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...These add up to what you could call the stock Democratic response to tough times. They're not necessarily bad ideas, but they're not what you could call new or transformative either. Obama throws in a few populist panders - he favors a windfall profits tax on oil companies (which could discourage investment in new energy resources), and says he would oppose raising the Social Security retirement age (which if phased in over a long enough period would be the fairest, most sensible way to ease some of the system's long-run funding challenges). Near...
...Add to the mix the fact that much of the promised funding failed to materialize and many early critics insisted that No Child Left Behind was nothing more than a cynical plan to destroy American faith in public education and open the way to vouchers and school choice...
Bishop V. Gene Robinson of the Episcopal Church USA and Bishop Martyn Minns of the Anglican Church of Nigeria are the twin bookends of the current struggle within the worldwide Anglican Communion. Fallen bookends, one might add, insofar as they are the only two Anglican bishops so far to be disinvited from the Communion's once-a-decade Lambeth Conference this July by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams...
...effort to curb Newark’s crime rate and establish his legacy and reputation as the city’s reformer. His time as mayor has been met with some successes. Violent crime in Newark has declined for the first time since 2002, and the mayor continues to add new projects a growing list aimed at transforming the city. Douglas H. Lasdon, Booker’s former supervisor at the Urban Justice Center said the he is confident in his ability to rise to the challenge that Newark represents. “He’s got excellent judgement...
...thorniest issue is whether Obama will consider Clinton as a running mate. Even before she's formally suspended her campaign, Obama is under pressure from many Democrats - most prominently Clinton's own supporters - to add the former First Lady to the ticket. While such a move would likely produce a jolt of enthusiasm and unity for a party that has been divided by the contest, it is less clear that the so-called dream ticket would strengthen Obama's chances of beating McCain in November. And some of Obama's advisers looked aghast at Bill Clinton's vituperative public outburst...