Jonathan Capehart: Bipartisan ‘birther’ backlash in Hawaii
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 28th, 2010 5:38 am by HL
Jonathan Capehart: Bipartisan ‘birther’ backlash in Hawaii
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on a heckuva a lot. But in the Aloha State of Hawaii when it comes to dealing with those seriously cracked people who refuse to accept that President Obama is an American citizen, there is bipartisan agreement that ‘birthers’ are a blot on the body politic. E…
Miller not done, but won’t stand in way of Murkowski’s Senate certification
Attorney Joe Miller has not finished fighting his months-long legal challenge over the Senate contest in Alaska, but he says he will not stand in the way this week when the state is expected to certify his opponent, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, as the victor in the closely watched race.
Activist groups take full advantage of new media outlets to spread their message
When black college students began the sit-in protests that led to the integration of the Jim Crow South, news spread quickly by word of mouth. Soon, students in several states were engaged in similar nonviolent sit-ins, spurring on the civil rights movement.
Ezra Klein: Why we’re not likely to get tax reform
There’s no issue that lends itself to as many applause lines as tax reform. At about 70,000 pages, the tax code is both intrinsically absurd and widely disliked. Rep. Dave Camp, the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has a particularly good one: “The tax code is 10 times lon…
Miss. Gov. Barbour takes heat for jet trips
Just a week after coming under fire for saying he didn’t remember the civil-rights era being that bad, Politico reports that Mississippi governor and potential 2012 presidential candidate Haley Barbour (R) has been flying lavishly on the taxpayer’s dime. According to records, Mississippi has spen…
