Friday, May 01, 2009

WPost: All the Ex-President's Excuses

By Melvin A. Goodman
May 1, 2009

Under the stewardship of Fred Hiatt, the editorial and op-ed pages of the Washington Post have gradually moved to the right.

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Who Betrayed 'Objective' Journalism?

By Robert Parry
April 30, 2009

The mainstream U.S. news media often laments the decline of objective journalism, pointing disapprovingly at the more subjective news that comes from the Internet or from ideological programming whether Fox News on the Right or some MSNBC hosts on the Left.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Memo to President Obama on Torture

By Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
April 29, 2009

This memorandum is VIPS’ first attempt to inform you on a major intelligence issue, as we did your predecessor; thus, some background might be helpful.

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House Dems Seek Special Prosecutor

By Jason Leopold
April 29, 2009

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and other committee Democrats formally have asked Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to probe and, “where appropriate, prosecute,” Bush administration officials for the torture of “war on terror” detainees.

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Grading Obama's First 100 Days

By Ivan Eland
April 29, 2009

Attention always focuses on a President’s first 100 days. The media — and the rest of Washington — correctly realize that historically a President’s power is at its zenith during the honeymoon period following his inauguration to a first term.

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Should Dem Voters Accept Specter?

By Stephen Crockett
April 29, 2009

Most Pennsylvania Democrats are Democrats for good reasons. It is not because they like the letter “D’ more than the letter “R.” They are Democrats because they support the Democratic approach on a wide array of issues more than they support the Republican policy positions on those issues.

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Specter's JFK Specter

By Lisa Pease
April 29, 2009

Given that Arlen Specter has decided to leave the Republican Party, I think it's worth examining Specter's history to see if he will be an asset or a burden for the Democratic Party.

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Sunday, April 26, 2009

What Should Obama Do?

By Melvin A. Goodman
April 26, 2009

President Obama is displaying ambivalence in handling the issue of torture and abuse. He clearly wants to do the right thing and, as a result, has put a stop to torture and closed down the CIA’s secret prisons where the worst abuses occurred.

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