The positive economic news. 12:00 AM, Nov 27, 2010 • By IRWIN M. STELZER
Enough of what President Nixon’s equally disgraced vice president, Spiro Agnew, called the “nattering nabobs of negativism.” This is Thanksgiving weekend, and we Americans, who have just combined to consume almost 50 million turkeys, have much to be thankful for, and reason for cheer.
Read more... 12:31 PM, Nov 26, 2010 • By JAY COSTOn Election Night a few weeks back, several races remained outstanding. In the weeks that have followed, all but one of the contests has been settled, with the final one (NY-1) now being tended to by a judge. Let's run down the results.
-CA-11. Republican efforts to take back Richard Pombo's old seat have proven unsuccessful. Democrat Jerry McNerney ultimately prevailed, despite the fact that late on election night Republican David Harmer had the lead.
Read more... Washington’s new political culture?12:00 AM, Nov 25, 2010 • By GARY ANDRES
Signs of a new political culture abound. Call it the era of “reverse pork barrel.”
Read more... Advance copy from the December 6, 2010, issue.8:54 PM, Nov 24, 2010 • By STEPHEN F. HAYESOn November 12, North Korean scientists took Stanford professor Siegfried Hecker and two colleagues to the Yongbyon nuclear complex. The North Koreans led the Americans to a building that Hecker, former head of the Los Alamos nuclear laboratories, had visited in February 2008.
Read more... 7:42 PM, Nov 24, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACKOn Glenn Beck's show earlier today, Sarah Palin accidentally said North Korea when she meant South Korea:
CO-HOST: How would you handle a situation like the one that just developed in North Korea? [...]
Read more... 5:09 PM, Nov 24, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACKOn the eve of Thanksgiving, Howard Dean writes about the troops in an email to his supporters. No, Dr. Dean doesn't find space to thank those who are serving our country--it's just an opportunity to rail against the "shameful policy" of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Oh, and ask for donations:
Read more... The Bush and Obama administrations determined that Shaker Aamer was too dangerous to release. The Brits want him freed anyway.2:55 PM, Nov 24, 2010 • By THOMAS JOSCELYNWill the Obama administration cave to international pressure and transfer a Guantanamo detainee it has previously found too dangerous to release?
Amnesty International has launched a major public relations campaign on behalf of Shaker Aamer, a citizen of Saudi Arabia who established residency in the U.K. Aamer was captured in Afghanistan in December 2001 and in early 2002 he was transferred to Guantanamo, where he has been detained ever since.
Read more... 1:49 PM, Nov 24, 2010 • By JOHN NOONANBoth U.S. military and civilian leaders seem a bit nonplussed about the North Korean attack on a South Korean fishing village. With the American Armed Forces tied up in Iraq and Afghanistan, the White House is reluctant to up the ante in the highly militarized Korean peninsula. So the American response has been rather tepid. The administration accelerates the schedule on pre-planned U.S.-South Korean naval exercises, essentially the same response to the sinking of the Republic of Korea's Cheonan that killed 46 sailors earlier this year.
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