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WBUR’s Israel Coverage

March 4, 2008 By tedf

I was struck, twice, by an odd notion I heard on WBUR during stories on Israel. First, yesterday evening, Robert Siegel, interviewing Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev, asked, rhetorically, whether President Abbas could really be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gaza, israel, palestinians, wbur

Earth to Justice Department: Waterboarding is Illegal

February 14, 2008 By tedf

A headline in today's news reads: "Justice Says Waterboarding Not Legal Now." But as I read the statement of Steven G. Bradbury, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, the DOJ has not been quite so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bradbury, justice-department, waterboarding

Gore, Edwards to Endorse Obama?

February 4, 2008 By tedf

Has anyone seen this rumor? And any thoughts about the apparent decision (assuming the rumor is true) to wait until after Super Tuesday? TedF … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: edwards, endorsement, gore, obama

USA! USA!

January 5, 2008 By tedf

I finally got around today to watching the Obama Iowa victory speech. When was the last time a crowd of Democrats has chanted "USA! USA!"? The funny thing is, while I usually can't bear to take part in that kind of chanting, I was caught up … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: obama

Ban Retail Rebate Scams!

January 5, 2008 By tedf

My wife and I don't watch TV, or at least we didn't until Lost came around. Now we are eagerly awaiting the beginning of Season 4. For Christmas, I bought her a Tivo box so that we can tape the show without commercials. The box was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: consumer-protection, rebates, tivo

Where are you, John Hosty?

November 21, 2007 By tedf

I promised a while back not to post any more on the Laguer affair (I can't link to the promise--it seems to have been a reply to a post that was removed?), but I am just curious to know why we haven't heard from Laguer's camp regarding his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: laguer, random

Beware Of Genetics!

November 10, 2007 By tedf

There are a bunch of responses that seem clearly improper right off the bat:1. It would be obviously wrong to conclude that such a link permits any moral, ethical, or political conclusion that one race is superior or inferior to another.2. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: genes, intelligence, national, race, racism

Mortgage Madness

October 19, 2007 By tedf

Attorney General Coakley has promulgated new regulations that would forbid mortgage lenders and brokers from making a loan unless they have a reasonable belief that the buyer will be able to repay.My reaction: What kind of a world do we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: coakley, mortgage, national, subprime

Are Americans Big Babies? Blame Bush

September 23, 2007 By tedf

Since when do we not care about what the leader of a major regional power has to say, particularly where a war between his country and ours seems perilously close? And since when do we simply refuse to speak to people with whom we don't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ahmadinejad, columbia, free-speech, iran, national, new-york

Lerach to Plead Guilty: Long Live the Class Action!

September 19, 2007 By tedf

Indeed, the class action has been so successful that now big business probably spends as much time fighting on second-level issues, seeking to restrict the availiability of the class action, to enact new federal laws to preempt many of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: class-actions, lawsuits, lerach

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