87% of audience votes “no” for McCain

In an article written for the Washington Post’s PostGlobal section, Mona Eltaway writes that when the Doha Debates audience was asked who they preferred for the U.S. Presidency, “The result was a resounding ‘no’ for Sen. John McCain.”
According to Ms. Eltaway’s article, 87 percent of the audience voted against the motion “This House believes the [...]

Obama wins…and so does the world

Newspapers and broadcasting companies all across Europe are leading their next editions with the win of Barack Obama. His win is filling their front pages. Canadian Broadcasting has been covering the election all evening.
This is huge news all across the world. A lot of people will be smiling.

Socialism?

Do you think “socialism” is a terrifying thing, about to invade the policies of America?
If so, you really must hate Social Security and Medicare. When those programs were first introduced, they were called socialist. Republicans ran the “red scare, socialist” mantra across America to attempt the defeat of these programs.
If you [...]

Anxiously watching the election…and my fingers are crossed

I know I’m not alone in being glued to the election news today. I know I’m not alone in having my fingers crossed and hoping my guy, Obama, wins.
This election is very important to me, not because of me – an aging Baby Boomer – but because of all the young people [...]

OP-ED: No More Economic False Choices

If Obama wins the election tonight, and there’s a very good probability that he will, he’s going to face an enormous challenge getting our financial house in order after eight years of profligate spending and decreased revenues. Plus, there are added problems of the continuing credit crunch, vast numbers of mortgage defaults, and increased [...]

Bush Legal Counsel speaks about Obama

Bradford Berenson, Harvard Law, class of ‘91, associate White House counsel, 2001-’03, Conservative

He made an extraordinary decision. He turned his back on what would normally be the standard route for any president of the Harvard Law Review, which is to take very prestigious judicial clerkships, probably including a clerkship at the Supreme Court of the [...]

Obama’s Core Beliefs and Agenda

I know a lot of Republicans are out smearing Obama with scary labels and painting him as someone to be feared, but he’s far more centrist and conservative than Republicans depict him. (Italics below are mine, for emphasis.)
For example:
Mike Kruglik, Community organizer from Chicago

Obama and I were meeting with a group of leaders one [...]

Rabbi speaks out in defense of Colin Powell and condems “Obsession” DVD

In an article for the Shalom Center, Rabbi Arthur Waskow praised Colin Powell for his thoughtful commentary when Powell endorsed Obama for President. “The correct answer is, he [Obama] is not a Muslim. He’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. But the really right answer is: ‘What if he is?’ Is there something [...]

McCain is a “Redistributor” too

McCain has been tossing out the term “redistributor” to describe Sen. Obama, as if Obama is a socialist. At least, that’s the implicit connection he’s trying to make. But it’s far from true.
Newsweek’s Andrew Romano, in his column, writes:

Conservatives are eagerly pushing the charge–online, at rallies and in my inbox–that “Barack [...]

Wealth Redistribution – Standard practice in U.S. government policy

In the latest issue of Newsweek, Jacob Weisberg’s article, Spread The Wealth? What’s New?, refutes McCain’s statements that Barack Obama “believes in redistributing wealth.”

Redistribution has a “from” side (taxation) and a “to” side (spending). On the “from” side, the notion that government should use taxation to increase rather than decrease equality is hardly Marxist. [...]