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lakenewsonline.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more.Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:46:39 +0000Dana Milbank: Immigration activists are hungry for reform
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131210/NEWS/131219930/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:47:35 +0000
By Dana Milbank
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131210/NEWS/131219930/0/obituaries As immigration activists ended a fourth week of fasting on the Mall, they were buoyed by a promise from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to visit their encampment Monday.
But minutes before Reid’s scheduled appearance at the Fast for Families tents a few blocks from the Capitol, the action’s organizers told reporters and photographers that they had just received a call from Reid’s office canceling his visit. The office blamed the icy [...]]]>Eugene Robinson: Nelson Mandela, the conscience of the world
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131206/NEWS/131209132/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:52:56 +0000
By Eugene Robinson
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131206/NEWS/131209132/0/obituaries His smile was like sunshine, but Nelson Mandela was made of steel. It was his strength of character, repeatedly tested throughout his long and impossibly full life, that made him one of the towering political figures of our time.
“Our nation has lost its greatest son,” South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday as he announced Mandela’s death at age 95. Zuma was being modest. Mandela belonged to the world.
As [...]]]>Dana Milbank: Is ALEC losing its grip?
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131205/NEWS/131209401/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:23:58 +0000
By Dana Milbank
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131205/NEWS/131209401/0/obituaries It was like going into the belly of the beast.
This week in Washington is the annual “policy summit” of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a powerful, secretive organization funded by the Koch brothers and other corporate interests that is famous for drafting conservative legislation that Republican state legislatures adopt down to the last semicolon. And the news media were invited to attend!
I descended the [...]]]>Kathleen Parker: The GOP’s toxic messaging
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131204/NEWS/131209476/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:59:57 +0000
By Kathleen Parker
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131204/NEWS/131209476/0/obituaries As the government health care website chugs along, the Obama administration has initiated a counter-initiative to combat Republican naysaying -- and its weapons are of superior grade.
The bunker buster is positive messaging and a return to hope and change. For Republicans, it’s whatever the opposite is. Despair and stagnation? Gloating and gloom?
“Obamacare” may be fraught with potentially lethal problems, including [...]]]>Eugene Robinson: Drones are the morally questionable go-to weapon
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131203/NEWS/131209709/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:40:56 +0000
By Eugene Robinson
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131203/NEWS/131209709/0/obituaries U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries may be militarily effective, but they are killing innocent civilians in a way that is obscene and immoral. I’m afraid that ignoring this ugly fact makes Americans complicit in murder.
It is understandable why President Obama has made drone attacks his go-to weapon in the fight against terrorists and the Taliban. Armed, pilotless aircraft allow the CIA and the military to target individuals [...]]]>E.J. Dionne: The heart of Pope Francis’ mission
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131202/NEWS/131209896/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Mon, 02 Dec 2013 11:17:45 +0000
By E.J. Dionne
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131202/NEWS/131209896/0/obituaries Christianity has often been used over the centuries to prop up the powerful. But from the beginning, the Christian message has been subversive of political systems, judgmental toward those at the top, and demanding of all who take it seriously.
Pope Francis has surprised the world because he embraces the Christian calling to destabilize and to challenge. As the first leader of the Catholic Church from the Southern Hemisphere, he is especially mindful of the [...]]]>Esther Cepeda: Giving thanks, the ‘nones’ way
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131128/NEWS/131129166/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Thu, 28 Nov 2013 01:01:00 +0000
By Esther Cepeda
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131128/NEWS/131129166/0/obituaries Early 20th-century American author Wallace Wattles was fond of saying that “the exercise of gratitude will never fail to strengthen your faith and renew your purpose.”
Just because some people thought the man who wrote the 1910 self-help book “The Science of Getting Rich” was something of a spiritual charlatan doesn’t mean that his take on giving thanks is any less true or relevant today.
However, at a [...]]]>Dana Milbank: The GOP’s mindless opposition
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131127/NEWS/131129164/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Wed, 27 Nov 2013 01:01:00 +0000
By Dana Milbank
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131127/NEWS/131129164/0/obituaries Republicans are opposed to President Obama’s deal with the Iranians -- whatever it is.
A couple of minutes after 9 p.m. on Saturday, word crossed the news wires that negotiators in Geneva had reached an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Then, at 9:08 p.m. -- before any details of the pact were known -- Ari Fleischer delivered his opinion on the agreement, via Twitter.
“The Iran deal and our allies: You can’t spell [...]]]>Eugene Robinson: The benefits of a nuclear deal with Iran
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129250/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:48:21 +0000
By Eugene Robinson
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131126/NEWS/131129250/0/obituaries The U.S.-led deal to freeze Iran’s nuclear program is a great accomplishment on many levels. Begin with the most basic: What if the talks in Geneva had failed?
If Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had gone home empty-handed, we would likely be drifting toward war. Iran’s uranium-enrichment centrifuges would continue whirling until it became unambiguously clear that the nation, if it chose, could make a [...]]]>E.J. Dionne: A nuclear end to denial
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131125/NEWS/131129383/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:38:46 +0000
By E.J. Dionne
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131125/NEWS/131129383/0/obituaries Those who lament the Senate Democrats’ vote to end filibusters for presidential nominations say the move will escalate partisan warfare and destroy what comity is left in Congress. Some also charge hypocrisy, since Democrats once opposed the very step they took last week.
