Russ Feingold: A Flexible Timetable To Bring Troops Home From Afghanistan
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 30th, 2009 4:39 am by HL
Russ Feingold: A Flexible Timetable To Bring Troops Home From Afghanistan
After nearly eight long years, we seem to be no closer to the end of the war in Afghanistan. In fact, given the current buildup…
NYT: Dems Need To Push For Majority Vote On Health Care Reform
The talk in Washington is that Senate Democrats are preparing to push through health care reforms using parliamentary procedures that will allow a simple majority…
AKMuckraker: After a Year of Sarah Palin, Alaska Wonders, “What the Hell Were We Thinking?”
What a difference a year makes. A year ago today, after being stunned by McCain’s VP pick, I had finished writing a piece called “What…
Kristof: Existing Health Care System Kills More Than An Army Of “Death Panels” Working 24/7
Critics fret that health care reform would undermine American family values, not least by convening somber death panels to wheel away Grandma as if she…
Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
Much has been said this week about Sen. Ted Kennedy. About his life, his legislative legacy, and what effect his death could have on the passage of health care reform. Sadly, it’s not going to make it any easier. We are not talking about naming a bridge after him but about milestone legislation. And even the death of a major political figure whose cause this was is not going to make the insurance companies, the drug companies, or a single GOP colleague of Kennedy’s suddenly see the light. It just doesn’t work that way. The best proponents of real reform can hope for is that Kennedy’s death will turn the debate away from the lies, misconceptions, and petty squabbling, and back to the millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet who were always Ted Kennedy’s prime focus.
