Bergdahl and President Obama’s Gitmo Predicament
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 8th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Bergdahl and President Obama’s Gitmo Predicament
Max Fisher, Vox
When President Obama secured the freedom of American POW Bowe Bergdahl from Afghanistan by releasing by five Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, he unintentionally reopened the debate over his long-promised, long-failed pledge to close that detention center entirely.
The Incredible Shrinking President
Walter Russell Mead, NY Daily News
It wasn’t supposed to be like this.Less than two years after voters gave President Barack Obama a strong mandate for a second term, the White House is struggling against perceptions that it is losing its grip.
Jumping the Shark on Common Core
Joy Pullmann, The Federalist
Several local Chamber of Commerce members in different states have told me the organization is turning into its industry’s equivalent of the PTA: A shill for the establishment rather than a unique voice actively protecting the changing interests of its constituents.
Marijuana Rules
Maureen Dowd, New York Times
WASHINGTON — IN the last chapter, I covered how not to get high. In this one, I will cover how to get high.After my admission that I did a foolish thing in Denver — failing to realize that consuming a single square, about a quarter, of a pot candy bar was dicey for an edibles virgin — many in the pot industry upbraided me for doing a foolish thing.
