“In the moving peroration of his speech to Congress Wednesday night, President Obama cast health care reform as a moral issue that reflects on the character of our country. He also made clear that there are some problems that are too big for individuals to solve on their own — and that guaranteeing that all Americans have access to health care is one of them.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: A Clear Responsibility. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 10, 2009... As Mr. Obama said in his speech, when facts, reason and civility are thrown overboard, he said, “we don’t merely lose our capacity to solve big challenges. We lose something essential about ourselves.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/opinion/11fri1.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: President Obama Steps Forward. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/opinion/10thu1.html?th&emc=th
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Obama shows he's in health-care fight to win. Copyright by the Chicago Sun-Times. September 10, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1762819,CST-EDT-edit10a.article
Obama's Health Care Address to Congress http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/09/10/us/politics/20090910-obama-health.html
New York Times Editorial: Immigrants, Health Care and Lies. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 10, 2009. Mr. Obama didn’t lie. The bills before Congress declare illegal immigrants to be ineligible for subsidized benefits. It is impossible to imagine any final bill doing otherwise. Mr. Wilson was a boor, but some Republicans still insist that he was right because the bill doesn’t ensure that the undocumented have no insurance. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/opinion/11fri2.html?th&emc=th
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Doctors and lawyers. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 7, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0907edit1sep07,0,347510.story
The Republican Response, Arriving a Little Early - Obama Heckled by GOP During Speech to Congress. The nastiness of August reached from the town halls into the Capitol as President Barack Obama spoke about his health care plan. South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted "You lie!" after Obama talked about illegal immigrants. By Dana Milbank. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, September 10, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090902298.html
Health, personal responsibility aren't so simple By Mary Schmich. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 11, 2009. Put down that beer. Toss that Snickers bar. Hand over the remote. Now answer this: Are you responsible for your own health? This idea -- that your health is your responsibility, not the government's -- keeps popping up in the health-care debate. Republican Louisiana Congressman Charles Boustany advanced it again Wednesday night in his response to President Barack Obama's speech. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-schmich-11-sep11,0,4556652.column
Obama wins over sceptical Democrats - Party chiefs hope to pass healthcare bill this year By Anna Fifield in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 10 2009 14:40 | Last updated: September 10 2009 23:45 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94bcc616-9e0d-11de-8de8-00144feabdc0.html
International
Putin hints at bid for Kremlin comeback - PM says he and Medvedev will decide on presidential run By Stefan Wagstyl and Charles Clover in Moscow. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 11 2009 19:07 | Last updated: September 11 2009 19:07 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/287d1ece-9ef8-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.html
Britain Convicts Three in Plot to Blow Up Airliners. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: September 7, 2009. Filed at 12:48 p.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/09/07/world/AP-EU-Britain-Airline-Plot.html?_r=1&hp
Europeans back Obama on foreign policy - Approval soars despite misgivings over Afghanistan By Tony Barber in Brussels. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 9 2009 12:34 | Last updated: September 9 2009 12:34 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/92426218-9d2e-11de-9f4a-00144feabdc0.html
Prime Minister of Taiwan Quits Over Typhoon Response By EDWARD WONG. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/asia/08taiwan.html?hp
Japan economy expands less than expected By Justine Lau in Hong Kong and agencies. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 11 2009 03:18 | Last updated: September 11 2009 06:56 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b5c159c-9e79-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html
Japan commits to greenhouse gas target- Incoming PM promises 25% cut by 2020 By Mure Dickie in Tokyo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 7 2009 12:39 | Last updated: September 7 2009 12:39 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97701616-9ba0-11de-b214-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
