Category: Politics
A Race to Repair the Nation
by WS Editors | Feb 15, 2009 | Environment, Foreign PolicyMORE THAN A MILLION PEOPLE ON THE NATIONAL MALL, the Obama memorabilia open-air market at Farragut Square, cheers, tears, newspapers grabbed off newsstands the day after the inauguration. As I —left D.C.’s Union Station for New York at 6 a.m., a man standing in line ahead of me at the newsstand purchased ten copies of […]
Stimulated Opposition | The “N” Word
by WS Editors | Feb 15, 2009 | Economy, PoliticsStimulated Opposition—The $825 billion stimulus bill that began as House Resolution 1 moved through the Congress with the speed of a Bush war supplemental budget request. Yet the way it was received suggests that bipartisanship is already history. The opposition’s intent was evident before House Republicans unanimously voted against the bill, which passed by a […]
Bair’s Bailout Plan | Turning the Corner on Torture
by WS Editors | Feb 1, 2009 | Economy, Foreign PolicyBair’s Bailout Plan—Barack Obama’s Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner and senior economic adviser Lawrence Summers have dominated the shaping of policy and news coverage of the new White House economic team. Sheila Bair isn’t even part of it. The director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a Bush appointee, whom many assumed would resign […]
Filibuster Bluster, or New Rules For the Senate?
by WS Editors | Feb 1, 2009 | PoliticsFilibuster Lite“I would just say, when you put a bill on the floor and file cloture immediately, that’s hardly a filibuster.” —Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) HOW DO YOU FASHION A MAJORITY OUT OF A MINORITY? Consider the trope Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been rehearsing for the media since the 111th Congress […]
The “A-Word” | J Street Position? | An American War | Death of a Mud Salesman
by WS Editors | Jan 15, 2009 | Foreign PolicyThe “A-Word”—Three weeks before Israeli Defense Force fighters began bombing the Gaza Strip in late December, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel William Harrop advanced a familiar argument. “Isn’t the very power of the Israel lobby its ability to make any criticism of Israel, any criticism of the settlement movement, or any discussion of a policy […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety