“This debate is about the limits that a democratic society sets so that it does not sink to the level of those who seek to destroy it.” April 22, 2009 Chicago Tribune Editorial
New York Times Editorial: The Torturers’ Manifesto. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 18, 2009. To read the four newly released memos on prisoner interrogation written by George W. Bush’s Justice Department is to take a journey into depravity. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/opinion/19sun1.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Washington Post Editorial: Shocking the Conscience -The Bush administration made waterboarding almost routine. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, April 21, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042003165.html
Washington Post Editorial: The Accountability Question - The right way to deal with torture's legacy. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, April 24, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042303476.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - America needs to know truth on torture policy. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. April 23, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1539627,CST-EDT-edit23a.article
Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects By SCOTT SHANE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 19, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/20detain.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Report Gives New Detail on Approval of Brutal Techniques By BRIAN KNOWLTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 21, 2009. WASHINGTON — A newly declassified Congressional report released Tuesday outlined the most detailed evidence yet that the military’s use of harsh interrogation methods on terrorism suspects was approved at high levels of the Bush administration. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/22/us/politics/22report.html?th&emc=th
Defense Secretary Gates Says He Approved of Release of CIA Memos By Ann Scott Tyson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, April 23, 2009; 3:34 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042302446.html?hpid=topnews
New York Times Editorial: In the Spirit of Openness. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 22, 2009. When he was vice president, Dick Cheney never acknowledged the public’s right to know anything. Now, suddenly, he has the full disclosure bug. He told Fox News this week that President Obama’s decision to release memos written by the Bush Justice Department authorizing the abuse and torture of detainees inspired him to ask the Central Intelligence Agency to release transcripts of those interrogations. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/opinion/23thu1.html?ref=global
Waking up to torture truths By Steve Chapman. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 23, 2009. When the Russian dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote his epic, "The Gulag Archipelago," some Americans read it to measure the gulf between the brute savagery of communism and the principled standards of free, civilized nations. But apparently some Americans took it as a helpful how-to volume http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0423chapmanapr23,0,4882177.column
Where 'Those Methods' Lead By Eugene Robinson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, April 24, 2009. The many roads of inquiry into the Bush administration's abusive "interrogation techniques" all lead to one stubborn, inconvenient fact: Torture is not just immoral but also illegal. This means that once we learn the whole truth, the law will oblige us to act on it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042303717.html
Interrogations’ Effectiveness May Prove Elusive By SCOTT SHANE. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/us/politics/23detain.html?th&emc=th
Pentagon to release photos of abuse By Demetri Sevastopulo and Andrew Ward in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 23:38 | Last updated: April 24 2009 23:38 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/636805fa-311e-11de-8196-00144feabdc0.html
America's abuse of the law handed victory to terrorists By Philip Stephens. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 23 2009 17:37 | Last updated: April 23 2009 17:37. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a08ee81a-3068-11de-88e3-00144feabdc0.html
In 2002, Military Agency Warned Against 'Torture' - Extreme Duress Could Yield Unreliable Information, It Said By Peter Finn and Joby Warrick. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, April 25, 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403171.html?hpid=topnews
My Tortured Decision By ALI SOUFAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 22, 2009. FOR seven years I have remained silent about the false claims magnifying the effectiveness of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. I have spoken only in closed government hearings, as these matters were classified. But the release last week of four Justice Department memos on interrogations allows me to shed light on the story, and on some of the lessons to be learned. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/opinion/23soufan.html?ref=global
Amid Outcry on Memo, Signer's Private Regret - Friends Say Judge Wasn't Proud of Outcome By Karl Vick. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, April 25, 2009\ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042403888.html?hpid=topnews
International
N Korea to put US journalists on trial By Christian Oliver in Seoul. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 09:18 | Last updated: April 24 2009 09:18. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56d8e10a-30a7-11de-bc38-00144feabdc0.html
Japan’s first annual trade deficit in 29 years By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 22 2009 03:34 | Last updated: April 22 2009 16:43. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b60d942-2ee5-11de-b7d3-00144feabdc0.html
