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Meghan McCain

Nov 8, 2010 11:22 AM CST

Keith's 'No Journalist'— Let Him Donate

Trouble is 'thin line' between journalism, commentary: Meghan McCain

(Newser) - Keith Olbermann shouldn’t have been taken to task for donating to Democrats because he’s not a journalist—he’s a commentator, argues Meghan McCain in the Daily Beast . But the kerfuffle spotlights a key issue as the lines between entertainment, journalism, and commentary blur: News outlets need to...

Time for
Big Business
to Squash
Tea Party

ROBERT REICH

Nov 1, 2010 2:55 PM CDT

Time for Big Business to Squash Tea Party

Corporate America must battle extremism

(Newser) - Big business may see the Tea Party as harmless, or perhaps even helpful, but it's time to “take a closer look:" the movement’s aspirations aren’t in its interests, writes Robert Reich in the Christian Science Monitor . Some 60% of Tea Partiers want, for example, to dump...

China Needs to Grow Up,
US Needs to Wise Up

paul krugman

Oct 18, 2010 1:21 PM CDT

China Needs to Grow Up, US Needs to Wise Up

The story of rare earth minerals has many lessons, writes Paul Krugman

(Newser) - When Japan detained a Chinese fishing boat captain whose vessel had collided with two of its Coast Guard ships, China cut off its access to rare earths, the essential minerals on which China has a near-monopoly. For Paul Krugman, this highlights two concerns: First, that the US let “unreliable”...

Obama's Dad Was No 'Radical'

OPINION

Oct 15, 2010 11:04 AM CDT

Obama's Dad Was No 'Radical'

'Anti-colonialist' accusations misunderstand father and son

(Newser) - Those who suggest Barack Obama is a “rabid anti-colonialist” based on impressions of his father are way off the mark about both father and son, writes Bruce L.R. Smith in the Washington Post . Dinesh D’Souza recently argued that “the president inherited political radicalism from his father....

Unhappy
9th Anniversary
for Afghan War

Opinion Roundup

Oct 7, 2010 12:37 PM CDT

Unhappy 9th Anniversary for Afghan War

No end in sight for quagmire

(Newser) - When the Afghan war launched nine years ago today, 88% of the public supported it. Now, nearly two-thirds of the public oppose it, according to Mother Jones . Why? Here’s what pundits are saying as the war enters its 10th year:

The war “started as a violent, feel-good strike

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Pundits Pan 'Pledge to America'

OPINION ROUNDUP

Sep 23, 2010 1:52 PM CDT

Pundits Pan 'Pledge to America'

Well, except the 'National Review'

(Newser) - The reviews are in for House Republicans' new " Pledge to America ," and mostly they ain't pretty. Here's what people are saying:

Erick Erickson of RedState hates it, calling it “a series of compromises and milquetoast rhetorical flourishes in search of unanimity among House Republicans. … It is

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How Obama Did It
—and What We
Now Know About Him

OPINION Roundup

Mar 22, 2010 10:56 AM CDT

How Obama Did It —and What We Now Know About Him

You can forget all those comparisons to Jimmy Carter

(Newser) - Barack Obama earned a historic victory when the House passed health care reform last night. How did he do it and what does it mean? Here’s what people are saying:

“Obama didn't just work harder to clear this hurdle. He worked deeper,” writes John Dickerson of Slate

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Why We Miss George W Bush

OPINION

Mar 9, 2010 4:18 AM CST

Why We Miss George W Bush

A year later, George W. doesn't look so bad

(Newser) - George W Bush isn't looking so bad these days. Sure, "his post-presidency resume is still thin," writes Stanley Fish in the New York Times , but he's about to make a comeback—just as we're starting to miss him. Bush nostalgia abounds: Pictures of a Minnesota billboard featuring George...

Tea Partiers: Spoiled
Boomers in Midlife Crisis

OPINION

Feb 26, 2010 9:39 AM CST

Tea Partiers: Spoiled Boomers in Midlife Crisis

Movement has a lot of white men who came of age in 1960s

(Newser) - The tea party movement portrays itself as a gang of ordinary, diverse citizens, but in reality it's got a lot of rich, middle-aged white guys who came of age in the '60s. That's telling. This phenomenon is actually "a harbinger of midlife crisis, not political crisis," write Jim...

Foot-Dragging
Is Killing the
Obama Agenda

OPINION

Jan 20, 2010 10:23 AM CST

Foot-Dragging Is Killing the Obama Agenda

Squandering a full year on health care reform doesn't cut it

(Newser) - The Democrats need to be quicker, or they'll be dead, writes Harold Meyerson. "A president with an activist agenda met a Senate all but incapable of action," and the results, Meyerson says, have been deadly. Almost a year spent haggling over health care is killing them at the...

