Veterans of Bush’s war are committing suicide by the hundreds each month, but, apparently, our government doesn’t believe they really deserve health care. From the Chronicle today. More than 120 veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq commit suicide every week while the government stalls in granting returning troops the mental health treatment and…Continue reading fallout
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Vicki Iseman, McCain, and the New York Times Story
For an explanation of the old Vicki Iseman allegations, the New York Times piece, and its aftermath, read “Steve Schmidt Goes to War With the McCain Family” in New York Magazine. Background: in 2008, the New York Times published an article alleging that John McCain’s personal ties to lobbyist Vicki Iseman were problematic. Cindy McCain…Continue reading Vicki Iseman, McCain, and the New York Times Story
Rushdie Redux
From Publisher’s Lunch today, quoting a report from The Guardian: Thirteen people have been arrested in Turkey as part of an investigation into an ultra-nationalist gang reported to be planning the assassination of Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk. According to reports in the Turkish press, the author of international bestsellers including My Name is Red was…Continue reading Rushdie Redux
San Francisco Chronicle Endorses Barack Obama
From the editorial: In a Jan. 17 meeting with our editorial board, Obama demonstrated an impressive command of a wide variety of issues. He listened intently to the questions. He responded with substance. He did not control a format without a stopwatch on answers or constraints on follow-up questions, yet he flourished in it. He…Continue reading San Francisco Chronicle Endorses Barack Obama
Why I Believe in Barack Obama
In October of 2002, Hillary Clinton voted for the resolution authorizing George W. Bush to take military action in Iraq. I want to get past it, but I can’t. And this is one huge reason that I feel passionately about Barack Obama, who showed courage that few others did by opposing the war from the…Continue reading Why I Believe in Barack Obama