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BP Oil Spill: Has Environmental Damage Been Exaggerated? (Time.com)
July 30, 2010
Time.com - So far, predictions of ecological catastrophe on the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill seem overblown
Federal Judge Neuters Arizona Immigration Law: What's Next? (The Atlantic Wire)
July 30, 2010
The Atlantic Wire - The most controversial elements of Arizona's immigration law have been blocked
by a federal judge. Major provisions, such as one requiring authorities
to check the immigration status of individuals while enforcing other
laws, will not go into effect. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton also barred the state from requiring immigrants to carry their
papers at all times. While this isn't the last say on the Arizona law,
it's a major victory for the bill's opponents. Here's what observers are
looking at now and anticipating for the future:
Obama on 'The View': Canny Decision or Unpresidential? (The Atlantic Wire)
July 30, 2010
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The Bush Book Bomb (The Daily Beast)
July 30, 2010The Daily Beast - While 43's memoir isn't due in stores until after the 2010 midterm voting is over, Republicans are increasingly anxious about its impact. Former Bush aide Matt Latimer on the Dems' last best hope.
GOP Gains Weren't Always Inevitable This Year (CQPolitics.com)
July 30, 2010CQPolitics.com - Sometimes, you can almost hear the conventional wisdom and expectations shift, even when they are based on faulty premises.
Obama Ignores Warnings on AfghanistanâGoing Back to November 2008 (The Nation)
July 30, 2010The Nation - The Nation -- At my Daybook today I link to a remarkable Garry Wills blog item at The New York Review of Books site, in which he reveals that he is breaking a kind of embargo a year after he and other historians had dinner with President Obama. It seems that most of them warned him about the "folly" of continuing/escalating in Afghanistan—and Wills is sad and angry that the President didn't listen one bit.
Many Caveats for Good News on Oil Spill (The Atlantic Wire)
July 30, 2010The Atlantic Wire - When we last checked in on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a cap had stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf. That cap has held and much of the oil on the surface has dissolved. But this is hardly cause for celebration, as many near- and long-term problems are likely to linger for the Gulf region and the millions of Americans who live there. Here's an update on the situation.
On Democrats' Lost Week (RealClearPolitics.com)
July 30, 2010RealClearPolitics.com - It should have been a good week for Democrats. The financial overhaul was signed into law. The extension of unemployment benefits passed. The Democratic Party finally looked like a party that could get things done.
For biased critics of Israel, even its defensive actions violate human rights (The Christian Science Monitor)
July 30, 2010The Christian Science Monitor - In 1947, when excusing Soviet totalitarianism had become quite the rage in fashionable progressive circles, George Orwell eviscerated a British politician who consistently defended totalitarians but nevertheless denied that he was a defender of totalitarianism. âÂÂBut of course he does,â Orwell wrote. âÂÂWhat else could he say?
War Opposition Grows As 102 House Dems, 12 Republicans Oppose Obama's Afghan Surge (The Nation)
July 30, 2010The Nation - The Nation -- More than 100 Democratic House members and a dozen Republicans voted against funding the Obama administration's Afghan war surge Tuesday, offering one of the strongest shows of opposition to presidential warmaking since the Vietnam War era.
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