44: The Obama Presidency

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Friday, June 29, 2007

Roberts courts takes a step back in time.

HALF A CENTURY ago, in Brown v. Board of Education, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution forbids school systems from maintaining racially segregated schools. Yesterday, a splintered Supreme Court, invoking the language of Brown but ignoring its context and undermining its intent,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

The Reality of Immigration Reform

THE EFFORT to overhaul the nation's broken-down immigration system, lifeless in the Senate earlier this month, has embarked on a tenuous and possibly terminal second act. Under attack from talk radio, unions, xenophobes and others, the White House and reform-minded Republicans have maneuvered to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Bush should close Guantanamo

The Bush administration appears to be inching toward a conclusion that most of the world reached long ago: The Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects has been a disaster and must be shut down. Both Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates have urged Mr. Bush to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Betting on Abbas

FOLLOWING his meeting at the White House yesterday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, President Bush boiled down his latest Middle East strategy to this: "Our hope is that President Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad -- who's a good fellow -- will be strengthened to the point where they can lead... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Don't Aks, Don't Tell Republicans

WHEN IT CAME to answering questions in the New Hampshire debates last week about the Defense Department's wrongheaded "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military, all the Democratic candidates for president got it right: The policy should be scrapped. What was appalling was the response... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

What to do about Putin

IN THE PAST few days, the anti-Western rhetoric of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which had been rising in pitch for several months, has reached Soviet levels of shrillness. He accused the United States of "imperialism" and "diktat" and threatened to target Europe with new Russian weapons. In an... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Republican Canidates Duck and Dodge

IT HAS BECOME fashionable, among some leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, to use the immigration bill now before the Senate for target practice, harping on its supposed inadequacies to the delight of nativists in the party base. The strategy comes with a correlate, which... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Actors who become Politicians

There's a moment in "Back to the Future" when Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly shows up at the home of Dr. Emmett Brown, whose DeLorean time machine has rocketed McFly from 1985 to 1955. Wary of McFly's story, Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, says, "Tell me, Future Boy, who's president in the United... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

China should take Bush's lead on Darfur

PRESIDENT BUSH'S announcement yesterday of new sanctions against Sudan because of the continuing genocide in Darfur was well justified and -- after more than a month's delay to allow for fruitless diplomacy -- overdue. It was also out of sync with the disturbing position of China, whose cooperation... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

That Strikes at the Core

WHEN HE TESTIFIED before a House Judiciary subcommittee this month, former deputy attorney general James B. Comey said he was horrified by reports that the department was examining the political affiliations of lawyers being considered for career positions. "If that was going on, that strikes at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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