How to Outsmart China (James Holmes) from Foreign Policy Magazine
"In its naval clash with Beijing, Manila seems to be taking its cues from a third-century Roman dictator."
Neocons v. Islamophobes (Jordan Michael Smith) from Salon
"There's an ongoing war for the future of Republican foreign."
Roll Out the Oil Revenue Weapon (Cliff Kupchan & Greg Priddy) from the New York Times
"The West can turn its new leverage over Iranian oil revenue into a potent tool of diplomacy."
American Decline a Mirage in a World That’s Rising (Ezra Klein) from Bloomberg News Service
"...it seems that some Americans would prefer to be the only superpower in hell than the foremost member of a more prosperous Group of 20 in heaven."
Did a WikiLeaks Document Doom Iranian ‘Mossad Agent’? from the Times of Israel [in English]
"Leaked diplomatic cable apparently pointed to Majid Fashi, who was hanged in Tehran on Tuesday for allegedly killing a nuclear scientist."
Nuns on the Frontier (Anne Butler) from the New York Times
"The tension between nuns and the Catholic Church’s male hierarchy has roots in the 19th century."
Gay Librarian, Rejects Shorter University Christian 'Lifestyle Statement' from the Huffington Post
"According to Inside Higher Ed, over 50 faculty and staff resigned even before the new contracts were out. According to an anonymous survey, only 12 percent plan to stay. Amongst the clause rejecting homosexuality, adultery, premarital sex, drug use and drinking in public, the amended contract also requires all faculty to actively engage in a local church."
U.S. Politicians Eye Europe Warily As Austerity Fatigue Ousts Governments from the Huffington Post
"Bernanke demurred, declining to get into the politics, but other senators in the room answered the question: Voters, they warned, will punish incumbents for the pain of austerity. ... American elites are fond of describing the nation they represent as exceptional. But the language of reelection is universal -- and bipartisan. "Off with their heads," said Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) when asked about the message European voters were sending."
Partisan Discord at Obama Budget Meeting: GOP Faces Uphill Debt Battle (Patricia Murphy) form the Daily Beast
"Though the sandwiches Obama brought failed to create a bipartisan miracle at Wednesday’s budget meeting of congressional leaders, the Democrats are happy—they’re in the driver’s seat for this year’s debt showdown, reports Patricia Murphy."
Believing in Obama (Charles Blow) form the New York Times
"You gotta have faith. Democrats have it. Republicans don’t. That is the finding of a USA Today/Gallup poll that was released on Tuesday."
G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama from the New York Times
"A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from."
GOP Struggles to Banish Ghost of Jeremiah Wright (Greg Sargent) from the Washington Post
"The point here, as evidenced by Romney’s repudiation today of the GOP plan to revive Wright, is that leading Republicans know it’s not acceptable to play the race card as overtly as this. As Adam Serwer notes today, it’s basically as crass an exercise in race-baiting as portraying Obama as the “type of black man they cross the street to avoid,” and Republican leaders know this is a nonstarter, morally and politically."
How The Jeremiah Wright Trial Balloon Crashed And Burned from Talking Points Memo
"Some Republicans still believe that if John McCain had wielded the incendiary Rev. Jeremiah Wright against Barack Obama in 2008, he might have been elected president. But a fierce backlash Thursday after the New York Times revealed a GOP super PAC was revisiting the possibility of using Wright in anti-Obama ads may have been the final nail in the coffin for that line of attack."
Democrats’ Odds of Retaining Senate Improve (Nate Silver) from the New York Times
"When we last took an overview of Senate races in December, Republicans appeared to be slight favorites to take control from Democrats, with a net gain of four to five seats representing the most likely outcome. Since then, however, Republican fortunes have diminished somewhat because of problems with the quality of some candidates and key retirements."
On Mitt Romney’s Tea Party Masters (Michael Tomasky) from the Daily Beast
"Romney can’t possibly want to tie himself to the wildly unpopular House GOP and the Tea Party activists who set its agenda. The question is: Does he have a choice?"
Mitt Romney Campaign Tries to Prevent Reporters from Asking Questions (Jed Lewison) from Daily Kos
"If Mitt Romney really thought talking about his record as CEO of Bain Capital was a pure positive, wouldn't he be eager to answer questions from reporters? Instead he's not only dodging their questions, his campaign is actually trying to prevent them from asking the questions in the first place:"
As I have noted elsewhere, this is the modus operandi for the GOP generally. Don't take questions from the mainstream media. Period.
Vintage Photo: San Francisco in Ruins, Circa May 28th, 1906 from Americablog
"An amazing photo of San Francisco following the great earthquake of 1906. At first, it looks like simply a beautiful panorama of a great city. Then you zoom in on any part of the photo you want and realize that the resolution is so good you're starting to see buildings torn in half, and entire lots razed to the ground."
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