Month: June 2009

Open Thread

What are the hot news topics of the day? Did someone win a singing contest?

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Sotomayor is Easier Than Health Care

Obama may have found the one issue that the Republicans are willing to fold on in Judge Sonya Sotomayor. Despite a lot of initially intemperate language, the GOP seems to have realized that there is no electoral juice in bashing...

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Last Straw on the Camel’s Back

While we watch in admiration, many in Iran take to the streets to protest what they perceive as a fraudulent election and a severely authoritarian government. The irony seems lost on us. As we know, 75% of the American...

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Job Less

Yea! The recession may be over! The economy may be turning around (especially if you work for Goldman Sachs). Just one thing. Don’t count on getting a good job back anytime soon if you recently lost yours, because...

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