Category: Politics
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 […]
Dismantling Environmental Protections and Workers’ Rights
by WS Editors | Jan 15, 2009 | Environment, PoliticsWill Talk Lead to Action? “There are many other [regulations] right now being considered covertly inside of this Administration as going away presents to industries. We don’t intend on allowing it to happen without the full light of this committee’s attention being drawn to it.” —House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Chairman Edward […]
A World-Class Pentagon Budget
by WS Editors | Jan 1, 2009 | Economy, Foreign Policy“THE NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE OFFICE in January 2009, inheriting a budget for the Department of Defense that will exceed $600 billion per year, roughly equal to the rest of the world. Because we are not facing the possibility of armed conflict with the rest of the world put together, it’s clear that some adjustment […]
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