Passengers Freed From Hijacked Jet in Mexico By MARC LACEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 9, 2009. MEXICO CITY — Three hijackers threatened to blow up an Aeromexico Boeing 737 that landed at Mexico City’s airport from Cancun Wednesday afternoon, Transport Minister Juan Molinar told Mexican radio. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/americas/10mexico.html?hp
China
China to Issue Yuan-Denominated Bonds in Hong Kong By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 8, 2009. The Chinese Ministry of Finance said Tuesday that it would issue 6 billion yuan worth of government bonds in Hong Kong, a major step to internationalize its currency at a time of concern about the dollar. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/business/global/09yuan.html?ref=global-home
China Economic Data Tops Forecasts. Copyright By REUTERS. Published: September 11, 2009. Industrial output grew at a 12-month high of 12.3 percent in August from a year earlier, jumping from 10.8 percent in July and beating expectations of a 12.0 percent rise, data issued by the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/09/10/business/business-us-china-economy-1.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
U.S. Company and China Plan Solar Project By TODD WOODY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 8, 2009. Chinese government officials signed an agreement on Tuesday with First Solar, an American solar developer, for a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/business/energy-environment/09solar.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
China Oil Deal Is New Source of Strife Among Iraqis By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS. Copyright By The New York Times. Published: September 5, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/world/middleeast/06iraqoil.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
China Web Sites Seeking Users’ Names By JONATHAN ANSFIELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 5, 2009. BEIJING — News Web sites in China, complying with secret government orders, are requiring that new users log on under their true identities to post comments, a shift in policy that the country’s Internet users and media have fiercely opposed in the past. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/world/asia/06chinanet.html?th&emc=th
Mess-o-potamia
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Israel’s provocation. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 6 2009 19:24 | Last updated: September 6 2009 19:24. On his recent trip to Europe Benjamin Netanyahu was left in no doubt that governments are united in their demand for a freeze on construction in Jewish settlements built on occupied land. Within days of his return home, however, Israel’s prime minister let it be known that he would soon approve the construction of hundreds of new homes in the West Bank. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/831d45bc-9b0f-11de-a3a1-00144feabdc0.html
Iranian Opposition Offices Raided By NAZILA FATHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 8, 2009. TORONTO — Iranian authorities raided offices connected to two opposition leaders in Tehran on Monday and Tuesday and seized documents on prison abuse in what appeared to be a direct threat against them, according to the leaders’ Web sites and some news agencies. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/world/middleeast/09iran.html?hpw
Iran says nuclear ‘rights’ are non-negotiable - Ahmadi-Nejad offers public debate with Obama © Reuters Limited. September 7, 2009 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0f26d7b0-9b8f-11de-b214-00144feabdc0.html
High support for new Iran sanctions By James Blitz in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 6 2009 23:10 | Last updated: September 6 2009 23:10 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6bc717a-9b05-11de-a3a1-00144feabdc0.html
U.S. to Accept Iran’s Proposal to Hold Face-to-Face Talks By MARK LANDLER and DAVID E. SANGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/middleeast/12nuke.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Washington Post Editorial: SA Friend to Iran - Does the Obama administration know what Venezuela is doing to assist Tehran's weapons programs? Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, September 10, 2009... But Mr. Chavez has clearly forged a bond with one leader who is as reckless and ambitious as he is: Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The growing fruits of this relationship, and its potential consequences for U.S. security, have not gotten as much attention as they deserve....http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090902607.html
Pakistan Says It Has Seized Taliban Spokesman By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 11, 2009. MINGORA, Pakistan — The Pakistani Army announced Friday that security forces have arrested the spokesman of the Taliban in Swat, in the troubled area of Swat where the military has largely put down an insurgency. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/world/asia/12pstan-.html?ref=global-home
New York Times Editorial: ‘Convincing Evidence of Fraud’ Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 8, 2009. No one ever expected Afghanistan’s presidential election — the country’s second — to be squeaky clean. But the charges of official fraud are now so widespread and so disturbing that we fear many Afghans may never accept the results. That in turn will play right into the hands of the Taliban and other extremists. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/opinion/09wed1.html?th&emc=th
