Coburn’s Reforms: Brave but Insufficient
Tom Coburn and his colleagues are showing a good deal of courage by putting taxes on the table. But the handful of specifics they’ve offered so far aren’t very promising. Tom Coburn, hardly a moderate or a shrinking violet by any measure, has effectively “ unsigned ” Grover Norquist’s pledge …Al Jazeera Journalist Calls Out Network Bias
One of Al Jazeera's most prominent journalists, Ghassan Bin Jeddo, has resigned in protest over what he sees as biased Mideast reporting. Al-Jazeera has long been suspected of lacking objectivity in its reporting of the Middle East. Now one of its most prominent journalists and director of their …Trump's D.C. Dinner Date
The White House Correspondents Dinner is a night when the press honors the nation's movie and television performers and Trump is nothing if not a performer. I am not one of those who are shocked that the Washington Post would invite Donald Trump as its guest to the White House Correspondents …Why Canada Should Vote Conservative
Canada faces some crucial challenges and the Conservatives are the one party with a serious response to the issues ahead. Which Canadian leader and which Canadian political party will best respond to the challenges of tomorrow? Let's see if we can peek around the corner and discern what those …Bernanke's Toughest Job: Selling the Fed
Next week, Ben Bernanke will do something new: hold a press conference. But will this fresh round of openness make the Fed more popular with the public? Next week, Ben Bernanke will do something no Fed Chairman has ever done before: hold a press conference after the conclusion of the Fed’s FOMC …
The Prowl: Maybe He's Not That Into Me?
I thought all was well with my long-distance boyfriend: I'd planned a weekend trip up to NYC. However, last week he asked me to stay with someone else during my visit. So last week when I claimed that all was well with my investment banker, despite a rather small and frankly dumb crush on a …Reality TV's First Family
HBO's new film "Cinema Verite" looks at the groundbreaking 1970s PBS series "An American Family", a show which blurred the line between fiction and real life. Today, (supposedly) "reality" shows that cynically and purposefully manipulate very real people into pre-arranged situations for maximum …The Fat Diaries: Let Me Have Cake
I'm turning thirty today, and just my luck: My birthday's falling on Good Friday, a fast day for Catholics. So I can’t even have the one thing I want, a huge chocolate cake. I’m thirty years old today. My birthday always falls on Earth Day, which has always annoyed me to no end. Not that …