A [Weak?] Week’s Worth of Work

At the rate these criticisms are mounting, Obama will be lucky if he escapes impeachment in March.  It’s been literally seven days since he took office, and his foreign policy and domestic policy initiatives have been roundly questioned.  Remember folks: Bush fucked things up in 8 years;...

Post-Post-Partisanship

Well, there you have it: President Obama has bent over to kiss GOP Congressional asses on the bailout bill and in return, GOP leadership made calls for their rank and file to vote against the bailout before they even met with Obama. Only one party is being reasonable here.  If I were the President,...

“Heroic Act of Journalism” by Bob Simon

I was hoping that someone who saw last night’s 60 Minutes would blog about Bob Simon’s extraordinary segment on the lives of West Bank Palestinians under Israeli occupation. I am glad to report that Ethan Brown has, in a guest post at TalkLeft: If you have not seen Sixty Minutes correspondent...

In Gaza, the Suffering Continues

Ethan Bronner opens his New York Times article about conditions in Gaza one week after Israel’s unilateral ceasefire in rather restrained fashion: The boys clapped and sang to pulsating music. They played games and shouted. It could have been a group activity at any school in any place, but this was...

Consequences of Habeas Schmabeas Rule

As Kathy wrote earlier, the Bush administration has left in its wake a literal big mess for the Obama administration to clean up regarding the processing and trials of Guantánamo Bay detainees.  In order to enact the rule of law decided and ignored during the Bush administration, President Obama and his...