Justin Elliott has an amusing post up with the definitions of Islamophobes most frequently cited Arabic words and Islamic concepts, combined with an explanation of what those they really mean in context: The term: madrassa How it’s used: To refer to a place where Muslim youth are indoctrinated into radicalism and, often, terror Example: “I […]
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Today at The Prospect
Robert Kuttner argues that if Greece were AIG, we would have bailed them out already. Fred Feinstein explains the latest attacks on the NLRB and workers’ rights. Gershom Gorenberg writes on a possible cure for the dissent in the American Jewish community.
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Droughts Don’t Kill Jobs. People Do
The House Natural Resources Committee has been [trying for a little while](http://naturalresources.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=5921) to pin environmentalists with responsibility for the man-made drought in California. How can a drought be man-made? In this case, irrigation to the state’s Central Valley was scaled back after environmentalists argued successfully in court that diverting the water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin […]
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McConnell’s Gitmo Cynicism
The latest Gitmo “controversy” is Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling for a couple of Iraqi terrorism suspects arrested in his state of Kentucky to be transferred to Gitmo and tried by military commission. “A few years ago, we set up military commissions for the specific purpose of trying foreign terrorists,” Mr. McConnell said. “The perfect […]
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Tomorrow’s Bogus Liberal Bias Claim Today
I hesitated somewhat to write about this, but since this book — Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind — will almost certainly be promoted across the conservative media and become a hit, I figured I had no choice. Although the book has not been released yet, I have read a study […]
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If Only Greece Were AIG
The struggling country hasn’t been bailed out because it’s not a bank — it’s just a country with suffering people.
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Anti-Dissent Disorder
The U.S. Jewish community needs to be open to criticism of Israel.
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Situational Foreign Policy Realism, Ctd
Andrea Stone finds that plenty of Bush types aren’t so happy with Republican candidates sounding more realist notes in their criticism of Obama‘s foreign policy: “We will be in a stronger political position for a political outcome for this if we sustain relatively constant force levels through this fighting season and for at least the […]
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Exit Weiner
Anthony Weiner’s resignation has been the first piece of good news since the scandal broke. It was never plausible to believe that because Weiner may not have broken any law and still enjoyed the trust of some constituents, he should keep his seat. Those who made Talmudic distinctions between public and private behavior missed the […]
