January 2012
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WatchShortFormBlog:
Heartwarming story of the day: Meet Ruth Williams, the recipient of $50-60 from Mitt Romney’s pocket. On Wednesday, Mitt Romney met directly with Williams, a 55-year-old unemployed South Carolina resident who chased down the presidential candidate’s campaign bus, leading to a meeting with the presidential candidate. On Saturday, Williams saw Romney at an event and he handed her...
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On the Road to War with Iran
There is a road that’s being paved by the United States and Iran and it doesn’t seem anyone has noticed, it’s the road to war. This is no laughing matter as some who say ‘the U.S. will never enter another war in the Middle East’ seem to believe.
On one end of the spectrum there’s the recent surge in sanctions pushed by the United States and parts of Europe that...
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With the First Votes in New Hampshire Cast, Romney...
Could this be a sign of things to come? The small town of Dixville Notch, which has long been known for casting the first votes of the New Hampshire primary have tallied their votes for the first primary of the 2012 election cycle. The Associated Press reports that Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman will each take two votes for the nomination, with Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul each taking a single...
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Newsweek: Call for Submissions: What's Your... →
TimeMagazine:
At TIME.com, we’re working on a guide to the best Tumblrs out there. But we want to know what you think first.
What Tumblr can’t you live without? (Aside from ours, of course.) Whether it’s news, photography, design or just cat videos, we want to know what you follow — and…
I would like to nominate Daily Swipe, ShortFormBlog, The Dispatch, Time Magazine on Tumblr, Yahoo!...
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President Obama Takes Aim at U.S. Military and...
Yesterday President Obama spoke alongside Secretary of Defense Leon Paneta and other top military brass about his plans for the future of the U.S. military. Despite the tough talk from the Commander-in-Chief about America retaining it’s military superiority, the President’s proposed cuts are aimed directly at American servicemen and women and their benefits. Further cuts are a threat...
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The GOP Ticket in 2012: Romney-Rubio →
Robert Reich:
Since my New Year’s prediction that Obama would select Hillary Clinton for his running mate in 2012 (and Joe Biden would become Secretary of State), I’ve been swamped by requests for my GOP prediction. Here goes.
You can forget the caucuses and early primaries. Mitt Romney will be the nominee. Republicans may be stupid but the GOP isn’t about to commit suicide. The other...
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November 2011
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Obama’s Wars: The Restructuring of the War in...
This is a review of Obama’s Wars that was originally submitted to my American Presidency class. The work was completed with a classmate for our group assignment focused on President Obama and his first months in office.
A Journalist for Every President
Bob Woodward, author of many books including All the President’s Men and The Final Days, is an award-winning journalist and author. He is...
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WatchRunFromTheHerd:
ShortFormBlog:
Jon Stewart took to The Daily Show last night (11/10/11) to talk about the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal, and gave a serious commentary about how people knew of Sandusky’s abuse and didn’t do anything, as well as the recent student rioting over the firing of coach Joe Paterno.
The very end of this is worth heeding for Penn State fans: “And just like...
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My Shared Wavelength with Bill O'Reilly
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly gives President Obama high marks for fighting terrorism during his first 1,000 days in office, but a dismal and failing grade on managing the nation’s economy.
In his Friday night’s “Talking Points Memo,” O’Reilly offers a damning list of facts that “will take your breath away.”
O’Reilly detailed them:
Since Obama has been in office, the national debt has increased...
September 2011
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Confidence Men
Daily Swipe:
Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President
Ron Suskind’s new book Confidence Man documents dissent within the Obama adminstration. The book asserts that under the Obama administration the White House is a dreadful place to work for women. The book is based on 746 hours of interviews conducted by Suskind.
Lawrence Summers is quoted as saying to...
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CIA Shifts Focus to Killing Targets - Washington... →
Behind a nondescript door at CIA headquarters, the agency has assembled a new counterterrorism unit whose job is to find al-Qaeda targets in Yemen. A corresponding commotion has been underway in the Arabian Peninsula, where construction workers have been laying out a secret new runway for CIA drones.
May 2011
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March 2011
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Our Man in Pakistan →
Christopher Hitchens — In April 2001, a Pakistani diplomat—the first secretary of the Pakistani Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, as a matter of fact—was found by the Nepalese police to be stashing a large cache of sophisticated high explosives in his home. Muhammad Arshad Cheema invoked diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution and, after a short interval, was sent home. (More)
February 2011
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Amid Protest, U.S. Will Spend $75 Million on Yemen...
Even as the protest continue throughout Yemen, the U.S. budget shows that it will invest $75 million in the training of Yemen’s military forces. In my opinion, this shows that the administration officials are worried about the outcome of the protest within this country. Now, the U.S. has been investing in Yemen’s military for many years, but to continue the investment even amid these...
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First Signs of Change in Iran as Protest Restart
Unlike a revolution in Yemen and in Egypt, a revolution in Iran would be a very good thing not only for the United States and Israel, but for the world. With roughly 70% of the Iranian population under the age of 30, there is a powerful force for change. Furthermore, the Iranian people most likely learned from the Egyptian revolution, that once you start protesting, you don’t stop, you...
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