Archive for October, 2009

Safety Nets for the Rich

Monday, October 19th, 2009

New York Times

By BOB HERBERT

Published: October 19, 2009

The headlines that ran side by side on the front page of Saturday’s New York Times summed up, inadvertently, the terrible fix that we’ve allowed our country to fall into.

The lead headline, in the upper right-hand corner, said: “U.S. Deficit Rises to $1.4 Trillion; Biggest Since ’45.”

The headline [...]

Bono: Rebranding America

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

New York Times By BONO

A FEW years ago, I accepted a Golden Globe award by barking out an expletive.

One imagines President Obama did the same when he heard about his Nobel, and not out of excitement.

When Mr. Obama takes the stage at Oslo City Hall this December, he won’t be the first sitting president to receive [...]