Fickle Voters Are
Change Obama
Can Believe In

analysis

Aug 4, 2009 12:02 PM CDT

Fickle Voters Are Change Obama Can Believe In

We're ready to change politics, religion, relationships at the drop of a hat

(Newser) - Whether it’s religion, relationships, or politics, Americans are getting more fickle, experts say. Seniors citizens are more open to divorce, college students are more open to changing schools, and more than 40% of Americans will switch religions, notes one pollster. All this could be bad news for President Obama,...

Court Will Quash Key Voting Act Provision—Next Time

ANALYSIS

Jun 22, 2009 5:20 PM CDT

Court Will Quash Key Voting Act Provision—Next Time

(Newser) - Today’ non-decision by the Supreme Court on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is actually a stern repudiation, Tom Goldstein writes for SCOTUSblog. Reading between the lines, Goldstein surmises that the court will strike down Section 5 when the next challenge comes if Congress does not significantly alter it...

Don't Get 'Tagged' By This Site

OPINION

Jun 11, 2009 2:58 PM CDT

Don't Get 'Tagged' By This Site

Social network spams contacts without permission

(Newser) - The US’ third-largest social network is also the world’s most annoying website, Sean Gregory writes in Time. An e-mail about photos from an ex-boss lured him to Tagged, only to lead him through a confusing registration that spammed all his contacts with an informal note. “I don’t...

Obama 'Shrewd'
in Cairo Speech

OPINION Roundup

Jun 4, 2009 11:24 AM CDT

Obama 'Shrewd' in Cairo Speech

(Newser) - Most of America wasn’t even awake when it happened, but Barack Obama’s Cairo speech got people talking anyway, the Washington Post reports. The New York Times says Obama delivered a "sweeping and forceful—at times scolding and combative" message, which included what the Wall Street Journal called...

The—Problem—With—Em—Dashes

OPINION

May 8, 2009 3:51 PM CDT

The—Problem—With—Em—Dashes

Lionel Shriver laments the loss of the semicolon to its curt cousin

(Newser) - A punctuation plague is raging through contemporary prose, indulged in by ordinarily excellent writers and hacks alike. It’s the “em dash,” writes Lionel Shriver for Standpoint—that punchy, aggressive punctuation mark beloved for its flexibility. It can replace the geriatric semicolon, linking two elements of a single...

After 100
Days, Obama
Remains Elusive

right OPINION roundup

Apr 29, 2009 10:32 AM CDT

After 100 Days, Obama Remains Elusive

Depending who you ask, Obama is 'elusive,' 'arrogant,' or 'preening'

(Newser) - Whoever the man in the Oval Office really is, he's not a traditional liberal, writes Gerald Seib in the Wall Street Journal. Rather than aiming to bolster government programs, President Obama "seems to see government as the way to prompt the changes he wants in the economy or society....

First 100
Days Better
Than Great

Left Opinion Roundup

Apr 29, 2009 10:30 AM CDT

First 100 Days Better Than Great

(Newser) - President Obama’s first 100 days have been momentous, to say the least. Here’s what his fans are saying:

Obama is intent on remaking American culture, ending not just the post-Reagan era but the entire “quick-fix, sugar-rush, attention-deficit society of the postmodern age,” writes Joe Klein of

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I Hate Facebook;
You Should Too

OPINION

Mar 9, 2009 6:58 PM CDT

I Hate Facebook; You Should Too

(Newser) - Facebook is a soul-sucking enterprise that can steal away your dependable wife and connect you with people you'd rather avoid—or happily forget, Matt Labash writes in the Weekly Standard. Users of the “stultifying” and “mind-numbing” site have “a reality-show star's unquenchable thirst for broadcasting all the...

Obama's Speech a 'Home Run'

OPINION Roundup

Jan 20, 2009 2:41 PM CST

Obama's Speech a 'Home Run'

Right/left praise speech

(Newser) - The early reviews are in from Barack Obama’s inauguration address, and the news is positive. Here’s what the critics are saying:

At the National Review, Michael Knox Beran thought the speech was a “home run.” It predictably had “a few lines at which a conservative

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Sorry, US:
Mumbai Is Not About You

opinion

Dec 3, 2008 8:17 PM CST

Sorry, US: Mumbai Is Not About You

9/11 parallels neglect India's long fight with terrorism

(Newser) - US pundits have portrayed the Mumbai attacks as the 9/11 of India, a terrorist test of Barack Obama, and a deliberate attempt to go after US citizens abroad. "Sorry, it is not always about America," writes Indian native Isaac Cheriyathu in SpliceToday. Devastating, yes. But this was a...