HOMELESS VETS. Congress is already worried about veterans returning from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan who simply don’t readjust well, but obviously the situation can be more dire than just that. The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing last week to discuss how to prevent homelessness among veterans and the related problem of budget […]
Kay Steiger
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MAKING RANK.
MAKING RANK. The Chronicle of Higher Education had an excellent article this week about the controversy over U.S. News and World Report‘s annual college and university rankings. As the WaPo reported this weekend, universities are as usual less than pleased with the power these listings have. The Chronicle fleshes out some of the methodological problems […]
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STRAINED RESERVES.
STRAINED RESERVES. The Center for American Progress released a report today about the overstretched nature of the National Guard and Reserves, a follow-up to their report in March that stated the under-prepared nature of the United States to deal with natural and terrorist disasters domestically. The report today counted that in 2005, 46 percent of […]
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The Trauma that Remains
Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and seeking treatment for PTSD face a flawed and spotty public system.
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OUR MEDIA … NOT SO BAD?
OUR MEDIA … NOT SO BAD? Late last week, the media was abuzz with news of outsourcing on its own front — two reporters in New Delhi would be reporting on local events in Pasadena, CA. The new issue of Columbia Journalism Review, however, has an article by Basharat Peer explaining why Indian journalism is […]
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CAVEMEN ARE WHITE.
CAVEMEN ARE WHITE. ABC announced its fall lineup, dumping George Lopez‘s sitcom in favor of a “spinoff” from the Geico cavemen television commercials. Reportedly Lopez said, “TV just became really, really white again.” Not to mention that, similar to other sitcoms that pair dopey, overweight comedians with model-like girlfriends and wives, the hairy cavemen are […]
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DEPLETED FORCES.
DEPLETED FORCES. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius noted on Sunday that the response to the deadly tornado that destroyed the small town of Greensburg, Kansas has been slower because many of the troops and equipment for the state’s National Guard are in Iraq. Today, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley also voiced the same concern. Traditionally, of course, the […]
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Less Money, Mo’ Problems
Yesterday, the day branded as “Equal Pay Day,” Dedra Farmer told the House Committee on Education and Labor her history with America’s most notoriously unfair employer, Wal-Mart. She was hired as a Tire Lube Express (TLE) manager, a coveted salaried position among Wal-Mart employees, with an annual salary of $28,000. Her work was routinely praised […]
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THE ABUSE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER.
THE ABUSE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER. Today I attended a Center for American Progress event where Fred Schwarz and Aziz Huq (and moderated by Mort Halperin) talked about their new book, Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror. They were inspired by the reports published by the Church Committee following the last great […]
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TENET SPEAKS.
TENET SPEAKS. Former CIA Chief George Tenet‘s regret-filled new book, At the Center of the Storm, has prompted Chairman Henry Waxman to invite him to testify before the Oversight Committee in two weeks. With all the blame he’s been enduring from the Bush administration, he may actually testify, unlike other administration officials. —Kay Steiger
