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Being president of the United States has many enviable perks. But far be it from me to begrudge Barack Obama any of them. However, it smacks of the political tone-deafness that got Bush in trouble over Katrina that Obama sees nothing wrong with commissioning Air Force One (and all of the resources his presidential travel… Read more.
President Obama, thank you for your friendship to Israel and your friendship to me. You’re a great leader: a great leader of the United States, a great leader of the world, a great friend of Israel… If we resume negotiations, as we plan to do, then I think that the Palestinians will — will have… Read more.
Oh dear…. Quel dommage…! It seems Her Majesty The Queen is decidedly peeved that French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed to issue a proper invitation for her to attend next week’s observance of the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy. One wonders, however, whether she is more displeased with Sarkozy for allegedly perpetrating this Napoleonic snub… Read more.
I was among those who celebrated last year’s landmark ruling by the California Supreme Court that banning same-sex marriages was unconstitutional. Moreover, I expressed my hope for the national impact this ruling would have as follows: Now, let us hope that old judicial proverb holds true, namely: as goes California, so goes the United States. [Same-sex… Read more.
Republican wingnuts just can’t help themselves. Because they know full well that, based on all academic and professional criteria, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is supremely qualified to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the US Supreme Court. They also know that she will be confirmed. Not least because she was first nominated to the federal bench by former… Read more.
Here, in part, is the statement President Barack Obama issued in response to the nuclear and missile tests North Korea conducted yesterday: North Korea’s attempts to develop nuclear weapons, as well as its ballistic missile program, constitute a threat to international peace and security… North Korea is directly and recklessly challenging the international community… We… Read more.
On Tuesday, in a resignation more historic and shameful than that of former US President Richard Nixon, Michael Martin became the first Speaker of the British House of Commons in 300 years to be forced out of office — amidst increasingly indignant calls for his head. The high crimes and misdemeanors that incited these calls revolved around… Read more.
Pelosi: They mislead us all the time. Reporter: Madam Speaker, just to be clear, you’re accusing the CIA of lying to you… Pelosi: Yes. (Pelosi on May 20 insisting the CIA never told her that its agents were waterboarding, i.e. torturing, terror suspects.) Of course, accusing CIA agents of lying is rather like accusing them of spying … duh!… Read more.
I should begin by admitting that, as Sri Lankans waged civil war over the past 30 years, I never resolved whether my sympathies lie more with the Singhalese Buddhists who governed the country; or with the Tamil Hindus who claimed to be fighting a war of liberation and self-determination. This was due only in part to… Read more.
