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Rep. Jane Harman to Resign: 6 Political Implications

By Torie BoschFeb 7th 2011 – 2:14PM

Congress is about to lose a longtime representative: Jane Harman, a Democrat from California. Harman, who represented an L.A.-area district from 1993 to 1999 and 2001 to the present, is apparently planning to announce her resignation on Tuesday. According to reports, she will become the president and CEO of the Woodrow...

Palin Charge of 'Blood Libel' Provokes Controversy

By Andrea StoneJan 12th 2011 – 1:05PM
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If Sarah Palin's seven-minute video blaming the media was meant to tamp down the rhetoric in the aftermath of the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, she may have added fuel to the fire by hitting a jarringly off-note: Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a...

Opinion Roundup: 5 Biggest WikiLeaks Revelations

Nov 29th 2010 – 10:39AM

(Nov. 29) -- WikiLeaks has released 220 of the over 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables in its possession. The cables, sent between the U.S. State Department and its embassies around the world, were also released to a handful of news organizations in advance. Here are the five biggest revelations of the WikiLeaks...

Airline Pilots Urged to Boycott Body Scanners

By Paul WachterNov 9th 2010 – 9:11AM

(Nov. 9) -- The world's largest independent union of pilots, the Allied Pilots Association, is telling its members to boycott body scanners at airports due radiation exposure. Pilots and regular passengers have the option of refusing to enter the scanner, referred to as Advanced Imaging Technology scanners (AIT), and...

Juan Williams' Firing Sparks Heated Online Debate

Oct 21st 2010 – 10:29AM

(Oct. 21) -- Longtime NPR news analyst Juan Williams has been fired following remarks made about Muslims on Fox News. In a discussion about Bill O'Reilly's contentious appearance on ABC's "The View," Williams confessed to his unease about riding on airplanes with Muslims: Political correctness can lead to some kind of...

jeffrey goldberg News From the Web

  • 05/10/12 Obama courts new foreign policy crowd Source: Politico Shortly after announcing his newfound support for the legalization of gay marriage yesterday, President Barack Obama walked into an off-the-record foreign policy meeting with nine editors and columnists to discuss Afghanistan, Israel, NATO and the forthcoming G8 Summit at Camp David, sources present at the meeting tell me.
  • 05/08/12 If Obama's Rhetoric on Syria is a Joke, Why Trust Him... Source: Commentary On most issues, Jeffrey Goldberg has been a dependable cheerleader for the Obama administration.
  • 05/07/12 Obama Blasts Syria With Barrage of Adverbs: Commentary... Source: Bloomberg.com The crackdown by Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad against his own citizens counts as one of the most blood-soaked acts of political repression in the Middle East since his father and predecessor, Hafez al-Assad, waged his own onslaught against anti-regime activists three decades ago.
  • 05/03/12 Israelis Share Netanyahu's View of History Source: jewishpress.com The writer Jeffrey Goldberg is a very smart guy.

Background on jeffrey goldberg

Jeffrey Mark Goldberg (born September 1965) is an American journalist. He is an author and a staff writer for The Atlantic, having previously worked for The New Yorker.

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