To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, May 17, 2024

Observercast

Bad Immigration Ideas From All Directions

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BY FROMA HARROP No balanced talk of immigration reform is expected before the November election. But that need not stop the airing of proposals, some of them semi-formed, some half-baked. From the left, we have the TRUST Act, a bill passed by the California Legislature and now awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown’s uncertain signature. It would […]

Welcome To GOP Nutland!

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER While it’s hard to fathom right-wing nuttiness, it’s sure not hard to find these days. We saw it bloom spectacularly recently, popping right out of the head of Todd Akin, the GOP’s Senate candidate in Missouri. The learned congressman gave America a twisted tutorial on the imaginary science of “legitimate rape,” including […]

Bush Is Not In Tampa, But His Ideas Are

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BY FROMA HARROP The name of George W. Bush graces no chair at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL. The 43rd president left behind monumental deficits and an economy in tatters. Republicans hold him responsible for the party’s straying from its alleged small-government ethic. They want the public to forget the man. Thing is, […]

The Platform Of The Party

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH A constitutional prohibition on abortion, even in cases of rape and incest? No federal funds for universities that allow undocumented students to pay the same tuition as other students who live in the state? A commission to study a return to the gold standard and audit the Fed? A “double layer” fence […]

The Wrong Kind Of Foreign Policy Experience

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BY JOE CONASON Defending himself against the perception that he has no significant foreign policy experience, Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has drawn fresh attention to one of the most controversial acts of the past decade: the Bush Administration’s decision to invade Iraq before U.N. weapons inspections were completed. Ryan now points to his […]