Indonesia’s Voters Retreat From Radical Islam By NORIMITSU ONISHI. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 24, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/world/asia/25indonesia.html?th&emc=th
German business confidence rebounds By Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 10:27 | Last updated: April 24 2009 10:27. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97b97e7a-30af-11de-bc38-00144feabdc0.html
Britain’s Debt Deepens; Its Outlook Grows Gloomier By JULIA WERDIGIER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/business/global/23pound.html?ref=global-home
Spanish jobless at record 4m By Victor Mallet in Madrid. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 09:41 | Last updated: April 24 2009 18:31. Spain’s army of unemployed swelled to a record 4m in the first quarter of this year as hundreds of thousands of workers in services and construction fell victim to economic recession and the collapse of the country’s housing market. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54cf94a6-30a9-11de-bc38-00144feabdc0.html
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Zuma’s victory. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 23 2009 19:38 | Last updated: April 23 2009 19:38. Jacob Zuma’s journey to the South African presidency has been bruising and divisive. At times, as he fought to overcome corruption charges, he has appeared ready to undermine the country’s institutions. His struggle for political ascendancy with Thabo Mbeki, the former president, split the ruling African National Congress. Yet Wednesday’s election has given him a huge popular mandate. South Africa’s next president has the opportunity to govern with magnanimity and repair the damage. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e97f436-3031-11de-88e3-00144feabdc0.html
Somali pirate arrives in NYC to face charges in hostage-taking of ship captain By VIRGINIA BYRNE. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 1:47 AM CDT, April 21, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-piracy-suspect,0,1282380.story
Hemisphere’s Leaders Signal Fresh Start With U.S. By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 19, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/americas/20prexy.html?th&emc=th
Caracas dispatches envoy to US By Benedict Mander in Port of Spain and Daniel Dombey in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 19 2009 19:04 | Last updated: April 20 2009 01:46 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ccd40d9e-2d0a-11de-8710-00144feabdc0.html
China
China reveals big rise in gold reserves By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 09:31 | Last updated: April 24 2009 15:37. China has nearly doubled its gold reserves in the last five years as it diversified its enormous foreign exchange reserves away from US dollar assets, the head of the country’s secretive foreign exchange administration said in a rare disclosure on Friday. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1d23f80c-30aa-11de-bc38-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Mess-o-potamia
Obama invites Middle East leaders to White House By Daniel Dombey in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 22 2009 01:14 | Last updated: April 22 2009 01:14. President Barack Obama stepped up his bid to encourage Middle East peace on Tuesday when he invited the leaders of Israel, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to the White House in the coming weeks. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2581e0ac-2ed1-11de-b7d3-00144feabdc0.html
Secretary of State Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq - Stresses President Obama's Commitment to Its Sovereignty, Stability By Mary Beth Sheridan. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, April 25, 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/25/AR2009042500409.html?hpid=topnews
Critic of Maliki Is Chosen to Lead Iraq’s Parliament By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 19, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/middleeast/20iraq.html?th&emc=th
80 Are Killed in 3 Suicide Bombings in Iraq By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 23, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.html?th&emc=th
At Least 75 Are Killed in Two Attacks in Iraq By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 23, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.html?ref=global-home
U.S. Questions Pakistan’s Will to Stop Taliban By CARLOTTA GALL and ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 23, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/world/asia/24pstan.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Pakistan threat forces militants to retreat By Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 13:29 | Last updated: April 24 2009 22:59 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e3604f4-30c7-11de-bc38-00144feabdc0.html
Ahmadi-Nejad intervenes in Saberi case By Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 18 2009 19:23 | Last updated: April 19 2009 15:05 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d57cc94c-2c45-11de-ae7a-00144feabdc0.html
Iran Judge Asks for Review Case of Jailed Journalist By NAZILA FATHI. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 20, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/middleeast/21iran.html?ref=global-home
National
A Bravura Opening By David S. Broder. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, April 23, 2009. As we approach the 100-day mark for the Obama administration, you will hear and see a wide variety of grades for the new president's performance. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042203090.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Wildfires Hit Myrtle Beach Area By ANAHAD O’CONNOR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 23, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/us/24blaze.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=myrtle%20beach%20fires&st=cse
Police arrest med student suspected in fatal attack on Boston hotel masseuse from Craigslist By RUSSELL CONTRERAS. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 11:04 PM CDT, April 20, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-craigslist-killer,0,2692140.story
