Fareed Zakaria does a good job laying out many of the perils and possibilities of U.S. military action in Libya in this week’s print edition. Fareed favors US military action in the mildest, most reluctant and reasonable manner imaginable; I have opposed it, less mildly but with equal reluctance. I agree with Fareed in this [...]
The political climate is what some have called a “perfect storm” for anti-abortion activists seeking to curb the procedure and make direct attacks on Roe v. Wade. Droves of social conservatives have taken office in recent elections, angst over health care reform continues, and the Planned Parenthood “sting” has given opponents leverage to undermine the [...]
A rebel sits in the back of a pick up truck outside Ajdabiya, March 22, 2011. (Patrick Baz / AFP / Getty Images) –In this week’s TIME: Fareed Zakaria in the cover story on Libya hitting newsstands tomorrow: “You know your strategy is flawed if your problems mount when it succeeds.” Bobby Ghosh and Abigail [...]
In case you happened to have avoided seeing the hundreds of articles and press releases announcing the one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare: FYI, it’s today. Both sides of this issue have been working hard over the past week to guide the news narrative around this momentous occasion. See here, here, here, here, here, [...]
ThinkProgress busts the former House Speaker in–barring some explanation I can’t imagine–a rather shameless act of flip-floppery, shifting within days from “[e]xercise a no-fly zone this evening” to “I would not have intervened.” To me this is Gingrich’s great strength also proving to be a great liability. Gingrich has had political staying power in large [...]
An interesting tidbit from a new Pew poll sketching the outlines of the next presidential field: Among those who say they agree with Tea Party movement, 24% say Romney would be their first choice, 19% say Huckabee, 15% say Gingrich, 13% say Paul and 12% say Palin. Part of Romney’s popularity among Tea Partyers is [...]
On Monday, Mitt Romney charged that Barack Obama’s approach to Libya illustrates a deeper lack of vision in his foreign policy: [T]hus far, the President has been unable to construct a foreign policy, any foreign policy. I think it’s fair to ask, you know, what is it that explains the absence of any discernable foreign [...]
President Obama talks with British Prime Minister Cameron about Libya on an Air Force One flight from Santiago, Chile to San Salvador, El Salvador on March 22. (White House/Pete Souza) –Even with Western support, Libyan rebels struggle. Secretary Clinton says Gaddafi, or some in his regime, may be looking at diplomatic alternatives. The harrowing tale [...]