Panel Orders Recount as Tally Gives Karzai 54% By CARLOTTA GALL and SHARON OTTERMAN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: September 8, 2009. KABUL, Afghanistan — The United Nations-backed commission serving as the ultimate arbiter of the Afghan elections announced Tuesday that it had found “clear and convincing evidence of fraud” in a number of polling stations and ordered a partial recount even as election officials declared that President Hamid Karzai had won a majority of the vote. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/world/asia/09afghan.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
U.S. in Delicate Spot Over Marred Afghan Vote By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/world/asia/09policy.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Seized Times Reporter Is Freed in Afghan Raid That Kills Aide By ERIC SCHMITT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/asia/10rescue.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
National
Obama Lectures to Students on Virtues of Hard Work - Pep Talk Comes as Schools Reopen in Northern Virginia By Michael Allison Chandler, Debbi Wilgoren and Nick Anderson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, September 8, 2009; 1:22 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090801090.html?hpid=artslot
Not Innocent Enough - The elusive search for the sufficiently innocent death-row victim. By Dahlia Lithwick. Copyright by Slate. Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at 7:29 AM ET. For years, death-penalty opponents and supporters have been on what now looks to be an ethical snipe hunt. Everyone was looking for a moment at which everything would change: a case in which a clearly innocent defendant was wrongly put to death. http://www.slate.com/id/2227222/
US citizens in rush for offshore tax advice - Fears of prosecution amid IRS crackdown By Sundeep Tucker in Hong Kong and Vanessa Houlder in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 8 2009 22:08 | Last updated: September 8 2009 22:08 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09800986-9ca1-11de-ab58-00144feabdc0.html
Health Care
FDA panel urges HPV vaccine be given to boys By Saundra Young. Copyright by CNN News. Wed September 9, 2009. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Boys may soon be able to get Gardasil, the vaccine given to girls and young women to prevent infection by four types of human papillomavirus. Gardasil, a vaccine against human papillomavirus, would be given to boys exactly as it is to girls. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/09/fda.gardasil.males/index.html
One Vaccine Shot Seen as Protective for Swine Flu By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 10, 2009. Defying the expectations of experts, clinical trials are showing that the new H1N1 swine flu vaccine protects with only one dose instead of two, so the vaccine supplies now being made will go twice as far as had been predicted. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/health/11vaccine.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
AIDS advocates: Health care reform matters By Amy Wooten. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. Local HIV/AIDS advocates are trying to shed even more light on an issue that has the nation talking: health care reform. AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has been working hard to educate its members and supporters about the importance of health care reform in relation to an epidemic that impacts over 1 million people in the U.S. The organization believes that health care reform could accelerate efforts in the fight against AIDS and get people—namely low-income individuals, those living with chronic medical condition and people with co-occurring medical conditions—the care that the current health care system is failing to provide them. http://www.chicagofreepress.com/node/3874
GOP Bashing
What Torture Never Told Us By ALI H. SOUFAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 5, 2009. PUBLIC bravado aside, the defenders of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques are fast running out of classified documents to hide behind. The three that were released recently by the C.I.A. — the 2004 report by the inspector general and two memos from 2004 and 2005 on intelligence gained from detainees — fail to show that the techniques stopped even a single imminent threat of terrorism. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/opinion/06soufan.html?th&emc=th
New York Times Editorial: Wrestling With His Muse. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 5, 2009. The twin arts of book hawking and political trimming are at work as Tom Ridge makes the rounds with his memoir of serving the Bush administration as the first secretary of homeland security. The book’s most controversial revelation (which any book publisher aiming for the best-seller list must have) is Mr. Ridge’s assertion that he suspected politics at work in 2004 when top Bush advisers pressed him to raise the color-coded national threat level a few days before the election. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/opinion/06sun4.html?th&emc=th
