Thursday, February 4, 2010
E.J. Dionne Jr. - Off-message, Biden recasts the Obama agenda - washingtonpost.com
For Republicans, American power is rooted largely in military might and showing a tough and resolute face to the world. They would rely on tax cuts as the one and only spur to economic growth.
Obama, Biden and the Democrats, on the other hand, believe that American power depends ultimately on the American economy, and that government has an essential role to play in fostering the next generation of growth.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/03/AR2010020302913.html (via shareaholic.com)
Cutting a federal program is next to impossible because there’s usually somebody who cares much more about keeping it than the White House does about making it go away.
Cutting a federal program is next to impossible because there’s usually somebody who cares much more about keeping it than the White House does about making it go away.Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/opinion/04collins.html?hpw (via shareaholic.com)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Stop Jim Crow Policing - NYTimes.com
An overwhelming 84 percent of the stops in the first three-quarters of 2009 were of black or Hispanic New Yorkers...Contraband, which usually means drugs, was found in only 1.6 percent of the stops of black New Yorkers. For Hispanics, it was just 1.5 percent. For whites, who are stopped far less frequently, contraband was found 2.2 percent of the time.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/opinion/02herbert.html (sent via Shareaholic)
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