Positive Universe Abstracts

Huffington Post

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Palin’s performance was weak, scripted, and disrespectful to voters in its refusal to give the public the answers it deserves. She beat expectations, though, as far as most pundits were concerned. She didn’t freeze or make any outrageous gaffes, they said. But they’re wrong. They’ve minimized her most outrageous statement, her misreading of the Constitution as she made [...]

New York Times

Bob Herbert

I’m not holding my breath, but I would like to see the self-proclaimed conservative, small government, anti-regulation, free-market zealots step up and take responsibility for wrecking the American economy and bringing about the worst financial crisis since the Depression.

Even now, with the house on fire, the most extreme among them won’t pick up the fire hoses [...]

Salon

The drop in violence has made the war an afterthought — and allowed McCain to claim we’re “winning.” Here’s why we’re not — and we can’t.

By Gary Kamiya

Sept. 30, 2008 | With Congress rejecting the $700 billion bailout package, the Dow falling 700 points and the U.S. economy on the edge of a cliff, no one is paying [...]

Th e Indypendent

By Medea Benjamin and Arun Gupta

Congress will be voting this week on the biggest give-away of our tax dollars to the financial sector in our nation’s history. Despite attempts by legislators to portray this as a compromise bill that helps both Wall St. and Main St., in reality it represents an appalling transfer of wealth upward.

While there’s a [...]

New York Times

By BOB HERBERT

The country is understandably focused on the financial crisis. But there is another serious issue in front of us that is not getting nearly enough attention, and that’s whether Sarah Palin is qualified to be vice president — or, if the situation were to arise, president of the United States.

History has shown again and again that [...]

New America Foundation

By Sherle R. Schwenninger, New America Foundation with Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Nation | October 6, 2008

If left unchallenged, these myths and fallacies could influence the outcome of the election and shape policy in the next administration.

The Iraq War is a testament to the great damage a foreign policy based on myths, lies and distortions can do [...]

Boston Globe, United States

September 24, 2008

Republican nominee John McCain called today for postponing Friday’s presidential debate until the resolution of the financial mess on Wall Street, and even vowed to suspend his campaign to concentrate on finding a solution. A delay could change the dynamics of a campaign that has not gone well for him in the last two [...]