Health Care Reform: The Assault on Truth By: Patricia Barry. Copyright by The AARP Bulletin Today. August 14, 2009. A message about health care reform. Get the Facts. Now it’s getting down and dirty. As expected, the gloves are off in President Obama’s push for health care reform. Democrats and Republicans are battling over how to fix a system they all agree is broken—that’s how Congress is supposed to work. But this summer something new has entered the political arena—a tsunami of rumors, myths, fear-mongering and misinformation about the proposals that surges around the Internet in nanoseconds. “I’m totally confused about what’s going on,” one reader wrote to the AARP Bulletin. “How do I know who to believe?” http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/policy/articles/health_care_reform2.html
Obama's heckler is sorry, but still wrong By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 10, 2009. Help me out here: does anyone recall the last time a congressman called the president a liar to his face during of a joint session of Congress? That dubious distinction currently belongs to Rep. Joe Wilson, a South Carolina Republican. He’s the face behind the off-camera shout of “You lie” after President Obama declared that his proposed health care legislation will not—repeat not—provide health care to illegal immigrants. Psst! Somebody please tell Rep. Wilson this is the U. S. Congress, not Question Time in Britain’s Parliament or a Town Hall meeting in Beaufort. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/pagespage/2009/09/obamas-heckler.html
Slinging mud By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 9, 2009. Score one for the right wing. Conservative witch hunters, notably Fox News' Glenn Beck, are claiming victory for hounding President Barack Obama's green jobs czar out of office. Yet the victory also highlights a gaping deficit in America's conservative movement. They've become more adept in recent years at trashing liberal ideas than at coming up with some new ones of their own. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0909pagesep09,0,5392591.column
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Too far, mister. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 11, 2009. All that was missing were the spitballs. Like 4th-graders testing a substitute teacher, members of Congress wisecracked and fiddled with their BlackBerrys while President Barack Obama appealed for common ground on health care reform. Then from the fifth row came an outburst that would have gotten any 10-year-old yanked from his seat and hauled straight to the principal's office. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0911edit3sep11,0,5332839.story
In Lawmaker’s Outburst, a Rare Breach of Protocol By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 9, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/us/politics/10wilson.html?th&emc=th
Oh, Mr. Wilson . . .A Lawmaker Loses It in More Than One Sense By Kathleen Parker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, September 11, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091003635.html
Audacity of the 'Obama effect' By Clarence Page. Copyright by The Chicago Tribune. September 6, 2009. After decades of criticizing public schools as places where hardly anybody learns anything, suddenly conservatives are upset that a 15-to-20-minute live Webcast might teach kids too much. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-oped0906pagesep06,0,3229897.column
Football players baptized http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/09/09/alexander.football.baptism.WDRB
Chicagoland
Stroger to face open primary -Democratic leaders snub his re-election bid By Hal Dardick and Rick Pearson. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 12, 2009. Cook County Democratic leaders, who anointed Todd Stroger more than three years ago to become County Board president, cast him aside Friday by refusing to endorse the beleaguered incumbent's bid for re-election next year. The unusual refusal by Democratic leaders to slate the current officeholder created an open primary that left Stroger without official organization support as he battles four potential Feb. 2 primary challengers amid voter complaints about patronage hiring and the county sales-tax hike he engineered. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-democrat-slating-12-sep12,0,5906529.story
Todd Stroger's voter approval rating sits at 10 percent, Tribune poll shows - Cook County Board president's low ratings follow a first term marked by tax and hiring disputes By Hal Dardick. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 10, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-stroger-poll-story,0,522197.story
Candidates face West Side, South Side debate BY LAURA WASHINGTON. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. September 7, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/1756733,CST-EDT-laura07.article
Tyree investor group makes bid worth $25 million for Sun-Times Media Group - Offer from group led by Chicago financier Jim Tyree includes $5 million in cash; pensions, tax liability not part of deal By Michael Oneal and Julie Johnsson. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 9, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-sun-times-tyree-0909-sep09,0,6262939.story
