Some observers are wondering whether there is any reason to support the Armenian Genocide Resolution. The answer is no. It’s egregiously foolish and needlessly provocative, and there is virtually nothing the U.S. could do to irritate the Turks more. I studied Middle East international politics in Istanbul as a college student, and as a result […]
Ann Friedman
Ann Friedman is a columnist for New York magazine’s website and for the Columbia Journalism Review. She also makes pie charts for The Hairpin and Los Angeles magazine. Her work has appeared in ELLE, Esquire, Newsweek, The Observer, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets. She lives in Los Angeles, but travels so often the best place to find her is online at annfriedman.com.
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BACK STORY TO VERIZON REJECTING NARAL TEXTS.
Via Matt, I see that Verizon’s policy chief is Tom Tauke, an anti-choice congressman from Iowa in the ’80s who lost a Senate bid to Tom Harkin in 1990. From a National Review article about the campaign: …Tauke wants a constitutional amendment recognizing “the personhood of the unborn.” “When NARAL comes into the state,” Tauke […]
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BLATANTLY FOOLISH.
This bit from Peter Galbraith‘s article on how George W. Bush helped establish Iran as the Middle East’s new regional hegemon deserves special attention: “In May 2003, the Iranian authorities sent a proposal through the Swiss ambassador in Tehran, Tim Guldimann, for negotiations on a package deal in which Iran would freeze its nuclear program […]
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First Ladies in Two Modes
Democratic candidates have partners who can be more liberal than they. Republican candidates, ideally, are still married to June Cleaver.
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The Real Estate of Abortion Politics
The fight over building permits for the Aurora, Ill. Planned Parenthood clinic is just one more example of how the fight over reproductive health is coming down to questions of infrastructure.
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SNUBBING THE “VALUES VOTERS.”
SNUBBING THE “VALUES VOTERS.” Yesterday’s “Values Voter” Presidential Debate forged ahead even after all of the top-tier Republican candidates declined the invitation. The sponsoring social conservative groups set up podiums for Giuliani, Romney, McCain and Thompson anyway, and then addressed questions to the spaces where the candidates would have stood. (Is that kind of like […]
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ADVICE FOR IGNORANT EAST-COAST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
ADVICE FOR IGNORANT EAST-COAST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. As a native Iowan, I found this article following Giuliani on the trail in Iowa flat-out hilarious. I am motivated by sheer pity to offer some tips for the former New York mayor — and anyone else who has never made it further inland than the New Jersey state […]
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GETTING IN TOUCH WITH MY INNER SAID.
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH MY INNER SAID. I’ll admit it: I’m conflicted over Irshad Manji. I respect her bravery in speaking out as she does against the abuses of Muslim fundamentalists, and I think she’s admirably committed to the task of reconciling liberalism, feminism, and Islam. On the other hand, in addition to her tendency […]
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TIME FOR EDWARDS TO BUST OUT.
TIME FOR EDWARDS TO BUST OUT. So John Edwards picked up two key union endorsements (steelworkers, mine workers) over Labor Day weekend, and good for him. He’s worked hard to appeal to the union base of the party, and his domestic themes are the strongest, most pro-labor of any candidate in the field except Dennis […]
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RURAL BLUE YONDER?
RURAL BLUE YONDER? The Daily Yonder’s Bill Bishop has a great post up that dismantles the whole notion that the Redneck Caucus of newbie Democratic senators (Claire McCaskill, Jon Tester and Jim Webb) were elected because of a surge in rural voting. That didn’t happen, writes Bishop. These three R.C. members in fact did no […]
