Member 2505Why Clinton Cares So Much about an Asian Island Chain (The Atlantic Wire)23-07-2010 22h58The Atlantic Wire - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is getting the U.S. involved in a complex, international dispute over a chain of islands in the South China Sea. China and nearby Asian states have long made competing claims as to who controls the strategically located islands. Speaking at a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nation in Hanoi, Vietnam, Clinton said that the U.S. has a "national interest" in resolving the issue peacefully. Here's what's going on, why it matters, and what could happen next, according to key journalists and experts. On Economic Fatalism and Elections (RealClearPolitics.com)20-07-2010 14h00RealClearPolitics.com - It's an old myth that economics determine elections. Bill to legalize Internet gambling: No dice (The Christian Science Monitor)24-07-2010 02h41The Christian Science Monitor - Fresh from fixing Wall Street’s casinolike ways in high finance, Congress begins work Tuesday on a bill to overturn a 2006 law banning Internet gambling in the US. The measure is being rushed through the House Financial Services Committee on a promise that it would create 30,000 jobs and billions in tax revenue. U.S. War Games Aimed at North Korea (The Atlantic Wire)23-07-2010 22h09The Atlantic Wire - The U.S. and South Korea are running joint military exercises off the Korean peninsula in an attempt to discourage North Korean military aggression-- seen, for example, in the sinking the South Korean vessel Cheonan in March. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the war games "are designed to send a clear message to North Korea that its aggressive behavior must stop." Friday, North Korea threatened a "physical response" if the exercises are not halted. Will the war games ultimately work? What diplomatic subtexts are in play? Valerie Plame Wilson on 'Countdown to Zero': No Nukes Is Good Nukes (The Nation)24-07-2010 00h20The Nation - The Nation -- The nuclear abolition documentary, Countdown to Zero, opens today in New York and D.C. amid positive reviews, and a major promo push featuring one of its expert witnesses and narrators, Valerie Plame Wilson. A rollout starts next week across the U.S. Here at Media Fix we've been writing about the film for weeks now, and yesterday posted the PSA "call to action" featuring producer Lawrence Bender (who earlier gave us both Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds). The Health Benefits of Tears (HuffingtonPost.com)21-07-2010 19h55HuffingtonPost.com - Read Judith Orloff MD's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Dems Headed for Potential State House Disaster (RealClearPolitics.com)19-07-2010 14h00RealClearPolitics.com - Four months out from Election Day, the Democrats will probably lose the House and are in some danger of losing the Senate. But losing those legislative bodies would not be the most damaging aspect of the impending tsunami heading toward the Democratic Party. After all, Barack Obama will still be in the White House to stop the congressional Republicans from accomplishing much. <<< Prev member Next member >>> Randon Members Member 3631 Member 3014 Member 1683 Member 2129 Member 1836 Member 4543 Member 5082 Member 759 Member 5732 Member 374 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 | |
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