May 13, 2008
The proceedings begin with a press conference at City Hall, followed by the actual hearings.
Press Conference
10:41 Alderman Joe Moore, sponsor of the resolution opposed to a US military attack on Iran and urging the US to engage in diplomacy.
5 years ago the council made history passing...
Huff TV | Posted May 13, 2008 | Media
Robert Greenwald | Posted May 13, 2008 | Media
What inspires you? Who are your heroes?
Van Jones on green jobs? Pete Seeger's 70 years of activism? 17-year old Ava Lowery who has been protesting the Iraq war since the age of 14? Brave New Foundation and The Nation magazine have teamed up to produce...
Today, we present Bill O'Reilly in all of his unhinged glory trying to get through a taping of Inside Edition... and we compare and contrast it other times he's gone completely loco on his TV show as well as his radio show.
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
Much attention was made of Hillary Clinton's interview last week with USA Today, when she noted that support for Barack Obama "among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."
Many found her comments about race...
Amitai Etzioni | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
Sixty years ago, when I was fighting for Israel during its war of independence, I won a lot of respect. Now many of my liberal colleagues, including Jewish ones, raise their eyebrows. They hoped for an Israel that is citadel of individual rights, a land in which social justice prevails...
Robert Naiman | Posted May 13, 2008 | Chicago
The proceedings begin with a press conference at City Hall, to be followed by the actual hearings. Here's a first-draft account of what happened at the press conference.
Press Conference
10:41 Alderman Joe Moore, sponsor of the resolution opposed to a US military attack on Iran and urging the US...
Joan Z. Shore | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
I would have loved to vote for America's first woman president. But it wasn't meant to be.
Hillary Clinton, the woman who could have made history, simply let me down.
She let me down five years ago when she voted for the war in Iraq. And she let me down...
Dan Brown | Posted May 13, 2008 | Media
I started writing for the Huffington Post in March of last year, in advance of the release of my rookie-teacher-in-the-Bronx memoir, The Great Expectations School. Since then it's been my great pleasure to help to stir the pot about issues affecting students, teachers, and families in America. And hey, now...
Joe Solmonese | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
In our national debate on health care - we need to remember that in America, health care is a right, not a privilege. Too often that's not true for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans. The absence of federal protections, inadequate state laws and inconsistent hospital policies often result in...
Robert L. Borosage | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
"We're going to give you the change you deserve"
House Minority Leader John Boehner
That's not a threat; it's a promise -- from the Republican congressional leaders. Really. Led by perpetually tanned House leader John Boehner, Republicans have suddenly discovered that the country wants change - and they have...
Cliff Schecter | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
A new website (firethelobbyists.com) has been created by the pro-campaign finance reform organization Campaign Money Watch, to convince Senator McCain to fire three lobbyists in the top levels of his organization that have lobbied for ruthless dictators. You may recall that over the past two days, two...
Anya Kamenetz | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
"The landscape is changing before our eyes. Younger voters struggling with the enormous costs of a college education, or trying to raise families in a bleak employment environment, or using their credit cards to cover everyday expenses like food or energy costs...
Carol Felsenthal | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
When the tsunami hit parts of Asia and Africa in December 2004, President George W. Bush asked his predecessors, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, to travel to the stricken region and bring relief and hope to the victims.
The tsunami, a giant tidal wave in the Indian Ocean,...
Faridoon David Baqi | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
It was in the middle of rush hour traffic in Los Angeles today that I had an insight. I saw a guy signal in the right lane and I saw a guy in the left lane slow down to let the other guy in. I was floored. Discombobulated. I had...
James Boyce | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
It's Tuesday May 13, 2008 and on this day in history, The Beatles debuted the movie Let It Be in 1970 and back in 1943 German and Italian forces surrendered in Africa but that's nothing compared to what we have for you today.
Right now, it's 7:30 am here in...
I sent what follows to the columnists of the Washington Post--Richard Cohen, Harold Meyerson, David Broder, E. J. Dionne, David Ignatius, Eugene Robinson, and Colbert King, George Will, Anne Applebaum and Ruth Marcus (no use fiddling with Gerson and Novak), editorial page editor, Fred Hiatt, and the Post Ombudsman on...
MacDonald Chuma | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics
Dear Madonna,
We are truly grateful for the attention that you have brought to our country. Through your personal life and care for your son David, your fundraising, and now with your new documentary film, I Am Because We Are, which examines the AIDS crisis in Malawi and the effect...
Jeff Madrick | Posted May 13, 2008 | Business
I keep beating this horse, but the current economic situation continues to need serious government attention. Increasingly, we are told the worst is over. If that's true, thank fiscal policy and the alert and intelligent Ben Bernanke for acting quickly.
But the worst may not be over. House prices...
Michael Dudley is the son of a preacher man. He's a born-again Christian with two family...
Last night's all new "Saturday Night Live"
On Friday, Barack Obama publicly raised the possibility of helping Hillary Clinton pay...
It should come as no surprise that Bill O'Reilly has always been a screamer, but...
Today, May 10, marks the first day of what the Obama campaign is calling its "Vote For...
You may have thought your prom night went badly, but Marche Taylor,...
Now that the outcome of the battle for the Democratic nomination...
Leave it to the tone deaf GOP to find a way of attaching themselves to this election...
As a lawyer might say (OK, I am one), I have no personal knowledge of whether John or...
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is most likely in a lot of hot...
At the same time that former West Wingers...
First of all, you moms are already Hot Chicks! We want you to embrace...
Robert Naiman | Posted May 13, 2008 | Politics