Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The conservative reaction to President Obama’s election is turning downright Faustian. As the rhetoric on the right has grown increasingly shrill, a few conservatives have raised their voices in alarm, counseling their ideological kin to step back from the abyss. Former Bush speechwriter David Frum wrote in August[Read More…]
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SEIU: Hatch/Nelson Amendment Would Take Healthcare Away from Our Mothers, Sisters and Daughters
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2009. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger released the following statement calling on Senators to reject the amendment offered by Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that restricts a woman’s access to healthcare. Said Burger, “For too long, our healthcare system has left[Read More…]
Kerry: EPA Endangerment Finding Sends Important Signal to Congress, Copenhagen
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2009. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and head of the Congressional delegation to the international climate negotiations beginning today in Copenhagen, Denmark, today responded to reports that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will issue a final ruling that greenhouse gas emissions directly[Read More…]
On Afghanistan, Fox News Decides, Then Reports
Commentary President Obama never had a chance … It didn’t matter what decision he came to regarding troop levels in Afghanistan, or what he said about the ongoing conflict there, because Fox News and the rest of the conservative media had already reached two conclusions. First, he took too long.[Read More…]
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing — Or Maybe Not
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar ’Twas the nightmare before Christmas late last month for Michael Stratechuk of Maplewood, N.J., when a federal appeals court upheld a local school district policy barring religious music from school events during the holiday season. Stratechuk,[Read More…]
The Conservative Media’s Increasingly Lame Attacks
Commentary by Jamison Foser For all the hype about energized Republicans and independents abandoning the Democrats and town-hall outrage over President Obama’s agenda and tea-party protests, if you look closely, it seems the conservative media are getting a little timid. Just a few months ago, they were convinced they had[Read More…]
For the Press, Hating Obama Equals ‘Populism’
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Words have meaning, but the Beltway press is in the process of stripping "populism" of its descriptive value as pundits and reporters continue to misuse the word in connection with the right-wing movement that obsessively opposes President Obama. Far from being a populist surge, the movement,[Read More…]
Government Agency Wrongly Fires Former Guantánamo Prosecutor For Speaking Out About Military Commissions
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 4 – The American Civil Liberties Union today sent a letter to the Library of Congress and the Congressional Research Service (CRS) on behalf of Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor for the Guantánamo military commissions, who was terminated from his job at CRS because of opinion[Read More…]
Standing Up For Your Rights by Sitting Down
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director There are a lot of things to be thankful for this holiday season. I’m thankful for Will Phillips. Will is a fifth-grader at West Fork Elementary in Washington County, Ark. According to various newspaper and online[Read More…]
Pundit, Heal Thyself: AARP Responds to Robert Samuelson
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2009. AARP Executive Vice President John Rother issued this statement in response to Robert Samuelson’s November 23 syndicated Washington Post column, “Health ‘Reform’ That Burdens Our Young.” “Pundit, heal thyself. “In the latest salvo of his intergenerational war, Robert Samuelson defends age-rating, a discriminatory practice used by private[Read More…]
