“The military needs to be taught a lesson. At this point it’s a zero-sum game: it’s either the Brotherhood or the old regime.” GEHAD EL-HADDAD, a spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, rallying opposition to the military. Quotation of the Day for Monday, July 29 – NYTimes.com.
A majority of House Republicans the Senate’s bipartisan immigration reform bill. Chip Bok echoes much of the GOP opposition to the legislation, while David Fitzsimmons doubts the integrity of the “border security first” claims made by many of its opponents. Chip Bok David Fitzsimmons/The Arizona Star Double Take ‘Toons: A …
President Obama’s nomination of former GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense is encountering opposition, particularly over Hagel’s breakaway stance on the Iraq War. Randy Bish doesn’t think the Vietnam veteran would be a good fit at Defense, while for Matt Wuerker, just who is up in arms over …
A supporter of Moon Jae-in, former human rights lawyer and presidential candidate of the main opposition Democratic United Party, poses during an election campaign in central Seoul, Saturday. via Photos of the Weekend 12/16 – The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com.
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is in the running to replace U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Taylor Jones doesn’t think much of the opposition from senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham because of her initial explanation of the attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, while Steve Kelley saves his …
President Obama has been criticized for appearing on “The View” on Monday instead of meeting with world leaders. Lisa Benson thinks the President is more interested in promoting his image than solving problems, while David Fitzsimmons thinks it’s the president’s opposition that’s obstructing progress. Lisa Benson/Washington Post Writers Groupcartoonistgroup.com David …
“We’re at a tipping point. But I don’t know which way we’re going to tip. But I am also quite certain that there are others who object to the president because of his race, because they have a fear of blacks that is embedded in our culture.” – Susan Glisson, …
“First of all, from what I understand from doctors [pregnancy from rape] is really rare. If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” — Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), in an interview with KTVI-TV, justifying his opposition to abortion even in …
“I think that we have had 12 kinds of sanctions so far and none of them affected or stopped the killings in Syria. Obviously it is not working. A different solution needs to be discussed.” –Adib Shishakly, a member of the opposition Syrian National Council, on the eve of the …
Sri Lankan police have raided the shared office of two news websites, arresting nine people, mostly journalists. Police say they were arrested for publishing anti-government material. Computers and phones from the office of Sri Lanka Mirror and Sri Lanka X News were also confiscated by police, witnesses told the BBC. …
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A day after electing their first African-American president, Southern Baptists passed a resolution opposing the idea that same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue. Thousands of delegates at the denomination’s annual meeting in New Orleans on Wednesday were nearly unanimous. It affirms Southern Baptist belief that …
Why the black helicopter crowd goes crazy over the Law of the Sea Treaty. The military wants it. Business wants it. But to get it, they have to get past conservatives who simply don’t trust the United Nations — or, more specifically, the United Nations Convention on the Law of …