Freddie Mac’s finance chief found dead By Tom Braithwaite in Reston, Virginia, and Saskia Scholtes and Simone Baribeau in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 22 2009 13:19 | Last updated: April 23 2009 01:02 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/183e279c-2f36-11de-b52f-00144feabdc0.html
New York Times Editorial: Horrors! A Handshake!. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 23, 2009. Republicans have been predicting the decline of American power ever since President Obama was photographed at last week’s hemispheric summit shaking the hand of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and — gasp! — smiling. Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that that act of civility would be viewed as a sign of “weakness.” Newt Gingrich, who may be honing his attack skills for a presidential run, said Mr. Obama’s behavior was bolstering “enemies of America.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/opinion/24fri2.html?th&emc=th
GOP Whacking
Republicans pushed to political margins By Edward Luce in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 20 2009 20:08 | Last updated: April 20 2009 20:08 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bfb7a960-2dd5-11de-9eba-00144feabdc0,s01=1.html
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Republicans slide into disarray. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 22 2009 17:17 | Last updated: April 22 2009 17:17. After a severe electoral defeat, any political party needs a period of resentful incapacity while the news sinks in. This is especially so of a party accustomed to success, as the US Republican party certainly was. But the hyperenergetic administration of Barack Obama is full of big transforming ideas and is moving at an extraordinary clip. The founders of the US were right: checks and balances make for better government. The country needs an effective opposition. None is in sight. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a307f86-2f54-11de-a8f6-00144feabdc0.html
New York Times Editorial: Holding Up the Housing Recovery. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 23, 2009. We welcomed President Obama’s plan, unveiled in March, to head off foreclosures and keep more Americans in their homes, but we feared that it wouldn’t be enough. We were particularly concerned that without a reform of the bankruptcy code, lenders wouldn’t do enough to voluntarily modify troubled loans. Seven weeks later, bankruptcy reform legislation is stalled in the Senate because of Republican opposition. Meanwhile, foreclosure filings — including notices of default, auctions and repossessions — rose again in the first three months of this year. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/opinion/24fri1.html?th&emc=th
Democrat Is Winner of a New York House Race By DAVID M. HALBFINGER. Copyright by The The New York Times. Published: April 24, 2009. A 39-year-old Democrat in his first run for office emerged Friday as the winner of a hotly contested Congressional race in upstate New York, dashing Republican hopes for the start of a comeback after the party’s disastrous November losses. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/nyregion/25murphy.html?th&emc=th
Chicagoland
Maggie Daley: Mayor's wife undergoes biopsy - Maggie Daley treated for metastatic breast cancer since 2002 By Deborah L. Shelton. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 23, 2009. Mayor Richard Daley's wife, Maggie, who has been treated for metastatic breast cancer since 2002, underwent a biopsy Wednesday after a routine test detected changes in a lesion, or tumor, on her spine. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-maggie-daley-cancer-23apr23,0,6686007.story
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial -Time for Todd Stroger to answer key questions. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. April 21, 2009. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1536277,CST-EDT-edit21a.article
See Chicago Tonight Carol Marin's interview: http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=42,8,1&vid=042009b
State police: background check sent months before Stroger alleged Posted by Hal Dardick. Copyright by The Chicago Tribune. April 23, 2009 10:50 a.m.; updated at 11:08 a.m. A criminal background check at the heart of a growing controversy surrounding Cook County Board President Todd Stroger was completed long before Stroger has suggested, according to the Illinois State Police. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/04/state-police-county-mailed-background-check-months-before-stroger-alleged.html
Dear Todd: A few words to the unwise By CAROL MARIN cmarin@suntimes.com. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. April 25, 2009. http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/1543804,CST-EDT-Carol26.article
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Protecting Stroger. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 24, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0424edit1apr24,0,2813411.story
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - Who taps TIFs? Put it online. Copyright by the Chicago Sun-Times. April 22, 2009. Good government fans could score a small but important victory today if the Chicago City Council approves a modest measure to shine some light on a dark corner of Mayor Daley's spending. We're talking about a proposal by Aldermen Manny Flores (1st) and Scott Waguespack (32nd) to make information about the city's tax-increment financing districts accessible by putting all of it in one spot online. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1537935,CST-EDT-edit22b.article
Once high-flying Triple J is losing altitude BY LAURA WASHINGTON. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. April 20, 2009. Triple J is in double trouble. Six months ago, everything was copacetic. Or at least it appeared to be. U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., a political big hitter and early backer of Barack Obama, was traversing the nation as a campaign co-chairman to tout his good friend, the presidential aspirant. http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/1534281,CST-EDT-laura20.article
