Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2009. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) authored the following op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal titled “Testing Afghanistan Assumptions.” The full text of the op-ed is below: Testing Afghanistan Assumptions By John Kerry In the coming weeks, President Barack Obama will make the most[Read More…]
Opinion
In the Culture Wars, Who Speaks for God?
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center senior scholar In the combative world of cable news, America’s culture wars are often characterized as pitched battles between ardent religionists on one side and diehard secularists on the other. Real life, of course, is far more complex.[Read More…]
Some ‘Unfunded Mandates’ are Bad, But Many Others are Okay
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg A common complaint among lots of municipal officials is that the state or federal government many times imposes mandates that the local officials then must implement. It becomes especially problematic when costs associated with putting the state or federal measures in place require local funding,[Read More…]
Indefinite Detention Should End With The Closure Of Guantánamo, Says ACLU
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2009. According to a Washington Post and ProPublica report, it is unlikely the Obama administration will meet its January deadline for closing Guantánamo. The delay is reportedly due in part to the administration’s search for a place to indefinitely imprison 50 to 60 detainees. The American Civil[Read More…]
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How Fox’s Chris Wallace Became Irrelevant
Commentary by Eric Boehlert You think the Obama White House hit a nerve over the weekend when it purposefully left Fox News Sunday off the president’s generous list of Sunday talk-show appearances? The subsequent whining and childish name-calling from Fox News Sunday‘s Chris Wallace became incessant and, of course, revealed[Read More…]
President Obama on Letterman: ‘I was actually black before the election.”
Commentary President Obama, in response to a question by David Letterman as to whether the vitriol at health care forums was motivated by racism, said, “I was actually black before the election.” Letterman responded, “Really? How long have you been a black man?” Letterman and President Obama spoke about the[Read More…]
Bashing Islam: A Dangerous Sign of the Times
Commentary Inside the First Amendment By Charles C. Haynes First Amendment Center The school year started off with an unpleasant bang in Gainesville, Fla., when a fifth-grader showed up on the first day wearing a T-shirt with “Islam is of the Devil” inscribed on the back. Administrators sent the 10-year-old[Read More…]
Fox News’ Incomplete, Misleading ACORN Coverage Is Just Nuts
Commentary By Karl Frisch If you get your news from right-wing talk radio and Fox News, you probably think America is being overrun by a hyper-corrupt organized prostitution ring headquartered in the White House. In case you missed this story: Two conservative activists, Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe, visited a[Read More…]
My 9/11 Moment of Zen
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Remembering 9/11 was different for me this year. Actually, it was quite the moment of Zen. One of our students led us in a moment of silence during morning prayers at Marian Catholic. For some reason, during that silence, memories of the awesomeness of that day,[Read More…]
