Category: Politics
A Man, a Plan, a Mandate?
by WS Editors | Jun 15, 2008 | PoliticsTHE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HILLARY CLINTON’S health care plan and the health care plan that would serve as a President Barack Obama’s opening hand with what will certainly be a Democratic Congress comes down to the idea of individual mandates. The Clinton plan would force everyone into a pool of the insured, as state governments force […]
Republican Hypocrisy on “Negotiating with Terrorists” | How Bush Bungled Iranian Diplomacy
by WS Editors | Jun 1, 2008 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsReturn of the Contra Band—One day after he was attacked by George W. Bush in a speech before the Knesset in Israel, Barack Obama made the case that there is no daylight between the most unpopular president in modern history and the Republican who is campaigning to succeed him. In less than ten minutes, Obama mentioned John […]
Using Academic Freedom to Keep God in the Science Classroom
by WS Editors | Jun 1, 2008 | Legal AffairsAFTER THE DOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, SCHOOL BOARD adopted the concept of “intelligent design” into its biology curriculum in the fall of 2004, Seth Cooper, an attorney with the Discovery Institute, headed for south-central Pennsylvania to visit the school district. Cooper should have been a supporter of the Dover board’s actions. The Seattle-based Discovery Institute is the […]
A Missile Defense Boondoggle Fueled by Money
by WS Editors | May 15, 2008 | Foreign Policy, National SecurityONE OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS for which George W. Bush does not get enough credit is his role in restarting the Cold War. Using an Iranian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program as a pretext, the Bush-Cheney White House is putting in place an anti-ballistic-missile system that targets Iranian ICBMs but is ideally positioned to take out […]
Congress Looks for Accountability on U.S. Torture Policy
by WS Editors | May 15, 2008 | PoliticsPrelude to a Prosecution?—Maybe the big news coming out of the May 6 hearing of Jerrold Nadler’s House subcommittee is that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is responsible for waterboarding. That, at least, is what the committee’s ranking minority member, Trent Franks (R-AZ), would have us believe. Franks said that Pelosi and other members of Congress […]
Bad Faith Documentary
