To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Fact Check
Slaying GOP Goliath
Railroaded
Swing For Fences Or Lose
BY FROMA HARROP Is there a patriot in the house? Is there anyone in Washington who regards governing as a means to accomplish anything other than win the sterile game of Democrat versus Republican? Every day, American soldiers risk their lives for their country, but people in Congress won’t even risk their jobs to pass […]
Hope In The Deep Freeze
BY JOE CONASON On the eve of his first State of the Union Address, Barack Obama confided that he would “rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president.” But his proposal to freeze domestic spending is exactly the kind of policy that could result in four years of stagnation – rewarded […]