Law
Making the Right Enemies
From a Richmond Times-Dispatch article on the controversy over a local strip club owner's decision to hang one of those Obama-as-the-joker banners on the side of his building: Moore's club is awaiting a Nov. 9-10 state Alcoholic Beverage Control hearing on alleged violations. Last year, Moore was convicted of three misdemeanor charges related to having sex with a minor and another female at his apartment above the club, and filming it illegally. READ MORE >>
Taxpayers Already Subsidize Abortion Coverage. Maybe Even Yours!
For those who haven't followed the intersection between abortion rights and health care reform, today's New York Times sums up the situation: READ MORE >>
The Israeli Prime Minister
The New York Times gave about six inches to Bibi Netanyahu's speech at the General Assembly, and this in an article he shared with Hugo Chavez who spoke for four times the duration allowed by the rules. This is a habit among tyrants, and Chavez is no exception. READ MORE >>
Toobin: Don't Torture Zazi
The New Yorker's Jeff Toobin offers a good response to my open question about how we should be handling Najibullah Zazi, an accused al Qaeda terrorist who may be in league with men still on the loose: Time to break the waterboard out of storage? READ MORE >>
Counting Immigrants Key for Communities
With a little over six months until the 2010 Census, outreach has already begun to ensure as complete a count as possible. A lot’s at stake. READ MORE >>
Right Said Fed
Of all the exhibits at the Congressional Black Caucus’s annual conference, which started Wednesday and will run into the weekend, the one I least expected was tucked in the back corner, behind rows of booths hawking Coca Cola and wood carvings, silk suits and ornate hats, and a cornucopia of Obama kitsch. The booth promoted the Federal Reserve. READ MORE >>
A Just Withdrawal
The headlines of the last few months make it clear that there are going to be no free passes for America when it comes to getting its troops out of Iraq. The recent bombing of a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, like the internal warfare in Sunni-dominated Anbar Provice, shows how many Iraqi security problems persist. READ MORE >>
Will Democrats Be the Party of Reform, or Just the Party of More?
The Bloodlust State
For any who were not adequately shaken by David Grann's masterful article "Trial by Fire," about a man put to death by the state of Texas for a crime he almost certainly did not commit, Ta-Nehisi Coates points to a Salon article by Alan Berlow that simply beggars belief: READ MORE >>
