What They Are Saying: 11.23.09
Let women keep their abortion coverage [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] Immigration reform, again: Obama and the Democrats want another crack at it, but nothing is certain. [LA Times]
Weighing the benefits of a mammography: Although we all would like to think that public health pronouncements are the unmitigated truth about any issue, rarely is that the case. [LA Times] Giving thanks in secular, holy ways: At Thanksgiving, the secular and religious impulses, usually taken to be antagonists, salute each other respect. [Boston Globe] Ft. Hood and the bugaboo of ‘political correctness’: Look deeper at a killer and what do you usually find? An angry, crazy person. [LA Times] The Church and the Capital: Washington lawmakers should negotiate the language of a same-sex marriage bill with the Catholic archdiocese without selling out same-sex couples. [New York Times]
For American savers, the mattress beckons: Banks pay microscopic interest even as they recover. [Philadelphia Inquirer] The Phantom Menace: The scare stories from Wall Street seem to be intimidating Washington from doing more to rescue the economy. [New York Times] What the Pilgrims really sought: Their trip to the New World wasn’t about tolerance or diversity. It was about purity. [USA Today] Tim DeChristopher’s wild legal ride: He disrupted an oil and gas lease auction last year by posing as a buyer. Now a judge has rejected his last-ditch defense strategy. [LA Times]
Hot times: As a crucial climate change conference nears, more evidence of a warming globe [Houston Chronicle] Obama needs to feel the heat: The melting arctic ice is unimpressed with his climate-change efforts. [Washington Post] A green future for old buildings: Many existing buildings, especially those built before World War II, embody environmental and energy-conscious design. [Boston Globe] GPS and Privacy Rights: A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., should rule that police need a warrant before putting a GPS device on a suspect’s car. [New York Times] Heal thyself: The slow reaction by the Department of Veterans Affairs to a flawed cancer-treatment program in Philadelphia suggests an agency that would rather forget its mistakes than learn from them. [Philadelphia Inquirer] Afghanistan Plan C: Obama tries to think his way around the all-in-or-all-out dilemma. [Washington Post] In El Salvador, a grim reflection, and a glimmer of hope: The president has bestowed the country’s highest honor on six Jesuit priests massacred 20 years ago, more evidence that peaceful change is possible, if slow to come. [LA Times]
Slang from the mouths of babes [Chicago Tribune] From vinyl to digital, my obsession lives on: Technology has made the pursuit of our pleasures much easier. But in so doing, I often wonder if it has made them less sacred. [Boston Globe] A Luddite in the library: Search engines are all well and good, but sometimes the best place to find something is a library. [LA Times] |
Free speech: It’s the ACLU’s deal: For Americans liberal and conservative, the organization continues to support their right to speak. [
Crunching the numbers on bioenergy rules: The right rules will encourage the development of fast-growing grasses and trees that can greatly increase the amount of carbon absorbed by plants on marginal land. [
India and us: South Asia is a tar pit filled with failed and dysfunctional states, save for one. [
