‘Politics’ Archives
Our view on Iraq: Combat mission ends, but Iraq’s fate remains uncertain
By USA TODAY's Editorial BoardSince World War II, Americans have seen little reward for their wars. The Korean conflict ended in a menacing 57-year stalemate. Vietnam brought demoralizing defeat. The Afghanistan invasion, so justified and satisfying at the start, degenerated into an unfocused miasma. Even the Persian Gulf War, a military and [...]
A Misleading Huffington Post Headline, Obama, and Islamic Law
LOS ANGELES (YBH) - The Huffington Post is currently running a story by Sam Stein with the following headline: Poll: Majority Of GOP Believes Obama Sympathizes With Islamic Fundamentalism, Wants Worldwide Islamic Law.Any person with reading comprehension skills above the sixth grade level would likely interpret the above as: the majority of [...]
Dems urge Obama to take a stand
By JOHN F. HARRIS & JAMES HOHMANNWhite House press secretary Robert Gibbs’s recent complaint about the ingratitude of the “professional left” is a small symptom of a larger problem for President Barack Obama: He has left wide swaths of the Democratic Party uncertain of his core beliefs.In interviews, a variety of political [...]
Did NOAA Chief Rush Discredited Gulf Report to Save Her Job?
By David Stein YBH! calls for an investigation The Gulf of Mexico (YBH) – It’s safe to say that the internal politics of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are of little concern to people who don’t work there. So it can be assumed that on August 4th, when NOAA chief Dr. Jane Lubchenco triumphantly announced to [...]
The “Ground Zero Mosque” – The “Cordoba” Question
By David SteinNEW YORK (YBH) - Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Imam at the center of the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy, is the founder and chairman of an organization called Cordoba Initiative. His initial name for the mosque in question was Cordoba House. And it is that name – Cordoba – that has become a Rorschach test for the [...]
