The Next Man on the Moon Will Be Chinese
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 3rd, 2010 5:32 am by HL
The Next Man on the Moon Will Be Chinese
Colin Pillinger, The Guardian
Turn autoplay offTurn autoplay onPlease activate cookies in order to turn autoplay offAfter yesterday's retreat, the US and Europe will fall behind in the space race. The next man on the moon will be ChineseFew people who ÂÂremember the 1960s can fail to have been inspired by the drama and excitement of the space missions, which pitted the United States against the Soviet Union in a race to land a man on the moon. Today there is still a massively competitive space race; but yesterday the Barack Obama administration cancelled its Constellation programme, which had aimed to put…
Deficit Hawks or Dodos?
Michael Lind, Salon
One of the reasons progressives are losing the debate about fiscal policy arises from the fact that the debate is taking place at two levels: that of the academic seminar and that of the kitchen table. At the seminar level, the case for spending now, as long as the crisis lasts, and paying down the deficit later, when the economy is sustainably growing again, is based on macroeconomic theory. At the level of the kitchen table, however, the debate is framed in terms of what passes for folksy common sense.The policy of slashing government spending during a near-depression, which the deficit…
New Hampshire is Scott Brown Country
Michael Graham, Boston Herald
Mr. President, welcome to Brown country!No, Nashua isn't technically in Massachusetts. But since your doppelganger Deval Patrick tried to extend our sales tax across the border – and thousands of Bay Staters buy their sales-tax-free booze there already – we've come to think of New Hampshire as a colder, more libertarian extension of our state.Kind of like Alaska, but without the hot governor.New Hampshire is full of Scott Brown voters, even though they couldn't cast a ballot. Three weeks ago, Brown offices were packed with New Hampshire folks who came south to make calls, wave…
What Happened to Democracy?
Robert Reich, The American Prospect
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Corporate Speech is Not ‘Un-American’
Bill Maurer, Seattle Times
The Seattle Times CompanyNWjobs | NWautos | NWhomes | NWsource | Free Classifieds | seattletimes.comEditorials / Opinion Originally published Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:10 PM Comments (7)    E-mail article     Print view     Share Guest columnist Corporate free speech is not un-American The U.S. Supreme Court decision clearing the way for corporations to contribute more freely to political campaigns has…
