, of course he or she would write a book.
Creators Syndicate - Sunlight is for suckers. The New York Post reported on Tuesday that the White House will not release the $328,835 snapshots taken of the president's Boeing VC-25A that buzzed lower Manhattan. The entire world has seen news and amateur photos and videos of the incident, but if President Obama has his way, taxpayers won't be able to see the flyover photos they paid for with their own money.
WASHINGTON -- For the last two weeks, an inordinate number of American journalists have been studiously analyzing President Obama's "First 100 Days." No matter that this simply amounts to a press-induced and intensely self-conscious celebration of ourselves.
Creators Syndicate - For conservatives fretful over the future of the party to which they have given allegiance, "How Barack Obama Won: A State by State Guide to the Historic 2008 Election" reads like something out of Edgar Allan Poe.
Creators Syndicate - Jack Kemp was supposed to read this column. A dinner in his honor was scheduled for next week and I had timed the column to appear just prior. The last his friends had heard, he was improving. Now it's too late.
NEW YORK -- Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord that the United States and India have plans to seize Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 014, Issue 32 - 5/11/2009 - No one knows why the chicken crossed the road, but why Arlen Specter crossed the aisle to the Democrats is a matter of rather less mystery, if intense debate.
Critics of the Voting Rights Act contend it's an antiquated artifact, an outmoded law that did its job well and ought to be retired.
When Thomas Jefferson succeeded John Adams, a contest that put America on such a different footing that it is remembered today as the Revolution of 1800, he did not seek to put members of the Adams administration on trial.
Why Bush Must Go to Prison
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The Nation -- "You outlasted the bastards, man," Bruce Springsteen told the roaring crowd.
Cleveland - Workers at the largest financial institutions are on pace to earn as much money this year as they did before the economic collapse, according to a recent article in The New York Times. Goldman Sachs just set aside $4.7 billion for bonuses and compensation in the first quarter. And traders and investment bankers at JP Morgan Chase are projected to earn an average of over $500,000 this year.
San Francisco - President Obama is taking on unaccountable corporate elites this month. Why aren't you? You probably own shares in these companies; your government doesn't (at least not yet).