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…]
Opinion
To the Editor – December 7, 2009
Many of Us Dispute Man Caused Global Warming There are many of us who dispute the concept of man caused global warming and those of us old enough remember the debate over global cooling. In your paper I see a large body of political content taken, it seems, from the[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…]
Senate Republicans Attack Franken’s ‘Partisan’, ‘Daily Kos’ Anti-Rape Amendment
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Senate Republicans, who have been taking heat for fighting an amendment to protect rape victims, are now lashing out at Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) for even proposing the measure in the first place. In October, Franken introduced an amendment that would deny funding to defense contractors that "restrict[Read More…]
Sen. Franken Becomes a Cosponsor of Vitter/Coburn Amendment
First reported by The Hill, GOP Sens. Vitter and Coburn had ignored requests by Sen. Sherrod Brown to become a cosponsor of an amendment forcing members of Congress onto the public option. The Hill continued: Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio) said he is trying to co-sponsor the amendment — but that[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…]
Reflecting on World AIDS Day
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2009. On this World AIDS Day, as more than 33 million people worldwide live with HIV/AIDS, we want to recognize the impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in our own country and to call for action that helps the communities and people most in need. AIDS is the[Read More…]