Your Lack of Money
Men bear the brunt of US jobs lost By Sarah O’Connor in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 19 2009 22:36 | Last updated: April 19 2009 22:36. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d28c79d6-2d11-11de-8710-00144feabdc0.html
Positive earnings lift Wall St By Kiran Stacey in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 13:53 | Last updated: April 24 2009 15:30 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ccc90590-304b-11de-88e3-00144feabdc0.html
Frank urges Obama to accept Tarp repayments By Edward Luce and Lionel Barber. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 17:43 | Last updated: April 24 2009 17:43. The Obama administration should seize the political opportunity offered by Goldman Sachs’ and JPMorgan’s request to repay $45bn in troubled asset relief funds, says Barney Frank, the influential Democratic lawmaker. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54c51d8a-30ec-11de-8196-00144feabdc0.html
Fed will seek bank capital increase By Krishna Guha in Washington and Francesco Guerrera in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 19:19 | Last updated: April 25 2009 03:18. Some of the country’s biggest banks will be asked to raise more capital by US authorities following the completion of bank stress tests, senior Federal Reserve officials said on Friday. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cab07cf6-30fb-11de-8196-00144feabdc0.html
Edgy Banks Start to Get Word Today on Stress Tests By ERIC DASH. Published: April 23, 2009. Copyright by The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/business/economy/24bank.html?th&emc=th
Morgan Stanley swings to $177m loss By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 22 2009 13:57 | Last updated: April 22 2009 13:57 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a7f6eb0-2f32-11de-b52f-00144feabdc0.html
Obama Seeks Reform of Credit Card Firms' Practices By Michael D. Shear and Nancy Trejos. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, April 23, 2009; 4:42 PM. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042300348.html?hpid=topnews
Bank of America profit triples to $4.2bn By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 20 2009 12:55 | Last updated: April 20 2009 18:05 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab639b8c-2d98-11de-9eba-00144feabdc0.html
Storm erupts over BofA’s Merrill takeover. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 01:13 | Last updated: April 24 2009 02:33 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da336e3e-305d-11de-88e3-00144feabdc0.html
Paulson and Bernanke pressed on BofA deal By Krishna Guha in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 20:18 | Last updated: April 24 2009 20:18 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee1ca728-3100-11de-8196-00144feabdc0.html
Chrysler creditors offer to slash debt By Nicole Bullock and Francesco Guerrera in New York and John Reed in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 25 2009 00:00 | Last updated: April 25 2009 00:00. Chrysler senior creditors, led by JPMorgan and Citigroup, have offered to cut the debt they are owed nearly in half to $3.75bn, inching closer to the demands of the US Treasury to restructure the ailing carmarker, people familiar with the situation said. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b935476-3120-11de-8196-00144feabdc0.html
Ford losses smaller than expected By John Reed in London and Bernard Simon in Toronto. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 25 2009 03:00 | Last updated: April 25 2009 03:00 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30ff7bea-3130-11de-8196-00144feabdc0.html
Inflation is looming on America’s horizon By Martin Feldstein. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 19 2009 18:54 | Last updated: April 19 2009 18:54 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ae436dbc-2d09-11de-8710-00144feabdc0.html
Commodities
Goldbugs undeterred by price volatility By Sophia Grene. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 12 2009 11:42 | Last updated: April 12 2009 11:42. “Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men’s protection and the base of a moral existence. Destroyers seize gold and leave to its owner a counterfeit pile of paper.” Although Ayn Rand’s views may be an extreme version, there are enough goldbugs of varying degrees of intensity to have pushed both the price of gold and the tide of money flowing into gold investment products to notable highs. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1efe70fe-25f0-11de-be57-00144feabdc0.html
Housing
US home resales fall 3% in March By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 23 2009 14:13 | Last updated: April 23 2009 16:08 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f023bc02-3004-11de-a2f8-00144feabdc0.html
US new home sales slip 0.6% By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 14:18 | Last updated: April 24 2009 16:02. Sales of new homes in the US dipped in March but a sharp upward revision to the February figure lifted hopes that the stricken housing market might be stabilising. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/77af669a-30d1-11de-bc38-00144feabdc0.html
Illinois existing home sales show gains, but still down 26.7% from a year ago By Mary Ellen Podmolik. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. 8:30 AM CDT, April 23, 2009. Sales of previously owned homes in Illinois posted their second month-over- month gain in March, leading the home-selling industry to grow cautiously optimistic as the spring selling season really gets underway. Of note was the fact that for the first time since June 2008, the statewide median home price rose from the previous month. In March, the median selling price was $149,995, a 6.6 percent increase over February. The median sales price was $190,000 in March 2008. The median price means half the homes were sold for more than that and half for less. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-biz-illinois-existing-home-sales-april23,0,6442517.story
