http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=12&catid=298News Feed for - US-political-columnistshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96175539&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-21T19:24:00Barack Obama's irresistible, or at least unresisted, propensity for self-aggrandizement bubbled up yet again during his recent trip to the Far East when he proclaimed himself "America's first Pacific MSNBC Newsweekhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96219143&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-22T23:22:00Tags: Ana Marie Cox, Read Sarah Palinā??s, well-written AT last the American Right and Left have one issue they unequivocally agree on: You donā??t actually have to read Sarah Palinā??s book to have an Deccan Chroniclehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96138738&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-21T04:31:00What city contributed most to the making of the modern world? The Paris of the Enlightenment and then of Napoleon, pioneer of mass armies and nationalist statism? London, seat of parliamentary democracy Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96219154&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-22T07:51:00Barack Obama, who once had his own electric book tour testing the waters for a campaign, could learn a thing or three from Sarah Palin.New York Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96146190&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-21T19:31:00IN MAKING a fool of President Obama, Big Pharma has turned itself into a poison pill of health care reform. In the summer, the drug companies offered $8 billion a year over 10 years in drug cost cuts, Boston Globehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96130559&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-22T11:19:00WASHINGTON The day after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) gave its qualified blessing to the version of health reform produced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Quinnipiac University poll Waterbury Republican Americanhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96150317&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-22T08:21:00What? Another Sarah Palin piece. A lot of people say they're tired of hearing about her. They think the media pay too much attention to Sarah Palin. Forget that. I think we need to pay more attention Hutchinson Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95866247&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-18T16:16:00The famous rowhouse on C Street SE where disgraced South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford sought counseling after his affair -- as did Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) after his affair -- has begun paying D.C. real Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95764605&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-17T02:34:00Jonah Goldberg Prosecuting suspected 9/11 terrorists in civilian court -- as and Atty Gen. Eric J. Holder Jr. plan to do -- is wrong on several levels. By Jonah Goldberg November 16, 2009 6:16 p.m. Text Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96169068&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-21T17:11:00Palin Quote Of The Day The New Republic Cohn: Designing One of the Most Crucial Aspects of Reform Assistant Editor November 21, 2009 12:05 pm Related Articles More From this Author The Sports Gets Mad, The New Republic Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96165115&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-21T15:45:00By announcing that her shows 25th season will be her last, Oprah Winfrey provided a useful tip in navigating life: Quit while youre ahead. Member ID orE-Mail Address: Password: Remember me on this computer.New York Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96162597&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-21T15:08:00NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) - A homeless man who began shouting at New Yorkers in 1985 said that Oprah Winfrey was the inspiration behind his decision to call it quits in early 2010. "I've had a good Huffington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95689021&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-16T06:50:00In a Nov. 4 speech to a conference of exporters here, Locke said, 'The United States often makes it too difficult for foreign company executives to enter here to do business -- a shortcoming that has Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96138744&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-21T04:31:00JIM LEHRER: Now: the analysis of Shields and Gerson, syndicated columnist Mark Shields, 'Washington Post' columnist Michael Gerson. David Brooks is off tonight. Mark, are there going to be 60 votes tomorrow PBShttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96094060&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T19:08:00I was pretty shocked by this new poll that found that 52 percent of Republican voters think ACORN stole the 2008 presidential election for Obama. I wanted to get some perspective, though, so I looked The New Republic Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96094036&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T19:08:00Holbrooke in that WashPost on Obama's 'reset' with Karzai that Jason ? Note this: 'We've been treating Karzai like [Slobodan] Milosevic,' a senior official said, referring to the former Bosnian Serb leader The New Republic Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96093995&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T19:07:00McCain promises, Obama told his staff, if he wins, hes not going to do anything about it. At the time it struck me as perhaps a bit unfair--McCain had demonstrated what seemed to be genuine understanding The New Republic Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95827957&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T19:07:00By Sarah PalinThe resentments of Sarah Palin. Palin puts the 'party' back in GOP.Palin's former foes offer battle-worn advice. The right-wing love affair with Sarah Palin, explained. Intellectual rigor. The New Republic Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96087972&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T16:19:00TNRā??s Seyward Darby, who indexed Going Rogue for us earlier this week, is going to be talking Sarah Palin with Brian Lehrer this morning at 11:40. Itā??s 93.9 on the dial if you live in New York. If The New Republic Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96087870&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T16:17:00It's all over the news today that Oprah Winfrey will end her syndicated talk show in 2011, after 25 seasons. No need for women--or the book publishing industry--to panic. The assumption is that Oprah The New Republic Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96087825&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T16:17:00As Obama ratchets up the rhetoric against a dithering (heh) Iran, an opposition leader offers this advice: The international spokesman for Iran's main opposition movement called for President Barack Obama The New Republic Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96082379&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T15:36:00(White House/Pete Souza) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will win his motion to proceed on a health-care reform package that should shave $127 billion off the federal budget deficit over the next decade American Prospecthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96082320&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T15:35:00Year after year, Republicans try to pass legislation that would limit medical malpractice awards. Fix the tort system, they argue, and we fix rising health-care costs. And year after year, Democrats resist American Prospecthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96057112&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-20T04:57:00Arianna Huffington went on MSNBC's Countdown to discuss a new report from the Anti-Defamation League on anti-government rage, that calls Glenn Beck the "Fearmonger-in-Chief." The...Huffington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96029871&Channel_ID=12&Category_ID=2982009-11-19T23:10:00Going Rogue,' grouping the event in with Lieberman's threat to filibuster the health care bill if it includes a public option, announcement that he would campaign for Republican candidates in 2010, and The New Republic Online