I was listening to Howard Dean on Countdown with Keith Olbermann the other night and he said something that not only got me thinking, but took my heart and mind back to the night of Obama’s election. While discussing the fight for health care reform, and why opponents of reform seemed to be more galvanized [...]

Edward Kennedy’s passing is still dominating the news and we should all take some time to learn about and from one of America’s most effective legislators ever. Today we have also included some foreign policy goodies, what turned into a rant on Harry Reid and a great op-ed from Bill Bradley on health care reform.

Enough is Enough, Harry
By Sherman Frederick, The Las Vegas Review Journal
Generally I will avoid dabbling in politics at all costs and instead focus on policy. This is an instance in where I will stray from that a little. I’m fed up with the Senate being a black hole and having a reputation of being where [...]

Teddy’s Idealism
by Adam Clymer, The Daily Beast
While Ted Kennedy will mostly be remembered for his work on domestic issues, particularly health care, the self-described cause of his life, his contributions to human rights around the globe are unmatched. Senator Kennedy’s often overlooked work on foreign policy has been mentioned a few times in the past [...]

Enough is Enough
By James Zogby, The Huffington Post
For any of you that have travelled abroad, you know quite well that your passport is your most prized possession. There’s really nothing that expedites the border control and customs process like an American passport. Yet Israel has decided for one reason or another that not all passports [...]

Nuclear September
Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy
A handful of articles have been written over the past few days indicating the importance Iran and Afghanistan will have for Barack Obama’s legacy. Some have even gone so far as to say that Afghanistan will be his Vietnam. Given all the focus Afghanistan has received over it’s recent election, now [...]

Tax Reform’s Lesson for Health Care Reform
By Bill Bradley, The New York Times
Bill Bradley is brilliant. Democrats want universal health coverage. Republicans want malpractice tort reform. Why not combine them so everyone is happy and the end result is a comprehensive bipartisan bill? It makes sense. An estimated 10 cents of every health care dollar [...]

1) Till Debt Does Its Part
By Paul Krugman, The New York Times
While deficit spending may be doing wonders in the short-term for getting the economy moving again, we’re mortgaging our future. Over the next decade, we will add an additional nine trillion dollars to the deficit. Paul Krugman explains why this is a really big [...]

The lessons of Katrina: Global warming “adaptation” is a cruel euphemism — and prevention is far, far cheaper
The Storm of the Century (so far)
Climate Progress
Today is the fourth anniversary of Katrina’s path of destruction through New Orleans. Climate Progress does a fantastic job of explaining what we need to take out of this disaster [...]