McClatchy is running a story this morning asserting that the recent terrorism attempt is going to raise some further obstacles to closing Guantanamo: Likely casualty...
Most, if not all, of us here are familiar with the argument some terrorists give in defence of their attacks upon the West. It's...
Thanks to a discussion on NPR yesterday, I became aware of a little provision in tax law that in the age of the wealthy...

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Ashura 1388 - December 27, 2009, begins over 1,300 years ago. During the three year reign of Yazid I (680-683 CE) of the Ummayad...
My very first effort at writing here on PlanetPOV was about this subject, one that I believe to be of vital importance to the...
In a breathless display of hypocrisy and hyperbole Jacob Heilbrunn is drumming up the latest attempt by Al Qaeda as all Obama's fault.  The...
From Talking Points Memo: Specter: Republicans Plotted Early To Stop Bipartisanship, Beat Obama In 2012 During his appearance yesterday on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)...
From Think Progress: Gingrich: Republicans ‘Will Run On An Absolute Pledge To Repeal This Bill’ Yesterday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refused to acknowledge that Republicans...
The outcome of the 2010 midterms will be a referendum on the current health care reform legislation. The economy is showing signs of making...
Although I no longer comment over at that other place,  I occasionally do a fly by (no pun intended) for a look-see.  On my...