http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/ en-US 2005-03-08T22:25:36-05:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/SlTHaN2Nsyc/must_read_on_so.html Current Affairs Alex Gadea 2005-03-08T22:25:36-05:00 Factcheck.org puts out one of the best discussions of the issues facing social security. If someone really believes there is not much of a problem, then read this to cure yourself of that affliction....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/must_read_on_so.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/A4pAlTV8RZ4/a_clinton_storm.html Current Affairs Alex Gadea 2005-03-05T12:28:10-05:00 When I first read blog posts (here, here, here and here) about the comments made by Bill Clinton regarding Iran, I thought it was a joke of some sort. Unfortunately, it does not seem that way. Notice...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/a_clinton_storm.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/ReiQ5z3QUR4/la_times_puff_p.html Media Bias Alex Gadea 2005-03-03T22:09:02-05:00 Just as one comes to the conclusion that the LA Times can't sink any lower, they put out an apologia for North Korea. Many people are not amused and Hugh Hewitt appropriately comes down on their...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/la_times_puff_p.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/ygFWYiEMobU/adl_attacks_rob.html Current Affairs Alex Gadea 2005-03-02T23:43:30-05:00 I was wondering when the ADL was going to get pissed off with the left's usage of Hitler == Bush logic. Looks like Byrd is getting nailed over his latest remarks. This may put Dean in the spotlight...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/adl_attacks_rob.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/SNr9YV4tNi0/let_them_rot.html Liberal International Democracy Alex Gadea 2005-03-02T16:27:10-05:00 Jonah Goldberg has some appropriate comments for Matt Yglesias's concepts of realpolitik. What is happening to American liberalism indeed. It's anchor has been lost. I never thought I'd see the day...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/let_them_rot.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/SAfj04WjsHc/rolling_stones_.html Alex Gadea 2005-03-02T16:14:56-05:00 Good article on MoveOn at Rolling Stone - its successes (almost non-existent: Dean as DNC head and contributing to changing the social security debate) and failures (too many to count). "My view of...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/rolling_stones_.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/xr-XBy2rTYg/dont_steal_the_.html Current Affairs Alex Gadea 2005-03-02T16:04:54-05:00 or you'll get Tasered.<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/dont_steal_the_.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/BdQWEVpW_ME/bill_kristol_on.html Liberal International Democracy Alex Gadea 2005-03-02T14:18:36-05:00 Bill Kristol has an excellent piece online for The Weekly Standard titled After 1/30/05. He goes over some of the anti-Bush minds that may be coming around on the usefulness of the Iraqi war in...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/bill_kristol_on.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/ZhIQn-YET1w/a_democrat_hope.html Current Affairs Alex Gadea 2005-03-02T14:12:37-05:00 And some wonder why the right may think there is the little itsy-bitsiest reason to think that SOME on the left harbor unpatriotic sentiment. Best of the Web hilights a Jon Stewart interview in which...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/a_democrat_hope.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/RWb1vyPW__c/win_by_losing.html Current Affairs Alex Gadea 2005-03-02T10:13:54-05:00 When it comes to social security, Bush may have bitten off more than he could chew. Although at the beginning of the year, it appeared that he might be able to take on the third rail of politics, it...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/03/win_by_losing.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/82yD1COWY9M/ny_times_willin.html Liberal International Democracy Alex Gadea 2005-02-10T12:21:47-05:00 The NY Times wrote an editorial today castigating the administration over research on a new line of nuclear warheads. This program sends a clear message to the rest of the world: now that the...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/02/ny_times_willin.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/cqgaFzp5uRU/the_rich_and_fa.html Current Affairs Alex Gadea 2005-02-08T14:48:15-05:00 Interesting to see who benefits from farm subsidies.David Rockefeller, the former chairman of Chase Manhattan and grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, who received 99 times more subsidies than...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/02/the_rich_and_fa.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/8ZDHXmvqy9I/what_do_the_ira.html Liberal International Democracy Alex Gadea 2005-02-06T11:16:49-05:00 There is a lot of crowing on the right about how the Iraqi elections have proven the doubters wrong. I have to admit, I truly believe Iraq has turned an important corner. The comparisons about Iraq...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/02/what_do_the_ira.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/Lgu_sAdTiy4/how_much_longer.html Liberal International Democracy Alex Gadea 2005-02-04T16:09:52-05:00 Its just peachy-keen when the Saudi Arabian embassy shovels bs that only increases their hypocrisy. Do they really expect anyone to take UN condemnations seriously when the UN has yet to consider a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/02/how_much_longer.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Mediovero/~3/oh00wX_I114/more_north_kore.html Liberal International Democracy Alex Gadea 2005-02-04T11:26:42-05:00 The idea that N. Korea may simply be collapsing of its own weight is slowly getting more and more attention. The latest is a Times of London article titled "Chairman Kim’s dissolving kingdom."<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://apptik.typepad.com/mediovero/2005/02/more_north_kore.html