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Outlaw Justice: When Hackers Retaliate Against Cyber Security
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyI used to be a hacker. It was a long time ago, decades before the future World Wide Web was available. I operated anonymously (except to my clients who paid me for what I discovered). I tracked down people whose cars, pledged as security on automobile loans, had been targeted for repossession. I performed my "hacking" duties over the phone using codes and pretexts. I infiltrated semi-secure bureaucratic systems (unemployment claim offices, utility company billing desks etc.) to precisely extract the whereabouts of drivers who had borrowed money to buy automobiles and then skipped town without ...
Obama's Wager on Clean Energy: The Right Role for Government?
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyThere he goes again, picking winners and losers. That would be President Barack Obama, who visited Penn State University this week to shower love and money -- yet again -- on the clean, green energy sector. This is not a mere crush. Obama has been promoting green energy and green jobs on the national stage since he announced his presidential candidacy four years ago. The terminology has changed (Democrats now prefer "clean energy") but Obama's commitment has not. The 2009 stimulus package contained more than $80 billion in spending and tax incentives for the clean energy sector. Obama's trips ...
Obama's Immigration Speech: Big Words and Passion, but What's New?
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyPresident Barack Obama's impassioned appeal for comprehensive immigration reform on Thursday recast familiar themes and objectives, slammed Republican opponents, and sought to bring the nation together on one of its most intractable political issues. Reaching out in every direction -- to immigrant history, to the Statue of Liberty and Emma Lazarus' stirring poetry -- Obama showed at times the fervor of his 2008 campaign speeches, calling immigration reform "a moral imperative," and demanding accountability and a common sense solution. But beneath the powerful rhetoric and genuine commitment, ...
The End of Anonymous Attacks Is Not Censorship
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyHere's a free lesson for any of our commenters who want to squall about the new sign-your-name (or at least your AOL or AIM screen name) policy being launched today by Politics Daily, along with similar changes at many other major websites: Electing not to publish attacks is not censorship. Nor does it mean the end of effective and interesting discussion; on the contrary. I've always thought of the development of the Internet as being a lot like the European settlement of North America. First come risk-loving explorers who aren't even sure there's anything to be explored. Followed by the ...
Politics Daily Celebrates First Birthday at the National Press Club
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyPolitics Daily just turned one year old! Melinda Henneberger, PD's editor in chief, treats early arrivals to a retelling of our online paper's "creation myth," and kicks off the evening's "civilogue." Religion reporter David Gibson, just back from Rome, speaks about the crisis facing the Catholic Church. Carl Cannon, PD's deputy editor, introduces the debate between PD columnists Peter Wehner and David Corn (moderated by military writer David Wood) on our prospects in Afghanistan. ...
Help the Children -- It Won't Cost a Thing
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyCouldn't we buck that little, loud-mouthed group of religious fear-mongers just once and give children a break? The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will come up for a vote in 2010 or 2011, and the religious right is already getting the bullhorns out. This treaty has been ratified by every nation except the United States and Somalia. We have the late Jesse Helms and the Bush administration to thank for that little piece of shame. ...
Sad But True: Men Leave Their Sick Wives
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyMelinda, I am delighted that you've taken issue with the study about men abandoning their seriously ill wives six times more often than wives abandoning their seriously ill husbands. The difference between your position and mine provides some juicy topics to hash out. Perhaps we'll disagree more. ...
1 Year Later, How's Obama Doing?
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL NewsWhether or not Tuesday's voting turns out to be a referendum on President Obama, people are already making it clear how they feel about his job performance one year after his election. Obama has a 54 percent approval rating in a new CNN poll, nearly matching the 53 percent of the vote he got last November. What's changed in a year is that he's gained popularity among liberals and lost it among conservatives. And while the president remains above 50 percent in overall approval, most of the Americans CNN surveyed don't like the way he's dealt with such key issues as unemployment, health care ...
America's Biggest Little Election
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL NewsThere are only two congressional elections Tuesday, but one of them is turning out to be a real doozy. In what pundits are treating as a microcosm of the battle for the soul of the GOP, Republican Dede Scozzafava abruptly quit the race in New York's 23rd District and endorsed a Democrat instead of the Conservative Party candidate. Pressure from conservatives who rallied around third-party challenger Doug Hoffman -- including such potential Republican presidential candidates as Sarah Palin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty -- forced Scozzafava to give up. Another possible 2012 contender, Newt ...
Are you a 'Capitolist?' Take the Quiz.
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyThe obvious question that comes with a new column named "The Capitolist" is, "What is a Capitolist?" Such a good question, and one you can answer for yourself with the aid of the first-ever "Politics Daily" Capitolist Quiz. Take it now to see if you are a Capitolist or have the potential to become one.... You might be a Capitolist if: 1. You are interested in politics. (Political obsession is encouraged among Capitolists, but not required.) 2. Attending the Iowa Caucuses is your idea of a romantic getaway. 3. You have hosted or attended a debate-watching party for a U.S. Senate-level ...
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