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NOVEMBER 19, 2009, 3:00 pm
By Judith Warner -- The New York Times.
“Has Congress become like an episode of ‘Mad Men’?” California Congresswoman Linda Sanchez asked this week, after the House of Representatives approved a version of health care reform that contained what some pro-choice advocates are calling the toughest restrictions on women’s access to abortion since the Roe v. Wade decision.Read more »
NOVEMBER 19, 2009, 2:58 pm
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN -- The New York Times.
If you follow the debate around the energy/climate bills working through Congress you will notice that the drill-baby-drill opponents of this legislation are now making two claims. One is that the globe has been cooling lately, not warming, and the other is that America simply can’t afford any kind of cap-and-trade/carbon tax.Read more »
NOVEMBER 13, 2009, 2:44 pm
Barbra's 63rd album, "Love Is The Answer" has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), just months after debuting at #1 on the Billboard Charts. This brings the number of gold albums awarded to Barbra to 51. Additionally, Barbra is the recipient of 30 platinum albums and 13 multi-platinum albums.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2009, 2:15 pm
"By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF -- New York Times"
President Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan.
These two choices have something in common — each has a bill of around $100 billion per year. So one question is whether we’re better off spending that money blowing up things in Helmand Province or building up things in America.Read more »
NOVEMBER 12, 2009, 3:08 pm
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN -- The New York Times.
Tapajós National Forest, BrazilRead more »
NOVEMBER 11, 2009, 6:01 pm
A new truth alert has been posted here:
http://www.barbrastreisand.com/us/truth-alert/setting-matter-straight
NOVEMBER 11, 2009, 5:58 pm
There are some quotes that are so erroneous and so offensive that they have to be stopped in their tracks.
A 1963 article by Pete Hamill in the Saturday Evening Post stated: "'To Barbra,' one friend says, 'Brooklyn meant baseball, boredom and bad breath.'" That conclusion couldn't have been further from the truth. But a book published subsequently actually attributes that offensive phrase to Barbra Streisand herself, either carelessly or intentionally twisting Hamill's report.Read more »
NOVEMBER 11, 2009, 3:27 pm
By Bob Herbert -- The New York Times.
If I were a close adviser of President Obama’s, I would say to him, “Mr. President, you have two urgent and overwhelming tasks in front of you: to put Americans trapped in this terrible employment crisis back to work and to put the brakes on your potentially disastrous plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan.”Read more »
NOVEMBER 11, 2009, 3:26 pm
Editorial -- The New York Times.
When the House narrowly passed the health care reform bill on Saturday night, it came with a steep price for women’s reproductive rights. Under pressure from anti-abortion Democrats and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, lawmakers added language that would prevent millions of Americans from buying insurance that covers abortions — even if they use their own money.Read more »
NOVEMBER 11, 2009, 3:23 pm
From The Progress Report.Read more »
NOVEMBER 10, 2009, 4:02 pm
On Monday, November 16, Barbra Streisand calls The Doctors to discuss her passionate crusade to support heart health awareness for women, a cause which led her to create and endow the Barbra Streisand Women’s Cardio Vascular Research and Education Program at Cedars Sinai Medical Center.Read more »