Bargains belie lingering housing fears By Saskia Scholtes in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 21 2009 22:57 | Last updated: April 21 2009 22:57. Andi Coval has been renting for three years. When she moved to San Francisco for work in 2006, she sold her house in Sacramento at a $200,000 profit and put the money in the bank. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/28dd238c-2ebe-11de-b7d3-00144feabdc0.html
Giving up pets: Animals' fortunes fall in tough economy - More owners blame finances for giving up animals to shelters By Sara Olkon. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune
April 21, 2009. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-giving-up-pets-21-apr21,0,7594287.story
GLBT
IOWA GAY MARRIAGE COMES TO ILLINOIS by Jonathan Lewis. Copyright by Gay Chicago Magazine. April 23-29, 2009. On Friday, April 24, Gay Chicago Magazine will offer early registration for gay marriage in Iowa from noon to 5p.m. Applications will be available starting on April 23, but Iowa requires a three-day waiting period before a marriage can be performed. So it will not be possible to drive over the border, go the county courthouse, get a license and tie the knot. Early registration is a must for out-of-state applicants. http://www.gaychicagomagazine.com/coverstory/coverstory.shtml
The Sanctity of Marriage By Carlos T Mock, MD. April 18, 2009 The Religious Right debate on gay marriage is actually about divorce, adultery, sodomy, and even masturbation. I'm not kidding. For the far-right and the folks running the Congress, gay marriage is wrapped up in all of those issues - and according to these folks, they're ALL bad things that the government needs to regulate. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2009/04/sanctity-of-marriage.html
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - N.Y. gov leading fight for same-sex marriages. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. April 20, 2009. The movement to give same-sex couples the right to marry is growing in powerful and unexpected ways. Just a few months ago, who could have imagined that the number of states formally ending discrimination against gay couples would double in a single week? http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1534292,CST-EDT-edit20a.article
Tying the knot without breaking the bank: Gay weddings on a budget By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. April 22, 2009 http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3406
Chicago Free Press Editorial: Lobby Day. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. April 21, 2009. Though marriage equality is in the cards for two more states now, an equally interesting phenomenon is how relatively unmoved most Americans were by recent events. The court decision in Iowa and legislative victory in Vermont certainly were met with protests, but on a smaller scale than what we have been used to when the subject of gay marriage has come up. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3411
Puerto Rican GLBT leaders create fundraising group By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. April 22, 2009. Several community leaders recently banded together and formed a group charged with promoting GLBT contributions in the Chicago Puerto Rican community. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3405
Miss California: Gay marriage answer cost me Miss USA crown BY ROBERT KAHN | robert.kahn@newsday.com. Copyright © 2009, Newsday Inc.. 7:18 AM CDT, April 21, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ny-etmiss2112675670apr20,0,2777847.story
Immigration
After Losing Freedom, Some Immigrants Face Loss of Custody of Their Children By GINGER THOMPSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/us/23children.html?th&emc=th
As Jobs Die, Europe’s Migrants Head Home By RACHEL DONADIO and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 24, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/world/europe/25migrants.html?th&emc=th
Technical
Amazon Posts Profit Gains as Offline Rivals Struggle By BRAD STONE. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: April 23, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/technology/companies/24amazon.html?th&emc=th
Apple Profit Rises 15%, Driven by iPhone Sales By JENNA WORTHAM and BRAD STONE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/technology/companies/23apple.html?th&emc=th
Microsoft Profit Falls for First Time in 23 Years By ASHLEE VANCE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 23, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/technology/companies/24microsoft.html?th&emc=th
Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun Microsystems By ASHLEE VANCE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 20, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/companies/21sun.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
Auctions for Troubled Property Loans Jump to the Web By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 24, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/business/economy/25debt.html?th&emc=th
Chicago Tribune Editorial - The perils of teen sext. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 20, 2009. Sure, you're savvy enough to know your kids aren't wearing out their thumbs text-messaging about homework assignments. But did you know one in five teenagers has e-mailed or texted a nude or semi-nude self-portrait to someone else? OMG. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0420edit2apr20,0,60892.story
Medical
Deadly new flu strain erupts in Mexico © Reuters Limited. April 24, 2009. MEXICO CITY, April 24 – A strain of flu never seen before has killed up to 60 people in Mexico and also appeared in the United States, where eight people were infected but recovered, health officials said Friday. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67b9138c-311f-11de-8196-00144feabdc0.html
