Enough About 'Roland Burris, Good Guy'
It doesn't matter how clean his record was when he was in office a decade ago or if he didn't pay a cent for his appointment: Roland Burris is a willing pawn in a very corrupt game.
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Arianna Huffington: Obama Isn't the Only One Being Inaugurated on Jan. 20th
The night before Obama is sworn in, HuffPost is co-hosting a pre-Inaugural ball at the Newseum in Washington. Just before midnight we will have a Countdown to a New Era. It's a new era not just because Bush will be out and Obama in, but because taking on the challenges America is facing will require a new era of citizen engagement. To illustrate this we are putting together a video that will symbolize that we are all stakeholders -- all being inaugurated on January 20th -- by having people from across America send us video of themselves taking the presidential oath of office. The preamble of the Constitution starts with We the People. And it has never been clearer that we can't "form a more perfect Union" without the active participation of millions of us.
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Israel's Risk
What we're watching in Gaza is not so much low-intensity warfare as the continued fracture of the post-Soviet international order.
Pssst, the Economy Is Collapsing -- Don't Tell Congress
This stimulus package should have been approved two months ago, but for whatever reason no action has been taken. There is no reason that the public should be forced to wait until mid-February.
Eyeless in Gaza
I wish I didn't believe that the events now unfolding in the Middle East are too complicated for unalloyed outrage. I wish the arguments of only one side rang wholly true to me.
Happy Health Care Reform New Year
Why will 2009 be different from 1993? Obama is not making the same mistakes the Clintons did, and that is good news for all of us.
Feinstein: Bad Choice for Intelligence
If Dianne Feinstein's real goal was to protect us from Iraq's alleged WMD's, she would have called for the withdrawal of troops once they invaded and discovered that there weren't such weapons after all.
Why I Want to Work For Bernie Madoff
When I read the other day that employees of "disgraced billionaire" Bernard Madoff are still showing up to work, doing nothing and still being paid, I thought to myself, "Hey, I could do that."
New Yorkers Saying No to Aristocracy As Sole Qualifier In a Democracy
The forces of money and power in New York are trying to replicate what their counterparts engineered here in Colorado.
A Lesser Class of Rogue
Though Blagojevich is regularly described as the apotheosis of the shady Illinois politician, he does not come close to the finesse and style embodied by masterful machine politicians. He's no McGinty.
Canoeing Into Tennessee Coal Sludge (Video)
The irony of a TVA cop giving us citations for criminal trespassing, even though we were in U.S. Waters, while islands of toxic coal ash were sitting behind him, did not escape me.
Israel's Thinking May Provide Insight into Obama's
The fact that Israel decided to launch this massive attack in the waning days of the Bush administration suggests that Tel Aviv, at least, thinks that the days for such an action might be limited.
It's January -- Where Do the Cards Go?
There will be no trace of Christmas in my house. The sugar cookies rattling around the tin? Gone. The leftover eggnog? Down the drain. Gingerbread houses? See ya. Except for the cards. They stick around.
Perfect Storm for Innovation Gathers in Washington
Innovators should swarm like locusts on Washington in January, February and March to show the Car Czar how to make fuel-efficient cars.
Hamas Is Responsible for the Civilian Casualties in Gaza
By choosing tactical advantages over the safety of its citizens, the terrorist organization chose its military goals over the safety of its fellow Palestinians in Gaza.
The Value Of Milk, and The Best Gay-Themed Movies By Farr
For me, seeing Milk was a transformative experience because it restored my belief that Hollywood can make quality pictures that have broad appeal.
Bloomy in the Holy Land
Leaving the financial meltdown that's crushing his city behind for a few days, the Mayor mysteriously decided that his time would be better spent jetting off to Israel.
Why Aren't More Americans Dancing To Israel's Tune?
The surprising trend in American opinion on Gaza may be because the same pundits who are cheerleading Israel's assault once sold the occupation of Iraq, and with a nearly identical set of arguments.
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