To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Observercast

Harold Ford’s Big Ambition

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH I like Harold Ford. The former congressman and senatorial candidate from Tennessee is bright, articulate and attractive. But that doesn’t mean he should be the senator from New York. There is a woman holding that job now, and she deserves to keep it. Ford has no business challenging her in the primary. […]

The Real Massachusetts Miracle

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BY FROMA HARROP The miracle in Massachusetts was made possible through a bigger miracle four years ago. That’s when the commonwealth became the first and so far only state to guarantee near-universal coverage. The Republican winner of the Senate seat long held by Ted Kennedy, Scott Brown, voted for the legislation as a state senator. […]

No Obama Obituaries, Please

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BY JOE CONASON Having taken the oath of office just one year ago, Barack Obama is a flashing meteor that sputtered out too soon – or so the national media narrative tells us. According to this story line, the young president is a presumptuous liberal who disappointed his own idealistic followers while irritating everyone else. […]

Reining In The Gods Of The Fed

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Here’s a story that reads like the script of an old B-grade monster movie – and it would be comic, were it not so serious. The monster is named “The Fed,” a hydra-headed creature with enormous and destructive power, which it exercises from within the misty confines of a marble cavern that […]

Taxing Bankers Is Only A Start

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BY FROMA HARROP Tax the bankers’ profits, tax their bonuses, tax their golf scores. I mean it. Take their windfall, and give it to the taxpayers who bailed them out. Britain and France plan a 50% tax on banker bonuses – coordinated lest their financial bigwigs think of crossing the channel for a better deal. […]