Advances Elusive in the Drive to Cure Cancer By GINA KOLATA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 23, 2009. In 1971, flush with the nation’s success in putting a man on the Moon, President Richard M. Nixon announced a new goal. Cancer would be cured by 1976, the bicentennial. When 1976 came and went, the date for a cure, or at least substantial progress, kept being put off. It was going to happen by 2000, then by 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/health/policy/24cancer.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: Morning-After Pills. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 23, 2009. In a further break from the Bush administration’s ideologically driven policies on birth control, the Food and Drug Administration has agreed to let 17-year-olds get the morning-after emergency contraceptive pills without a doctor’s prescription. It is a wise move that complies with a recent order by a federal judge, based on voluminous evidence in F.D.A. files that girls that young can use the pills safely. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/opinion/24fri3.html?th&emc=th
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial - At last: Science over politics. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. April 24, 2009. For years, Food and Drug Administration officials had concluded after extensive study that 17-year-old girls could use the morning-after pill safely without a prescription, which would lower the age limit by a year. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1541922,CST-EDT-edit24b.article
Marijuana Advocates Point to Signs of Change By JESSE McKINLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 19, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/us/20marijuana.html?th&emc=th
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Obesity pill is no silver bullet. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 24 2009 19:16 | Last updated: April 24 2009 19:16. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e39d4944-30f9-11de-8196-00144feabdc0.html
Obama Tactic Shields Health Care Bill From a Filibuster By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 24, 2009. WASHINGTON — At the prodding of the White House, Democratic Congressional leaders have agreed to pursue a plan that would protect major health care legislation from Republican opposition by shielding it from last-minute Senate filibusters. The aggressive approach reflects the big political claim that President Obama is staking on health care, and with it his willingness to face Republican wrath in order to guarantee that the Democrats, with their substantial majority in the Senate, could not be thwarted by minority tactics. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/25/us/politics/25budget.html?th&emc=th
Other
U.S. to clear way for offshore wind farms By Jim Tankersley. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. April 22, 2009. WASHINGTON— The Interior Department has finalized sweeping rules that clear the way for the first offshore wind turbines to be erected along the Atlantic Coast, the most aggressive move yet from an administration that hopes to shift the nation's offshore energy goals from oil to wind power. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-windfarm_wedapr22,0,7616411.story
A flawed first draft of history By Lionel Barber. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: April 21 2009 20:17 | Last updated: April 21 2009 20:17. These are the best of times and the worst of times to be a financial journalist. The best, because we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to report and analyse the most serious financial crisis since the Great Crash of 1929. The worst, because the newspaper and television industries are suffering, not only from the shock of a recession but also from the structural shock of the internet revolution. Now comes a third shock. The financial media are accused of missing the global financial crisis. Asleep at the wheel. Head in the clouds. No cliché has been left unturned as reporters, commentators – yes, even editors – have been castigated for failing to warn an unsuspecting public of impending disaster. Do these charges add up? To paraphrase the killer question from the Watergate hearings: what did the press know and when did it know it? http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/95c4cf3e-2ea7-11de-b7d3-00144feabdc0.html
The wait is over: new Dan Brown novel, 'The Lost Symbol,' coming in September By HILLEL ITALIE. Copyright 2009 Associated Press. 11:16 AM CDT, April 20, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/
Sunday Morning Shootout By Howard Kurtz. Copyright by The Washington Post. Monday, April 20, 2009; 9:39 AM. David Gregory says he was acutely aware of "the legacy of the program" when he took over "Meet the Press" four months ago. "I realized I was succeeding Tim Russert, and that was a big deal," he says. "I'm trying to bring as much passion as I can, and I hope viewers are seeing it. My voice is still evolving in this. . . . Just like Tim did, I've got to go out there and earn it." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100587.html?hpid=topnews
Humor
Conservative Campaign Organizers Have Sex On The Brain (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/2m4m-4ever_n_186575.html
Best responses to the Gathering Storm Ads by NOM. It may have been out for a few weeks now, but the Internets can't get enough of the National Organization for Marriage's hilarious "Gathering Storm" ad. If the measure of an epic fail is how quickly and widely it's parodied on YouTube, then Maggie Gallagher and the tools at NOM may have won the prize. In a way, we're thankful to NOM for blatantly showing the nation how ludicrous the arguments against gay marriage are. Seriously, the ad may just greatest thing ever created for LGBT rights. And while the spot is one big can of stormy crazy, we're pretty impressed by how many of you have taken it upon yourselves to improve the ad. Here our are 10 favorite NOM responses. Put on your galoshes, folks, there's a storm coming. http://www.queerty.com/the-best-responses-to-the-gathering-storm-ad-20090420/
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Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
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