International
- Syria is saying the same thing as DNI Clapper. Tragically, Anthony Shadid, foreign correspondent for the New York Times died of an apparent asthma attack in Syria yesterday.
- Pakistan is hosting a three-country summit between Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The comments, reflecting divergent interests, were interesting to say the least.
- In Spain, austerity has lead to recession. We should not be surprised.
- Scotland would like to have greater, if not total, freedom from the crown. David Cameron continues centuries old recalcitrance to the notion. Maybe it's because of oil?
Domestic
- House Republicans hosted a hearing on birth control and contraception without a single woman testifying. Though Foster Friess, speaking in MSNBC after the hearing, did manage to offend most woman in America, with an ill-advised medical directive for the use of aspirin. To paraphrase a friend of DCExile, if you start off any statement with "Back in my day," there's a good chance what follows will be seen as out of touch and offensive. Let's not forget to mention, Mr. Friess is a big-time donor for a pro-Santorum Super PAC.
- The CBO has scored the payroll tax cut legislation and come in with a figure lower than the originally thought price tag.
- A disappointing decision by Chris Christie.
- Mitt must really be struggling for cash, if Craig Romney is selling his companionship. **Editorial Note: No offense intended. I actually think this is a clever idea, and your editor knows at least a dozen women who would pay $5 to hold Craig's hand and boo at the candidates in Arizona.**
UPDATED:
- David Brooks was either struggling for a Friday column, or lived under a rock all football season to write this column about Jeremy Lin and not even mention Tebow. VIDEO BONUS: Tebow gets SNLed.
4 comments:
House Republicans hosted a hearing on birth control and contraception without a single woman testifying.
Hmm, I read the WashPost story and didn't see anything about only women testifying. Meanwhile, the NYT coverage of the same hearing notes that "The committee heard testimony from two women, both opposed to the administration policy."
My mistake. Two women did testify, but the Chair of the committee did not allow any witnesses requested by the minority to testify.
Brooks probably wasn't just under the rock for last season, but for the whole history of American professional sports, in which many (most?) participants are religious. But he's in good company, with all of the Tebow critics that managed to overlook every other player that has ever kneeled in prayer in the endzone, pointed at the sky, or thanked god in a press conference. Brooks's argument suffers from selection bias. He's making inferences based only on observations of the players that are most inclined to self-aggrandizement. I would speculate that most athletes are just pretty humble, hard working role players.
I very much agree with that. Without note, almost every NFL game ends with an inter-team gathering at the 50 yard line for a brief prayer.
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