Opinion – David Shribman – Yahoo! News
Opinion – David Shribman – Yahoo! News
A conflict has broken out in American foreign affairs circles with angry charges about U.S. policy toward Russia and serious questions about the wisdom of initiating armed conflict with Iran. The fight is a third of a century old, and one of the principal combatants is the unlikely figure of Jimmy Carter. Full Story;
This is the winter of everyone’s discontent. The left is angry about the demise of a sweeping overhaul of health care. The right is angry about the growth of Washington’s power. Democrats are angry at Republican intransigence. Republicans are angry at Democratic arrogance. Liberals think Barack Obama has left his progressive moorings. Conservatives think the president is a closet Communist. Full Story;
He sprinkles the phrase “you guys” throughout his remarks, as in, “You guys, I just want to remind you …” He drops quotes from William Wilberforce, the 19th-century British abolitionist, into his speeches. Full Story;
Pay attention carefully, but above all, pay attention quickly. This month we’re finally talking economics. Maybe that’s because this is the shortest month of the year. It’s also the month that includes Valentine’s Day, so full of romance and hope, and the release of the president’s federal budget proposal, so full of sobriety and despair. Full Story;
How will we remember this month, with the recriminations over the failed Christmas bomber, the Massachusetts miracle wrought by Scott Brown, the frightening mid-month dip in the financial markets, the Supreme Court ruling that removed caps on corporate and union spending on political campaigns, the likely death of the massive overhaul of health care, the addition of Sarah Palin to the Fox News palette and the tax breaks and tough talk of the State of the Union? Full Story;
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