In fact, seeing the world as it is rather than pining for a world that no longer exists is a precondition for reducing polarization down the road. With their dramatic decision, Senate [...]]]>Charles Krauthmmer: ‘Sucker’s deal’
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131122/NEWS/131129633/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:32:48 +0000
By Charles Krauthammer
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131122/NEWS/131129633/0/obituaries A president desperate to change the subject and a secretary of state desperate to make a name for himself are reportedly on the verge of an “interim” nuclear agreement with Iran. France called it a “sucker’s deal.” France was being charitable.
The only reason Iran has come to the table after a decade of contemptuous stonewalling is that economic sanctions have cut so deeply -- Iran’s currency has collapsed, inflation is [...]]]>Matthew T. Mangino: JFK: What could have been
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131122/NEWS/131129801/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:01:00 +0000By Matthew T. Mangino
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131122/NEWS/131129801/0/obituariesThe murder of President John F. Kennedy continues to fascinate and disturb people around the globe. The killing has been investigated and analyzed, reviewed and written about, videotaped and dramatized, and is unequivocally the most talked about criminal event in the last 100 years. Although Kennedy's death is seared into the American psyche, there is so much more to the man than his demise. The image of [...]]]>E.J. Dionne: 11/22/63: What we lost
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131121/NEWS/131129767/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:19:34 +0000
Whenever we reflect on the horror of Nov. 22, 1963, we mourn not only the murder of a graceful and inspiring leader but†also†a steady ebbing in the years thereafter of our faith in what we could achieve through public life and common endeavor.
It tells us a great deal about the meaning of†John F. Kennedy in our history that liberals and conservatives alike are so eager to pronounce him as one of their own.
[...]]]>Kathleen Parker: One of a kind-ness
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131120/NEWS/131129861/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:24:59 +0000
By Kathleen Parker
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131120/NEWS/131129861/0/obituaries Meet Simile and Sui Generis.
Simile, to refresh memories, is a favorite rhetorical device of writers that compares two essentially unlike things that nonetheless have similar characteristics: The quarterback was like a locomotive.
Sui generis, the Latin phrase meaning unique or one of a kind, is a helpful restraint upon the former. Some things, even if they share certain characteristics, shouldn’t be compared. Sui generis is the [...]]]>Peter Costa: Remembering JFK
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131118888/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:15:26 +0000By Peter Costa
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131118888/0/obituariesIt was an era whose greatest products were the millions of truckloads of cement as the administration chose to build infrastructure with its national highway program. It was a time when what was good for General Motors was good for America. A majority of women seemed happy to work in their chromium kitchens, raise the children and be the motivating force behind the successful man. [...]]]>Eugene Robinson: Sisters asunder
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131118907/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:05:48 +0000
By Eugene Robinson
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131119/NEWS/131118907/0/obituaries Looks like the holidays are going to be, shall we say, a bit awkward for the Cheney family.
Actually, more than a bit. A feud between the former vice president’s daughters emerged into public view when Liz Cheney, who is trying to win a Senate seat from Wyoming by pandering to the far-right Republican base, went on “Fox News Sunday” and declared her opposition to gay marriage.
She said the question should be left up [...]]]>Dana Milbank: Could be a game-changer
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131118/NEWS/131118994/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:34:14 +0000
By Dana Milbank
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131118/NEWS/131118994/0/obituaries His signature initiative is on the ropes -- Down in the count! Fourth and long! -- but President Obama remains strangely sportsmanlike.
“We fumbled the rollout on this health care law,” he admitted at Thursday afternoon’s news conference. “I am very frustrated, but I’m also somebody who, if I fumbled the ball, you know, I’m going to wait until I get the next play and then I’m going to try to run as hard as I can [...]]]>E.J. Dionne: Obama needs his friends back
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131114/NEWS/131119418/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 11:20:53 +0000
By E.J. Dionne
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131114/NEWS/131119418/0/obituaries President Obama is furiously fending off those “winter of discontent” stories, and it’s not even winter yet.
The news about the health care law that is supposed to be his greatest achievement is almost uniformly downbeat. The public is unhappy with national politicians of all kinds. And then there are the polls, a currency that the political world -- despite ritualistic denials -- values more than any other.
On [...]]]>Kathleen Parker: Obamacare’s gift to the GOP
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131113/NEWS/131119556/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Wed, 13 Nov 2013 11:58:48 +0000
By Kathleen Parker
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131113/NEWS/131119556/0/obituaries In spite of everything -- the GOP’s internal scrimmages, the government shutdown, the party’s transparent attempts to derail Obamacare -- Republicans keep getting second chances.
The question is, can they handle prosperity? Do they even know what to do with it?
With the myriad problems besieging Obamacare, from the non-rollout to the minuscule number of enrollees in the health insurance exchanges, this is no time for [...]]]>Eugene Robinson: Our good old todays
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20131112/NEWS/131119730/0/obituaries?rssfeed=true
Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:33:55 +0000
The sour public attitude toward elected officials [...]]]>lakenewsonline.com
http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20121010/OPINION/121019960/-1/obituaries
lakenewsonline.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more.Wed, 11 Dec 2013 07:46:39 +0000