Archive for August, 2009

Little recourse for Arab girl rejected from Israeli day-care

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

Sad:
An Arab couple whose one-year-old daughter was expelled from an Israeli day-care center on her first day are suing a Jewish mother for damages, accusing her of racist incitement against their child.
Maysa and Shuaa Zuabi, from the village of Sulam in northern Israel, launched the court action last week saying they had been “shocked and […]

Whole Foods Founder’s Plan for Health Care Reform

Friday, August 14th, 2009

John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market Inc., wrote an excellent op-ed about health care reform for the Wall Street Journal. Unlike the often over-the-top bile health care reform has attracted from conservatives, Mackey doesn’t just criticize universal health care (though it looks like the actual bill will fall far short of […]

Birthers vs. Truthers?

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

According to Real Clear Politics, fully 35 percent of Democrats believe George W. Bush had advance knowledge of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Fully 28 percent of Republicans believe Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States.Meet the fanatical third.
That is a shocking number of crazies. And people think youth are too ill-informed to vote?