Archive for October, 2009
Obama Lifts HIV Ban, Provides Hope for a Better World
Posted on 31. Oct, 2009 by Collin Orcutt.
There are some days when your government re-instills your faith in its workings. There are some days when it makes you feel proud to be an American citizen. Yesterday was one of those days. Because yesterday, President Obama announced he was lifting the ban on HIV-positive visitors, tourists and immigrants. It will be published in […]
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Joseph Lieberman (Fredo-CT)
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Michael Preston.
I wonder what Barack Obama thinks about when he hears the name Joe Lieberman. I wonder if it makes him angry. I wonder if it makes him feel like a dupe. I wonder if he feels betrayed. I wonder about these things because Lieberman, who was just a controversial Supreme Court decision away from being […]
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Hoh To Washington: We Need Change In Afghanistan
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Nicholas Martinez.
Of all the protests made in opposition to the Afghanistan War, this one stands as the most interesting – – and quite possibly the most refreshing. Matthew Hoh, a retired Marine who served in Iraq and the top U.S. civilian official in Zabul Province, resigned his commission with the State Department in protest of the […]
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Wasteful Spending
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Robert Voris.
“It’s like taking candy from a baby.” – ‘Tony,’ a con artist who defrauded Medicare of $20M This week’s 60 Minutes kicked off with a look at Medicare fraud in South Florida, where scamming the government for reimbursements of phony health provisions has supplanted peddling cocaine as the crime of choice for those not enrolled […]
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Busting up Obama's Boys Club
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Carla Murphy.
For the first time this past Sunday, President Obama golfed with a member of my sex. I’m supposed to be thrilled. Score one for equality and all that. Over the last few weeks, Obama’s gotten grief for his frequent and frequently all-male basketball games. Boys’ games, the argument goes, are where deal making occurs. All-male […]
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Got God? No, Thanks.
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Kaili Boyd.
Last week, the Coalition of Reason bought advertising space on the New York City subway to promote a lifestyle of godlessness. And I don’t mean that in a bad way – just the idea that its okay not to believe in God. Meanwhile there are a plethora of Christians who find this idea offensive and have […]
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BAM! Prez Takes on All Comers
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Joel Schectman.
The public option, which just several weeks ago was down for the count, is back up and swinging with a new vigor and sureness – frankly we just didn’t think he had it in him. Now leaders of both chambers of congress are working on bills that include some version of a government healthcare plan, […]
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Swine Flu is now a national emergency
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Maria Clark.
The president announced last week that he was officially declaring the H1N1 outbreak a national emergency. This allows hospitals to open off-site emergency rooms to speed up treatment and protect non-infected patients. Production of the H1N1 vaccine has been delayed and the disease is now more prevalent than ever. Only 11 million doses out of […]
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Yaay Michelle Obama can Hula Hoop
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Maria Clark.
The media’s been kind of obsessed with kid’s games lately. Think about it. We chased a balloon for over a week. Depending on what publication you read, we’re still chasing it. That damn balloon overshadowed the president’s first visit to New Orleans, it got more mention than advances in the first semi-functional AIDS vaccine. So […]
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What's Going on with the Public Option?
Posted on 25. Oct, 2009 by Michael Preston.
Even if you’ve obsessively followed the myriad twists and turns of the health care reform debate, the current drama surrounding the fate of the public option seems like something out of a Dan Brown page-turner: threats, back room meetings, questionable motives and misinformation cloud the picture. As a new week starts, though, it does appear […]
