Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 25, 2009. The Obama administration will soon release its much anticipated strategy on Afghanistan. Congress must subject this plan to comprehensive oversight and scrutiny in order to ensure the United States has a clear and comprehensive plan for advancing stability in Afghanistan and the broader region. Before it[Read More…]
Commentary
Palin’s Book and Obama’s Bow: A Media Week to Forget
Commentary by Eric Boehlert Ugh, what a gruesome week it was for news consumers as the "serious" press showered time and attention on two GOP-friendly stories that defined "trivial pursuits": a book release and a bow. Sadly, this is what the Beltway press corps now voluntarily — eagerly — reduces[Read More…]
Why Gay-Marriage Friends, Foes Need One Another
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar Same-sex marriage advances in one region, then retreats in another, making the United States a two-nation nation on this issue — now and for years to come. Advocates on both sides are in the majority somewhere,[Read More…]
SEIU: Senate’s Health Reform Bill Puts Americans One Step Closer to Reform That Works for American People
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2009. Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) President Andy Stern released the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate’s release of its Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. “For close to a century, Presidents and congressional leaders have debated ways to fix our healthcare system. A system that leaves[Read More…]
WWF Comments on US-China Summit
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2009 – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) issued the following statement from Keya Chatterjee, Acting Director of Climate Change for WWF, in reaction to remarks today by President Obama and President Hu Jintao on prospects for the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen: “Recently it’s become fashionable to downplay[Read More…]
Lift the Ban – Let Americans Visit Cuba
MIAMI–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009. The following op-ed was written by Senators Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind and Howard L. Berman, D-Calif. and appeared in today’s edition of the Miami Herald. U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe — with one exception: Cuba. It’s time for[Read More…]
Senate Health Committee to Consider Food Safety Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2009. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will mark up a bill to improve food safety (S. 510) this Wednesday, November 18. The House overwhelmingly approved food safety legislation in July, and Consumers Union (CU), the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, is urging[Read More…]
Investigating Medill ‘Innocence Project’ Could Chill Students’ Reporting
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Gene Policinski First Amendment Center vice president/executive director A scene in the 1987 movie “The Untouchables” shows Sean Connery as a Chicago beat cop instructing federal agent Kevin Costner on how to play tough in the Windy City. Connery finishes his bare-knuckles-to-handguns lesson with[Read More…]
Sarah Palin: If You Fact-Check My Book, Then the Terrorists Have Already Won
Commentary By Solange Uwimana, Media Matters for America Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– In a note she posted to her Facebook page today, Sarah Palin mocked the AP’s use of 11 fact-checkers of her not-yet-released book, Going Rogue, writing: "We’ve heard 11 writers are engaged in this opposition research, er, "fact checking" research!"[Read More…]
Why Do Glenn Beck and BigGovernment Hate Missouri Law Enforcement?
Commentary by Eric Boehlert And why are Beck and BigGovernment, as well as the rest of the right-wing brigade, now clearly suggesting that Missouri law enforcement officials are covering up a crime? The fact-free crowd is impugning the integrity of Missouri prosecutors because they have the nerve to not go[Read More…]
