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Bob Menendez, John Cornyn, and 'News' That's Actually a Lie
Tweet Share on Facebook March 11, 2013 CommentI was just thrilled this year to finally see my beloved Buffalo Bills win the team's first-ever Super Bowl. That 70-yard pass by Ryan Fitzpatrick was something to behold—and the 99-yard run by Fred Jackson with less than a minute to go was an exciting and game-winning feat.
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Chavez's Death Can Provide New Opportunity for U.S.-Venezuelan Relations
Tweet Share on Facebook March 8, 2013 CommentHugo Chávez was an ongoing irritant to a number of American officials and other detractors. He reveled in taunting the United States, most famously by calling former President George W. Bush "the devil" at a United Nations speech, even remarking on the smell of sulphur in the room during Bush's visit there. He moved to consolidate his own power as president of Venezuela (not always successfully) and was rightly cited by Human Rights Watch for his "open disregard for basic human rights guarantees." But the full picture of Chávez, who died this week, is more nuanced. And the demonization of Chávez as some sort of baby Castro is not only off the mark, but reflective of far broader and deeper troubles between the United States and Latin America.
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Dow’s Record Day Raises Questions
Tweet Share on Facebook March 6, 2013 CommentA remarkable thing happened while Congress continues to bicker over the budget and unemployment remains stubbornly high: Wall Street had its best day ever.
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NFL Should Worry About Fake Girlfriends, Not Gay Players
Tweet Share on Facebook March 5, 2013 CommentI can think of a bunch of questions a professional football scout or coach might ask a potential player. Do you take illegal drugs, maybe? Do we need to worry about you carrying an (illegally) concealed gun, then accidentally shooting yourself with it? Are you going to torture dogs on your days off? Do you have an issue with domestic violence? Are you willing to let us toss you onto a field, have huge men pummel you, and possibly give you a concussion that could lead to brain damage later on?
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What Washington Could Learn From Groupon’s Andrew Mason
Tweet Share on Facebook March 4, 2013 CommentWith all the double-talk being bandied about Washington these days, how refreshing to hear a little honesty, especially the somewhat self-deprecating kind.
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No One Cares if Bob Woodward Felt Threatened by the White House
Tweet Share on Facebook March 1, 2013 CommentFor those outside Washington who wonder why power-brokers in this city have trouble getting their priorities straight, look no further than the absurd controversy over a run-of-the-mill, reporter-source disagreement between veteran journalist Bob Woodward and veteran public servant Gene Sperling.
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In Defense of Yahoo! and Marissa Mayer's Telecommuting Ban
Tweet Share on Facebook February 28, 2013 CommentYahoo!'s recent edict banning telecommuting for employees has become a minor scandal, largely because to many, it seems an incongruous move for an Internet company. A fussy law firm seems like the kind of place that would insist its workers do their jobs on-site. Yahoo! sounds like the kind of place that would not only encourage telecommuting, but be working on software that would allow people's avatars to do their grunt work while the real people go out and find new financing. Plus, the new CEO, Marissa Mayer, is the first person to be hired as a major company CEO while she was pregnant—and she came back to work two weeks after her child was born.
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Congressional Hazing of Chuck Hagel Was a Waste of Time
Tweet Share on Facebook February 27, 2013 CommentChris Dodd was a new, young senator in 1982, when C. Everett Koop was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to serve as the nation's surgeon general. A lot of liberals like then-Senator Dodd didn't like Koop, who was anti-abortion, and saw him as the embodiment of the Moral Majority conservatism they despised. Dodd, who was then in the Senate barely a year, voted against Koop's nomination. The surgeon general was approved by the Senate anyway, 60-24.
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The Invented Controversy of Michelle Obama's Oscars Appearance
Tweet Share on Facebook February 26, 2013 CommentHow desperate for a "controversy" about the Obamas does a person have to be to create one over the appearance of first lady Michelle Obama on the Oscars?
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On Gun Ownership and More, Americans Have Little Privacy
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2013 CommentSenate negotiations over gun legislation have been stalled by a seemingly insignificant item: whether records should be kept for private sales of guns. What's remarkable is not that Congress is tussling at all over something as sensible as simple background checks for gun buyers, something supported by a wide majority of Americans, including gun owners. It's that people seem unaware that so much of their private life is already public and often, published.
Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan is a political and foreign affairs writer and contributed to a biography of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, "Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy."
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