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Latest Midwest floods expose lessons unlearned
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - The floods that swallowed towns and farms, claimed at least 24 lives, drove 38,000 people from their homes and left billions of dollars in damage across the Midwest cannot be written off solely as an act of nature. The four weeks of major flooding that began in June are just as much a man-made disaster, one in the making for decades.
A flimsy vow on the budget
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - Sen. John McCain earned a reputation for fiscal responsibility by challenging colleagues' pork-barrel spending and opposing the Bush tax cuts in 2001. Then he reversed himself, endorsing the Bush tax cuts and vowing to veto any tax increases. Now, in a plan unveiled Monday, he has returned to the cause of balancing the federal budget, promising to do so by 2013.
Helms subtly carried torch of white supremacy
(USATODAY.com)
USATODAY.com - In his 2005 memoir, Jesse Helms said he was not a racist. His rejection of the label came in the closing years of a public life that caused more than a few people to reject his denial.
Social Gospel on K Street
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Last week, Barack Obama came out in favor of federal spending for faith-based social work – not the Sunday bean-pot suppers but the soup-kitchen kind that helps the disadvantaged. He would improve on what Presidents Clinton and Bush started, but also add this troubling detail: He wants such taxpayer-funded charities to lobby Congress.
China's people must rise up with nonviolent tactics
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Chinese citizens have generally been a submissive people. What is extraordinary is that tens of thousands of protests are taking place in China every year.
Obama, Stay the Course!
(HuffingtonPost.com)
HuffingtonPost.com - Read this New York Times Op-Ed piece! It clearly and concisely tells you what's up.
"Obvious That We Would Have To Leave"
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- So said McCain:
The Problem with Power
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- In the latest issue of Time magazine, Samantha Power -- the author of A Problem from Hell and a former adviser to Barack Obama -- proposes a radical solution for the crisis in Zimbabwe. Her solution needs a thoughtful reply, because in my opinion it's dangerously misguided.
Good News in Iraq
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - Moderate liberal pundit Mickey Kaus has a rule of the thumb about news from Iraq. If only foreign newspapers print it, the news must be good.
Kitchen Table Issues Back on the Table
(RealClearPolitics.com)
RealClearPolitics.com - John McCain is winning--and winning handily. This is from the latest Franklin & Marshall College National Poll of 1,501 registered adults conducted in partnership with Hearst-Argyle.
MCCAIN: PUMP THIS!
(Ann Coulter)
Ann Coulter - Well, I guess we're all pretty relieved we didn't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back in 2002. What a disaster that would have been.
THE YEAR OF LIVING PATRIOTICALLY
(Richard Reeves)
Richard Reeves - PARIS -- I am an American!
ADAMS AND JEFFERSON CAN POINT OUR WAY FORWARD
(Georgie Anne Geyer)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- As the Fourth of July approached that summer of 1826, John Adams, the second president of the United States and designer of American constitutionalism, lay dying in his Massachusetts home.
THE DUTY OF PATRIOTS IS TO CRITICIZE WHAT THEY SEE AS WRONG
(Cynthia Tucker)
Cynthia Tucker - "What we mean (by patriotism) is a sense of national responsibility ... a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." -- Adlai Stevenson, 1952
Very Retiring Republicans
(The Weekly Standard)
The Weekly Standard - Democrats John Conyers, John Dingell, and Charles Rangel were in the wilderness from 1994 to 2006, the years of Republican rule of the House of Representatives.
HOW LONG IS A 'WHILE'?
(James Kilpatrick)
James Kilpatrick - The Court of Peeves, Crotchets and Irks resumes its summer assizes with a petition from Anne Howard of somewhere near Tucson, Ariz. She asks for an order defining a "while."
AL FRANKEN HAS BECOME MORE SERIOUS GUY THAN WISEGUY
(David Shribman)
David Shribman - ST. PAUL, Minn. -- So it's come to this. You can spend the better part of an hour with Al Franken and hardly laugh at all.
"The Disease Has Exploded"
(Susan Estrich)
Susan Estrich - It was the headline you never wanted to see. For nearly two years, I have started my day by checking in on Leroy Sievers to see how he is doing. His "My Cancer" blog on npr.com has become a family of sorts for people living with cancer, for people taking care of family and friends with cancer, and for anyone who has been touched by the disease or who hasn't.
"Weeds" and Marijuana Chic
(Brent Bozell III)
Brent Bozell III - The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy reported last month that a teenager who has been depressed in the past year was more than twice as likely to have used marijuana than teenagers who have not reported being depressed (25 percent compared with 12 percent). The study said marijuana use increased the risk of developing mental disorders by 40 percent. So much for the "harmless" nature of pot.
Reagan's City on a Hill
(Linda Chavez)
Linda Chavez - There are few places in the world that beckon to those who share no common blood or history, but America has done so for centuries. It is one of the things that defines this great country. In celebrating the 232nd birthday of our nation this Fourth of July, it is worth recalling what Ronald Reagan said about the promise the United States holds out to so many.
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