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Retribution?

Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing is under way, and Alabama's uber-conservative Jeff Sessions is warning a filibuster might be in order because she doesn't have much experience as a judge and is too liberal. Not unlike Sessions himself, who was once nominated for a federal judgeship but was rejected (by Republicans, no less) because he didn't have..

Posted on 28 June 2010 | 7:20 pm

The civilian and the general: The reality behind the McChrystal interview fall-out

For a few days last week, the harpies of the extreme right assaulted the president of the United States for first considering and then firing Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of allied forces in Afghanistan. In a 10-day interview with Michael Hastings of Rolling Stone, McChrystal and his senior aides poked fun or criticized almost e..

Posted on 28 June 2010 | 4:44 pm

Why not saffron, green and white?

Every four years, when the world crowns a new football champion, I root for Brazil. I grew up a being a Brazil fan -- my father told me Pele was the greatest athlete ever. As I grew older I wondered why my homeland wasn't able to field a team to play in the World Cup. After all, when I was a young girl in Kolkata, I watched my cousins and friends ..

Posted on 28 June 2010 | 4:21 pm

Bad news for billionaires — and a chihuahua or two

Back a hundred summers ago in 1910, former President Theodore Roosevelt — a Republican — called for “a graduated inheritance tax on big fortunes,” a new tax levy that would increase “rapidly in amount with the size of the estate.” Last week, four U.S. senators — three Democrats and an independent — introduced legislation that would..

Posted on 28 June 2010 | 3:58 pm

The Third Depression

In my humble opinion, Paul Krugman nails it in his New York Times column yesterday. We’re in for some tough economic times, and those who proclaim that we are seeing the “green shoots” of recovery in the U.S. economy are sadly mistaken. * * * The Third Depression by Paul Krugman New York Times, June 27, 2010 Recessions are common;..

Posted on 28 June 2010 | 2:59 pm