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BP Oil Spill: Has Environmental Damage Been Exaggerated?
(Time.com)
Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown
Federal Judge Neuters Arizona Immigration Law: What's Next?
(The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire - The most controversial elements of Arizona's immigration law have been blocked
by a federal judge. Major provisions, such as one requiring authorities
to check the immigration status of individuals while enforcing other
laws, will not go into effect. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton also barred the state from requiring immigrants to carry their
papers at all times. While this isn't the last say on the Arizona law,
it's a major victory for the bill's opponents. Here's what observers are
looking at now and anticipating for the future:
Obama on 'The View': Canny Decision or Unpresidential?
(The Atlantic Wire)
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The Bush Book Bomb
(The Daily Beast)
The Daily Beast - While 43's memoir isn't due in stores until after the 2010 midterm voting is over, Republicans are increasingly anxious about its impact. Former Bush aide Matt Latimer on the Dems' last best hope.
GOP Gains Weren't Always Inevitable This Year
(CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Sometimes, you can almost hear the conventional wisdom and expectations shift, even when they are based on faulty premises.
Obama Ignores Warnings on AfghanistanâGoing Back to November 2008
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- At my Daybook today I link to a remarkable Garry Wills blog item at The New York Review of Books site, in which he reveals that he is breaking a kind of embargo a year after he and other historians had dinner with President Obama. It seems that most of them warned him about the "folly" of continuing/escalating in Afghanistan—and Wills is sad and angry that the President didn't listen one bit.
Many Caveats for Good News on Oil Spill
(The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire - When we last checked in on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a cap had stopped the flow of oil
into the Gulf. That cap has held and much of the oil on the surface has
dissolved. But this is hardly cause for celebration, as many near- and
long-term problems are likely to linger for the Gulf region and the
millions of Americans who live there. Here's an update on the situation.
On Democrats' Lost Week
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - It should have been a good week for Democrats. The financial overhaul was signed into law. The extension of unemployment benefits passed. The Democratic Party finally looked like a party that could get things done.
For biased critics of Israel, even its defensive actions violate human rights
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - In 1947, when excusing Soviet totalitarianism had become quite the rage in fashionable progressive circles, George Orwell eviscerated a British politician who consistently defended totalitarians but nevertheless denied that he was a defender of totalitarianism. âÂÂBut of course he does,â Orwell wrote. âÂÂWhat else could he say?
War Opposition Grows As 102 House Dems, 12 Republicans Oppose Obama's Afghan Surge
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- More than 100 Democratic House members and a dozen Republicans voted against funding the Obama administration's Afghan war surge Tuesday, offering one of the strongest shows of opposition to presidential warmaking since the Vietnam War era.
What next after Democrats fail at campaign finance reform
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Democrats have just found out what happens when they join a good idea â more disclosure in campaign financing â with flawed legislation and partisan politics. They fail.
AND YET ANOTHER IMPOSSIBLE WAR TO WIN ...
(Georgie Anne Geyer)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- In the wake of last weekend's release of no fewer than 91,000 documents on the Afghan war -- is that really ALL they could find? -- the natural response was to compare it to the release of the Pentagon Papers.
The World's Largest Tent, Khan Shatyr, Debuts In Astana, Kazakhstan
(Huffington Post)
Huffington Post - The world's largest tent Khan Shatyr has debuted in Kazakhstan's capital city, Astana.
Gulf Coast Restoration Group With Oil Industry Ties Defends Itself From Critics
(Huffington Post)
Huffington Post - A Gulf-area wetland restoration company under heat for advocating taxpayer assistance for coastal cleanup efforts defended itself on Thursday against charges that it is merely doing the bidding of the oil companies that help fund its operations.
Free Tibet from China â and the West, too
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Here in the West, we often hear the rallying cry âFree Tibet!,â especially from students and latte-sipping liberals, for whom Tibet has become a personality-defining issue.
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS KEITH OLBERMANN?
(Ann Coulter)
Ann Coulter - While engaging in astonishing viciousness, vulgarity and violence toward Republicans, liberals accuse cheerful, law-abiding Tea Party activists of being violent racists.
GOP Filibusters Small Business Bill After Criticizing Dems For Delay
(Huffington Post)
Huffington Post - For several days now, Senate Republicans have ridiculed their Democratic counterparts for prioritizing campaign finance legislation over a bill that would benefit small businesses, arguing that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was putting electoral advantages over jobs for everyday people.
Obama Mocks Polls But Spends More On Them ($4.4M) Than Bush Did
(Huffington Post)
Huffington Post - With Reporting By Julian Hattem
Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity Reformed By Congress
(Huffington Post)
Huffington Post - Update Below
Leaking to Avert Disaster
(Joe Conason)
Joe Conason - The outpouring of tens of thousands of classified military documents by WikiLeaks is not precisely comparable to the publication of the Pentagon Papers — but in at least one crucial respect, it may be more valuable.