By Arsalan Iftikhar, Special to CNN Imagine for a moment that a major American corporation decided to remove its commercials from a reality television show highlighting the everyday lives of Latinos, African-Americans, members of the LGBT community or Jewish Americans because of coordinated letter-writing campaigns from right-wing organizations. If you think this kind of bigotry [...]
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My Take: Is ‘All-American Muslim’ begetting all-American bigotry? – CNN Belief Blog – CNN.com Blogs
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on December 13, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/12/13/my-take-is-all-american-muslim-begetting-all-american-bigotry-cnn-belief-blog-cnn-com-blogs/
Rehire the coach who cursed at his players – CNN.com
Editor’s note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named journalist of the year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and is a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for commentary. He is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com and the 2009 winner of the Gay [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on October 29, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/10/29/rehire-the-coach-who-cursed-at-his-players-cnn-com/
What the Assad regime does not understand!
By Tariq Alhomayed In the midst of the [international] engrossment with the killing of Muammar Qaddafi, the Assad regime timidly announced that it might accept the Arab League initiative, but that it rejects Qatar chairing the committee [to monitor Syria’s adherence to this]. Important news, but not because of the Assad regime’s agreement, but because [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on October 23, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/10/23/what-the-assad-regime-does-not-understand/
Greece prepares to default within the euro – the worst of all possible worlds – Telegraph Blogs
Ever since the bailout was agreed, this blog has been predicting a Greek default. Despite perfunctory official denials, almost no one now seriously expects the Greek government to honour its obligations. What’s more, it’ll be a proper, château-bottled default: not a deferral of interest, but a straightforward repudiation of liabilities. I’ve also been predicting that [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on September 25, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/09/25/greece-prepares-to-default-within-the-euro-%e2%80%93-the-worst-of-all-possible-worlds-%e2%80%93-telegraph-blogs/
It’s the occupation, stupid – Al Jazeera English
It’s the show that time and the world forgot. It’s called the Occupation and it’s now in its 45th year. Playing on a landscape about the size of Delaware, it remains largely hidden from view, while Middle Eastern headlines from elsewhere seize the day. Diplomats shuttle back and forth from Washington and Brussels to Middle [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on September 25, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/09/25/its-the-occupation-stupid-al-jazeera-english/
Palestine & UN: History of a double standard – Al Jazeera English
Failure to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Israel’s 40-year occupation, in the words of UN former Secretary General Kofi Annan, would “continue to hurt the reputation of the United Nations and raise questions about its impartiality”. No cause has consumed as much UN paper work as the plight of the displaced and occupied Palestinians. But [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on September 25, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/09/25/palestine-un-history-of-a-double-standard-al-jazeera-english/
The reluctant war president – Alexander Burns and Carrie Budoff Brown – POLITICO.com
By ALEXANDER BURNS & CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 8/23/11 4:30 AM EDT Once again, there will be no flight suit photo op or “Mission Accomplished” banner for Barack Obama. The ouster of Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi represents yet another military victory for a president long cast as a gun-shy liberal uncomfortable with the use of [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on August 23, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/08/23/the-reluctant-war-president-alexander-burns-and-carrie-budoff-brown-politico-com/
On Libya Revolution, GOP candidates duck and cover – Alexander Burns – POLITICO.com
By ALEXANDER BURNS | 8/22/11 6:39 PM EDT It’s the 2012 Republican field’s first real moment in the foreign policy spotlight — the dilemma over how to respond to the apparent success of President Barack Obama’s intervention in Libya. So far, the strategy for nearly all the candidates is: don’t. For the most part, the [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on August 23, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/08/23/on-libya-revolution-gop-candidates-duck-and-cover-alexander-burns-politico-com/
How the US media marginalises dissent – Al Jazeera English
“Over the past few weeks, Washington has seemed dysfunctional,” conservative columnist David Brooks opined recently in The New York Times. “Public disgust [about the debt ceiling crisis] has risen to epic levels. Yet through all this, serious people – Barack Obama, John Boehner, the members of the Gang of Six – have soldiered on.” Here’s [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on August 5, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/08/05/how-the-us-media-marginalises-dissent-al-jazeera-english/
Zakaria: In defense of the Iraq drawdown – Global Public Square – CNN.com Blogs
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN Critics of the U.S. drawdown in Iraq claim that we are foregoing hard-won gains – years of blood, toil and tears – by getting out now. This is what Liz Cheney said on Fox the other day. I disagree. Let’s review the gains of the Iraq War: You have an Iraq [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on December 15, 2011
http://evantrowbridge.com/2011/12/15/zakaria-in-defense-of-the-iraq-drawdown-global-public-square-cnn-com-blogs/