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Elizabeth Edwards' Harshest Critics: Are They Sorry Now?
By Joanne Bamberger - Politics DailyOn the day Elizabeth Edwards died, Time magazine's Mark Halperin eulogized her on "Hardball with Chris Matthews" as "one of the most public and valiant cancer survivors" he had ever known, an advocate who had used her spotlight to champion issues dear to her, including health care and gay rights. Movingly, Halperin described Edwards as an "incredible testament" to strength and courage and a mother who had worked to keep her family's life as normal as possible during the last days of her illness. In fact, unless you were one of the millions who read "Game Change," the '08 presidential campaign ...
WikiLeaks: The Biggest Loser May Be Hillary Clinton
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 29) -- It was not a good day for America's leading diplomat. As the dust began to settle on WikiLeaks' latest document dump, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton finds herself in the unenviable position of having to explain to the world community why she personally authorized her underlings to spy on behalf of the United States. One day after the classified U.S. government documents were released, newspapers around the world ran headlines that singled out Clinton. "WikiLeaks: Hillary Clinton ordered US diplomats to 'spy' " was how the Indian Express put it. "WikiLeaks: ...
Did Coco Live Up to the Hype? Critics Weigh In on 'Conan'
By J. Richard - AOL News(Nov. 9) -- Critics are divided after weighing in on last night's highly anticipated premiere of "Conan" on TBS, during which the scorned Conan O'Brien hoped to relaunch his late-night career after being ousted from his gig on "The Tonight Show" in January. O'Brien fell back on much of the self-deprecating humor that endeared him to the public during his tenure at NBC, when he battled former "The Tonight Show" host Jay Leno for the coveted role of host. Citing the abysmal ratings for "The Jay Leno Show," Leno's ill-fated venture into prime time, NBC sacked O'Brien and re-installed Leno as ...
Sure You Want to Go to Law School?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 28) -- From 2007 to 2009, as the economy plummeted, the number of people who took the law school entrance exam increased by 20.5 percent. In the past decade, the number of American Bar Association-approved law schools went up 9 percent. Last year, law schools handed out more than 43,000 J.D.s -- 11.5 percent more than in 2000. Interest in the law is booming, but there is just one problem -- not enough jobs. It's a terrible time to be a lawyer, writes Slate's Annie Lowrey. "The job market for lawyers is terrible, full stop -- and that hits young lawyers, without professional track ...
Surf's Up: Super Wi-Fi Is on the Way
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 1) -- When it comes to telecommunications, Washington has been on a roll lately. Not only did Congress manage to come together and pass a bipartisan ban on extra-loud TV commercials, which have clearly been annoying many Americans for years, but now the Federal Communications Commission is paving the way for "super Wi-Fi." The FCC recently doled out for unlicensed use the frequencies freed up last year when TV channels switched from analog to digital transmission. The "white spaces," as the frequencies are known, have vast potential. "Radio waves on white-space frequencies can ...
Should a Synagogue Be Built at 'Muslim Ground Zero'?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 29) -- For all the controversy surrounding Park51, the so-called "ground zero mosque," do you think there would be a similar uproar were Jews to erect a synagogue close to where a member of their faith slaughtered Muslims? It's not a hypothetical. It's already happened in Hebron, a city in the West Bank, Slate's William Saletan points out. "The reason you haven't heard about its new synagogue is that there has been no outcry," he writes. "Apparently, the rule about keeping houses of worship at a respectful distance from scenes of terrorism is for Muslims only." South of Jerusalem in ...
Is Montgomery's Demolition Policy a New Form of Civil Rights Abuse?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 20) -- Over the past decade, hundreds of homes in Montgomery, Ala., have been declared blighted and demolished, with homeowners -- disproportionately African-American and impoverished -- unable to do much about it. This is much worse than eminent domain grabs in other parts of the country, where property owners are at least paid market value for their losses. But in Alabama, the law forbids invoking eminent domain for private development. Instead, the city of Montgomery has come up with a much more pernicious backdoor: define a property as blighted, demand repairs, raze the property ...
WikiLeaks Lesson: Information Does Not Always Want to be Free
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyBetween 2006 and 2009 I wrote a column at Slate.com under the header Hot Document dedicated to dissecting interesting ephemera. It was in that job that I first encountered WikiLeaks, the now infamous website which last week released 92,000 classified military field reports from Pakistan and Afghanistan. For those not familiar with the 3-year-old nonprofit, WikiLeaks allows unidentified sources to upload nonpublic documents to an online platform where anyone can read them. Launched in 2007 by enigmatic founder Julian Assange, WikiLeaks was presented as "as a safe place for whistleblowers to ...
Dave Weigel Hired by the Washington Post Company's 'Slate'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyDave Weigel, the blogger who resigned from The Washington Post after derogatory comments he made about conservatives on the Journolist list-serv were revealed, has landed a new gig. Interestingly, Weigel is moving to Slate, owned by The Washington Post company. The conservative Web site Newsbusters was critical of the move, writing: "The news that Weigel has been hired by a Post-owned publication suggests that his resignation was just a move to shield him -- and possibly the Post -- while the controversy blew over." It is worth noting that Weigel also has recently come under attack from ...
HBO Documentary '12th & Delaware': Abortion Policy at a Crossroads
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics Daily"The best-case scenario for women seeking abortion is that she gets a safe and legal [one] . . . But even for that girl, it's not a great day. It's not like a normal victory, you know? No one's popping champagne." Rachel Grady, co-director, '12th & Delaware' HBO Documentary Series This week my daughter Rachel has been in my thoughts almost constantly and so, inevitably, she slides into my written words. She's about to have a baby in September and our mother-daughter conversations have recently dwelled on topics of doulas and breast-milk pumps. Neither of those concepts was relevant or even ...
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