Obama Reminds Nation of the Golden Rule
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 15th, 2011 5:31 am by HL
Obama Reminds Nation of the Golden Rule
Sen. John McCain, Wash Post
Tax Reform on Deck in the House
U.S. Receives Credit Rating Warning
Graham Bowley, New York Times
Two major credit ratings agencies warned Thursday that the United States might tarnish its triple-A credit rating if its national debt kept growing. It was not the first time the agencies, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service, warned that the nation’s gilt-edged rating might fall into jeopardy.But the two statements, made within hours of each other, were seized on by deficit hawks as further evidence that the government must reduce spending and debt to avert disaster. That is just what many Tea Party supporters insist.
Gun Control Will End Up Like War on Drugs
Jeffrey Miron, Bloomberg
Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Richard Falkenrath, a principal at the Chertoff Group and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, discusses the outlook for debate over gun control in the U.S. following the Jan. 8 shooting spree in Tucson which killed six people and injured 14 others, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Falkenrath, speaking with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's “InsideTrack,” also talks about how Glock GmbH's Glock semiautomatic pistol, used in the shooting, has transformed the U.S. handgun market. (Source: Bloomberg) The atrocity…
The Gun Debate We Need to Have
Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe
PRESIDENT OBAMA tried to comfort the nation on Wednesday, but he failed to engage the discussion this country really needs.Yes, cooling the vitriolic rhetoric in favor of a more civil tone is certainly a consummation devoutly to be wished. Still, the left-wing charge that right-wing anti-government rhetoric somehow precipitated suspect Jared Lee Loughner’s killing spree is one that lacks credible supporting evidence. What’s more, the predictable partisan debate over causation has gotten us sidetracked from a more important one about prevention.
