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Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 13, 2013 27 Comments
I came back from an appointment to find that white smoke was wafting from the Vatican Chimney. From the Globe and Mail: Argentine cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio will be known as Francis. At 7:07 p.m., local time, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signalling...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 13, 2013 3 Comments
1) Being a reporter means never having to say you’re sorry The New York Times has reported on the UN report that raised doubts about the death of Omar Masharawi. Isabel Kershner wrote U.N. Ties Gaza Baby’s Death to Palestinians: Paul Danahar, the BBC Middle...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 09, 2013 7 Comments
In late February, the Washington Post ran an editorial Solution Politics in Virginia that began: IN VIRGINIA, A REPUBLICAN governor and a GOP-dominated legislature have joined forces with Democrats to enact the first long-term increase in transportation funding since the Reagan administration — and the...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 08, 2013 5 Comments
The state of the Secretaries of State One of John Kerry’s first acts in office as Secretary of State was a good one. Lee Smith writes in John Kerry Roasts Turkey: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not a man who minces words. He...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 07, 2013 6 Comments
Those “apartheid” buses A number of British publications recently featured articles about some new Israeli bus lines devoted to transporting Arab residents of Judea and Samaria into Israel. These publications have outrageously called the buses, “apartheid” buses. Lori Lowenthal Marcus lays out some of the...

Posted by Joel Engel on March 07, 2013 22 Comments
Every time I see a car with a War is not the answer bumper sticker, I try to catch up and ask the driver, “What’s the question?”  Because if the question is, “How many feet in a mile?” then it’s true that the answer is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 06, 2013 40 Comments
Two of the Republican Senators most demonized by the liberal media, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, are doing the job liberal politicians and media refuse to do out of loyalty to Obama. From Mediaite: On Tuesday, the Department of Justice sent shockwaves through the nation...

Posted by Anne Segal on March 05, 2013 57 Comments
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez died today after fighting cancer for two years. Vice President Maduro’s statement: Today, the 5th of March, after participating in the meeting of the council of ministers, we came here to the military hospital to follow the sequence of our comandante president’s...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 05, 2013 15 Comments
Two recent articles provided explanations as to why Mitt Romney failed to win the presidency. In The GOP and the City Edward Glaeser writes: After the presidential election in November, New York Times exit polls found that Republican candidate Mitt Romney had received only 29...

Posted by David Gerstman on March 04, 2013 4 Comments
1) Taking the lede in blaming Israel A number of bloggers have commented on the anti-Israel remarks made by Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan last week. Fortunatly, Secretary of State, John Kerry and others rebuked Turkey. Here’s how the New York Times’ anti-Israel blogger Robert Mackey provided context for the remarks: The Turkish prime minister has expressed...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 03, 2013 7 Comments
I didn’t watch the Romney interview. I have nothing against him or Ann, I’m just not interested in fighting yesterday’s battles. Learn from them, yes. Refight them, no.  Steve at Comment Cents has the video if you are interested. I spent some time on the attacks...
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