Re: Al and Tipper Gore Separating

Gore followers may remember that Al & Tipper (seen above on their wedding day) jointly are bestseller authors of two books, Joined at the Heart and The Spirit of Family. It is totally depressing to see the end of any 40-year marriage. But perhaps there are lessons to be learned here as well, especially since [...]

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Word of the Day: Seichel

…It’s yiddish for wisdom. Jeffrey Goldberg certainly has it and here he mourns the absence of it in recent actions by the fahrkokteh (a Yiddish word my mother used that pretty much means as it sounds) Netanyahu regime.

Al and Tipper Gore Separating

The Gores announced today in an e-mail to friends that they are separating, just two weeks after their 40th wedding anniversary. Politico’s Mike Allen, who obtained the e-mail and broke the news, said he confirmed the e-mail’s authenticity with a spokeswoman for the couple. In the e-mail, the Gores said: We are announcing today that [...]

Congressional ‘No’ for ‘Gitmo North’

From TIME’s Pentagon Correspondent Mark Thompson: It seems BP’s oil well isn’t the only extended political headache for President Obama oozing in the gulf. Just before fleeing town for this week’s Memorial Day recess, the House voted against setting up a prison for Guantanamo detainees in the U.S. The Obama Administration is seeking to move the 181 [...]

Morning Must Reads: Tryin’ to Find Some Sun

Oil: -Top Kill is dead and the Administration’s now thinking about sicking the lawyers on BP. BP shares are down 15% in London trading. This morning President Obama meets with BP Oil Spill Commission Co-Chairs, former Florida senator Bob Graham and former EPA administrator William K. Reilly. -Other oil spill news: MMS approved BP’s Deepwater Horizon license [...]

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The Gaza Mess

The Washington Post, which has been a fairly conservative voice on Middle East policy, condemns the Israeli attack on the pro-Palestinian flotilla. The key paragraph is the last one: As for Mr. Netanyahu, the only road to recovery from this disaster lies in embracing, once and for all, credible steps to create conditions for a [...]