To those of you who are new to the blog, we really don't write exclusively about gay news. We do, however, occasionally have an axe to grind on a particular story, and we grind away for a while. Anyway, there was other news today:
Public opposes Obama on Gitmo, but just barely.
Iranian activist pulled from hospital bed, arrested.
E.J. Dionne: Where did we get the idea that the only good health-care bill is a bipartisan bill? Is bipartisanship more important than whether a proposal is practical and effective?
Krugman says it's far too early to judge the stimulus package:
Republicans, providing a bit of comic relief, are saying that the stimulus has failed, because the enabling legislation was passed four months ago — wow, four whole months! — yet unemployment is still rising. This suggests an interesting comparison with the economic record of Ronald Reagan, whose 1981 tax cut was followed by no less than 16 months of rising unemployment....Andrew Sullivan has been on a tear over the situation in Iran, with about as many updates as I've had about the gay uproar. Check it out for the latest.
A few months ago the U.S. economy was in danger of falling into depression. Aggressive monetary policy and deficit spending have, for the time being, averted that danger. And suddenly critics are demanding that we call the whole thing off, and revert to business as usual.
Those demands should be ignored. It’s much too soon to give up on policies that have, at most, pulled us a few inches back from the edge of the abyss.
Steve Clemons at the Washington Note is the other key source to follow for Iran updates.
Actually, the other indispensable source for Iran updates is Nico Pitney at Huff Post.
More on the family values Republican's adulterous affair.
Want to be angry about something else? Check out the latest on health care "reform."
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