Daily News Digest: Op/Ed

Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Tuesday, November 15, 2005 09:00 PM PST Today's Op/Ed: Govern 'Net globally Yard by yard in Iraq Rep. John Conyers: Chalabi, Syria, and Iran: Cambodia Redux? GOP BIG RIPS PARTY IN N.Y. Stampede Dictionary of Republicanisms AP Editorial Roundup IT'S THE VALUES, VOTERS IT'S THE SKEPTICISM, STUPID WILD HITS ON JORDAN DANNY OCEAN DEFENDS THE RATHER NETWORK GOD AND MAN IN THE DARK ANXIOUS WORKING CLASS IS LARGELY OVERLOOKED BY CONGRESS 'GIRLCOTT' TELLS AN UNEXPECTED TALE IN VARIOUS SHADES OF GRAY TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT COVERS ONLY SOME OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT ISSUES WE'RE ALL VICTIMS RECKLESS PARKING DIRTY OLD MEN GALLIC DISRUPTIONS BLOOMY'S BROKEN PROMISE Govern 'Net globally Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:59 am PST USATODAY.com - The Internet is a worldwide resource, and governance needs to be international. Today, the United States oversees the Internet because of historic reasons. Internet governance is one of the key issues to be discussed at the U.N. World Summit on the Information Society, which starts Wednesday in Tunisia, and debate will be contentious. Full Story Top Yard by yard in Iraq Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:00 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - Far from Iraq, in a Boston suburb over the weekend, a hometown football team pulled off a remarkable upset that sent fans running onto the field at game's end. Down by 20 points at half-time, Belmont High recovered to win - chalking up another victory this season after a miserable two-year losing streak. Full Story Top Rep. John Conyers: Chalabi, Syria, and Iran: Cambodia Redux? Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:00 pm PST HuffingtonPost.com - Those of us who are old enough to remember Vietnam recall that in 1970, the buzzword of the day was “de-escalation.” President Nixon and Republican Members of Congress, wary of the political toll taken by the war, began public discussions of a way out. Their proposed solution was a move to turn over the conflict to the Vietnamese, “Vietnamization,” as it was called. Full Story Top GOP BIG RIPS PARTY IN N.Y. Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:00 am PST New York Post - A LEADING national Republican, citing sweeping losses in last Tuesday’s elections, has declared the New York GOP a disaster area and says she’ll close her enormous checkbook to the party next year. Full Story Top Stampede Mon, 14 Nov 2005 09:01 am PST The Weekly Standard - ALMOST EXACTLY one year ago, President Bush was reelected with more votes than had ever been cast for a presidential candidate, breaking Ronald Reagan's 1984 record. Not only did Bush sweep to victory by a three million vote margin, the Republicans increased their majorities in both the House and the Senate, the first time this trifecta had been accomplished since the Lyndon Johnson landslide of 1964. Full Story Top Dictionary of Republicanisms Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:20 am PST The Nation - The Nation -- We did it! With the support of thenation. Full Story Top AP Editorial Roundup Wed, 09 Nov 2005 10:28 am PST AP - Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: Full Story Top IT'S THE VALUES, VOTERS Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:12 pm PST Maggie Gallagher - Just a year ago, Democrats were pulling out their hair. As the Pew poll reported in its most recent "political typology" analysis, "Coming out of the 2004 elections, the American political landscape decidedly favored the Republican Party." Full Story Top IT'S THE SKEPTICISM, STUPID Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:12 pm PST Ted Rall - How the Media Can Restore Credibility Full Story Top WILD HITS ON JORDAN Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:12 pm PST William F. Buckley - Not everyone has come up with a formula for ending U. Full Story Top DANNY OCEAN DEFENDS THE RATHER NETWORK Wed, 09 Nov 2005 05:11 pm PST Ann Coulter - The most cosseted, self-indulgent, worthless people in the universe are worried their suffering has been downgraded. Full Story Top GOD AND MAN IN THE DARK Mon, 14 Nov 2005 01:05 pm PST Richard Reeves - HOBOKEN, N.J. -- I spent hours in a sealed dark room here last Thursday. It gives you time to think and talk about such things as God and science, politics and war. Full Story Top ANXIOUS WORKING CLASS IS LARGELY OVERLOOKED BY CONGRESS Sat, 12 Nov 2005 05:12 pm PST Cynthia Tucker - Reeling from last week's off-year elections, Republicans are binding their wounds and analyzing their defeats, hoping to recover by next year when congressional seats are in play. Even Virginia, usually a GOP stronghold, picked Democrats for several key posts. For their part, jubilant Democrats think it's a political D-Day: They're on the beach and ready to move inland. Full Story Top 'GIRLCOTT' TELLS AN UNEXPECTED TALE IN VARIOUS SHADES OF GRAY Sat, 12 Nov 2005 05:12 pm PST David Shribman - PITTSBURGH -- A remarkable story unfolded in this community this month, with implications far deeper than even the brave principals in the event realized. It was the successful "girlcott" of offensive Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirts mounted by a group of young women who showed more character, more intelligence and ultimately more ingenuity than the apparel manufacturer. Full Story Top TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT COVERS ONLY SOME OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT ISSUES Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:12 pm PST Georgia Anne Geyer - TUNIS, Tunisia -- This usually serious city at the tip of the North African coast is so alive with color this week, it looks as though it's dressed up for a wedding. Full Story Top WE'RE ALL VICTIMS Mon, 14 Nov 2005 01:05 pm PST John Leo - Critics have noticed that nobody is responsible for anything anymore, since almost everyone is a victim. Here are the top 10 victim stories of 2005: Full Story Top RECKLESS PARKING Sun, 13 Nov 2005 05:33 pm PST Randy Cohen - Last week I lent a friend a car while her husband was away on a fishing trip. Coincidently, a neighbor's wife was away that week. My car was seen in the neighbor's driveway overnight, easily recognizable because of my kid's college decals plastered on it. A few people have inquired about my car's being there overnight. How do I explain without ratting out my friend? -- C.W., Atlanta Full Story Top DIRTY OLD MEN Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:11 pm PST Ted Rall - The Cynical Politics of Megan's Law Full Story Top GALLIC DISRUPTIONS Mon, 14 Nov 2005 01:07 pm PST William F. Buckley - The French turmoil is explained, by many who have trained their eyes on it, as a reaction to continued French discrimination. Full Story Top BLOOMY'S BROKEN PROMISE Tue, 15 Nov 2005 03:00 am PST New York Post - Forty-eight hours. That's how long it took for Mayor Mike to double- cross New York and call for new taxes — violating repeated promises that he would do no such thing. Full Story Top You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.