the new republic has an intesting background on the current financial crisis how we got where we are the gravity of the situation and perhaps some ideas going forward. it posits that were currently facing a need to change the fundamental rules of the global financial system that has been running for depending on how you count either since the 1940s or the 1980s. it821......
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in a new column link expires in a fortnight for national journal i give some ground to the case for more aid for the detroit three. ill give jonathan cohn the credit by the way this is a great piece. the point is that the bankruptcy process is impaired. still i think the dire consequences of allowing gm to go bust are being exaggerated. now bailout advocates say con......
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mukasey collapses during speech. clinton to be announced sos after thanksgiving . so what about richardson the wingnuts paranoia about the fairness doctrine. franken edges closer to coleman . martin with the moe of chambliss. contractors in iraq could face charges. palins uh weird turkey pard on.. .....
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ezra klein gets straight to the heart of the 70 per hour figure jon cohn does a good job debunking the common claim that they general motors pay their workers 70 an hour. the 70 an hour came from dividing total compensation costs by the current workforce. but of course lots of those compensation costs are attached or were attached before last years uaw concessions 82......
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what does rep. mark kirk have against the american worker back in june the north shore republican initially voted down a federal extension of unemployment benefits claiming that people who had worked as briefly as two weeks could game the system and collect 52 weeks of unemployment checks which we debunked . now five months later hes blaming the members of the united auto workers f......
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joe scarbrough is leading a discussion on his show about the rationale behind presidentelect barack obama s delay in announcing his nominee for sec. of the treasury. its a good question. after all mr. obamas foreign policy team and senior staff are quickly taking shape. but the economy is the most pressing issue. pat buchanan also a msnbc commentator noted that t......
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e.j. dionne raises an interesting and difficult question what will presidentelect barack obama do with the millions of names addresses emails and mobile phone numbers when he becomes presidenta the concern dionne notes is that members of the obama network include many who are averse to traditional party politics young people with weak party loyalties independents and even so......
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are the pirates sitting on a bomb breaking friday morning close aide says obama will pick hillary market drops again another 5 where did the trillions go citigroup blues i began the day on thursday in snowy rochester for an academic conference on the role of credit unions which seem poised to present themselves as a real alternative to failing banks and discredited financial......
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tnrs marin cogan has definitively debunked the conservative fearmongering about democrats reinstating the fairness doctrine that i questioned last week rush limbaugh fox news and other friends have spent the past year screaming about the horrors of barack obama. and while its true that they talked ad nauseam about socialism and the weathermen and jeremiah wright careful l......
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marin cogan writes democrats may scratch their heads over why the reinstatement of the fairness doctrine has lately become a rightwing obsession but the paranoia is not without precedent. the prospect of being in the opposition often brings out the worst in conservati ves paranoia and selfpity. plus when the conservative coalition seems threatened theres no better way to un......
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the new republic why arizona dems dont want napolitano at dhs arizona governor janet napolitano looks likely to be secretary of homeland security thank you leaky transition team. though many are applauding her candidacy her pending appointment is raising anxiety among arizona democrats.......
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marin cogan the new republic bum rush obamas secret plan to muzzle talk radio. very very secret. rush limbaugh fox news and other friends have spent the past year screaming about the horrors of barack obama. and while its true that they talked ad nauseam about socialism and the weathermen and jeremiah wright ......
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time real clear politics thats the argument marin cogan makes in her new republic piece . specifically says cogan the supposed effort by democrats to reinstate the fairness doctrine is a manufactured controversy. she writes to figure out who was causing such agitation i went searching for the proponents of the fairness doctrine. i looked at obamas posi......
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there is a thing about secrets. once you tell another person something it is no longer a secret. and so it goes with all things political. if you want it kept under wraps then no one but you should know. a bit hard to do for obvious reasons. there were no leaks and little controversy during the campaign but now it seems to be that the transition team is like a leaky skiff. nbs......
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marin cogan in an investigative piece in the new republic has trouble finding any mediareform liberals or democrats who are actually want to bring the fairness doctrine back or are trying to do so. as kevin drum points out at the washington monthly given the collapse of the republican partys electoral fortunes folks like limbaugh and michael gerson have to create a rallying cry ......
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while many on the right remember the many quotes attributed to barbara boxer nancy pelosi and most recently chuck schumer reciting the need for the revival of the fairness doctrine the left is convinced that we have nothing to fear except fear itself because they would never advocate the practice of squelching speech they disagreed with to figure out who was causing such agita......
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interesting takes from home and abroad failure is not an option by victor davis hanson we all remember the advice about failure we received from our parents and teachers. if at first you dont succeed try try again. learn from your mistakes. failure breeds success. two wrongs no right by alvaro vargas llosa in congos war th......
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a sea of unwanted imports nytimes.com and for the first time mercedesbenz toyota and nissan have each asked to lease space from the port for these orphan vehicles. they are turning dozens of acres of the nations secondlargest container port into a parking lot creating a vivid picture of a paralyzed auto business and an economy in peril. hullabaloo card check please. ......
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ross douthat hypothesizes about the macro strategy of the obama administration heres a fearless prediction on an awful lot of issues the obama foreign policy will end cutting to the right of bill clintons foreign policy which was already more centerleft than left. even with the gop brand in the toilet republicans are still trusted as much or more than dems on foreign policy mostl......
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hunch by rane arroyo josh is the constant occultist everything means something like me with you wearing moonlights shrug. read the entire poem here donald finkel a celebrated poet and one of the most luminous stars in the galaxy of the english department at washington university in st. louis died saturday....
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jim geraghty so joe lieberman is keeping his chairmanship of the homeland security committee on the say so of 42 senate democrats and president obama his secretary of state might be iraq war supporter and precon ditionless summit opponent hillary clinton no one will be prosecuted for waterboarding bushs guy john brennan may take over at cia and bushs man robert gates may stay ......
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the new republic hooray for holder eric holder looks like obamas pick for attorney general. ive been impressed by him ever since interviewing him in the 90s when he was u.s. attorney for the district of columbia and identified the phenomenon of the single unr eachabler dquo d.c. juror ......
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monks turn to reflection with monastery in ruins the feelings right now are difficult to describe brother brown said. one of the hazards of monasticism throughout the centuries is we become attached to what we have or where we are. this is simply a reminder that what we are called to is not our stuff. this is a cleansing by fire. ny times fervor build......
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dj mcguire points us to a new republic article by joshua kurlantzick that says the economic downturn might spell the end of chinas communist government for years the beijing regime has stayed in power using a basic bargain with its citizens tolerate our authoritarian rule and well make you rich. and for years this seemed to work leading many chinawatchers myself incl......
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despite it probably saving gay marriage andrew sullivan blogs his contempt for the courts and litigation both supporters and opponents have asked for a judicial ruling on whether the initiative can stand. my own view is that it should stand and the court should decline to reverse it. we lost. they won in a fair fight. no whining. with one caveat. those civil marriage licenses already issued......
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