Tag: Dick Cheney
Littwin: We’re bombing, again. What could go wrong?
AS we begin dropping bombs in Iraq once again, the one thing we don't ask ourselves is this: What could go wrong?
Where to begin?
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Wiretap: Political divisions, millennial confusion
Barack Obama's second-terms problems don't look much different from George W. Bush's problems and Bill Clinton's problems. The question these days for a president...
Wiretap: Lots of college debt, no college degree
The real problem is not the barista poet. It's the person with school debt who doesn't finish school. According to Brookings, the average amount of debt in those households has doubled over the last two decades.
Rare Colorado wildflowers survive 30 years of bureaucratic bumbling
Saving tiny patches of rare plants from extinction is no easy task. In most cases, you can't just put a fence around them and call it good.
Wiretap: Jeb Bush’s next-generation compassionate conservativism
"They crossed the border because they had no other means to work to be able to provide for their family. Yes, they broke the law, but it’s not a felony. It’s an act of love."
Littwin on Senate-CIA spat: This time, no one is fleeing to...
The CIA-versus-Dianne Feinstein and Mark Udall story has got everything -- lying, stealing, bullying, spying, mendacity, audacity, betrayal and, of course, because it's 2014, hacking.
Wiretap: RIP Nelson Mandela, set free once more
The New York Times obituary of Nelson Mandela by Bill Keller is the piece to read. It's an extraordinary story of an extraordinary life.
Liz Cheney’s same-sex sister and same-sex sister-in-law slam her on family...
How you know it's 2013: Same-sex marriage becomes a major issue in the Republican Senate primary race in Wyoming. Yes, the Cheney family is back.
Scientific American raises serious questions about safety of fracking
The editors of Scientific American published an op-ed saying that the practice of hydrofracking has been adopted faster than questions about the safety of the procedure have been answered and that the states are “flying blind” in trying to regulate its effects.
The Republican dilemma: Colorado civil unions debate spotlights conservative-politics fault line
The coming debate in the Colorado House Judiciary Committee on same-sex civil unions bill SB 172 will center on Republican arguments for and against the legislation. The debate scheduled to take place under the Dome in Denver Thursday will underline the dynamics shaping the larger national debate on gay rights-- a debate that now pits Republicans against Republicans because Democrats and Independents have already made up their minds on the matter.