Chicago Tribune Editorial: ... and the Madigan Tax. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 10, 2009. To the list of Democratic politicians responsible for Cook County's egregious sales tax increase, add the name of Michael Madigan, speaker of the Illinois House and state chair of his increasingly taxcentric party. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0910edit2sep10,0,4153188.story
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Heck of a block party. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 9, 2009. Oprah Winfrey threw a big block party Tuesday. We had a great view of it from the fourth floor windows at the Tribune, though it was a lot more fun when we slipped out of the building and watched from the street. We did that a lot. Sorry, boss. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-0909edit2sep09,0,2313595.story
The high and low points of Oprah's Chicago block party By Maureen Ryan. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 08, 2009 http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/09/oprah-winfrey-black-eyed-peas-jennifer-hudson.html
2016 bid torch passed to Michelle Obama - First lady -- not president -- to fly to Copenhagen to help make final pitch for Chicago to land Games By Katherine Skiba, Kathy Bergen and Philip Hersh. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 12, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-obama-olympics-12-sep12,0,2337639.story
Public pensions, fat retirements - Thousands who worked for government draw 6 figures a year -- the system costs taxpayers more than $800 million every month. BY TIM NOVAK, ART GOLAB AND CHRIS FUSCO . Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. September 11, 2009 http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1764823,CST-EDT-pension11.article
Economy
How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 2, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/magazine/06Economic-t.html?th&emc=th
Last Year’s US Poverty Rate Was Highest in 12 Years By ERIK ECKHOLM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 10, 2009. In the recession, the nation’s poverty rate climbed to 13.2 percent last year, up from 12.5 percent in 2007, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Census Bureau. The report also documented a decline in employer-provided health insurance and in coverage for adults. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/us/11poverty.html?th&emc=th
Out of Work, and Too Down to Search On By MICHAEL LUO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 7, 2009. They were left out of the latest unemployment rate, as they are every month: millions of hidden casualties of the Great Recession who are not counted in the rate because they have stopped looking for work. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/us/07worker.html?hp
US consumer confidence hits 3-month high - Wholesale inventories shrink as sales rise By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 11 2009 16:02 | Last updated: September 11 2009 16:02 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ebe51ed6-9ed8-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.html
US trade gap shows biggest jump for 10 years By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 10 2009 14:51 | Last updated: September 10 2009 14:51. The US trade gap swelled by the most in a more than a decade in July due to a surge of imports driven by a jump in demand for foreign cars, oil and consumer goods, official figures showed on Thursday. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/75fd27ce-9e04-11de-8de8-00144feabdc0.htm
Cautiously, Small Investors Edge Back Into Stocks By JACK HEALY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/business/11investors.html?th&emc=th
Obama Outlines Retirement Initiatives By EDMUND L. ANDREWS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 5, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/us/politics/06address.html?th&emc=th
BlackRock to launch trading platform - Move could challenge Wall Street business By Henny Sender in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 12 2009 00:13 | Last updated: September 12 2009 00:13. BlackRock, the asset manager poised to become the world’s largest money manager with $3,000bn under management, is preparing to create its own global trading platform – a move that could challenge the business at the heart of many Wall Street groups. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0709a7c6-9f02-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.html
Kraft to Pursue Cadbury, Even After Rejection By JULIA WERDIGIER and DAVID JOLLY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 7, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/business/global/08food.html?hp
Housing
Seven New Rules for the First-Time Home Buyer By RON LIEBER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 11, 2009. Too many people bought too much house for too many years. Yes, the financial system almost collapsed because mortgage bankers and brokers told lies about loan terms and loosened standards in dangerous ways, and investment bankers packaged those loans into bonds that were far more toxic than ratings agencies predicted. But the roots of the mortgage contagion lie with all of us and our desire to own just a bit more house. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/your-money/mortgages/12money.html?th&emc=th
LEGALLY SPEAKING - BUYING A CONDOMINIUM; AVOIDING CONDO HELL. Copyright by Gay Chicago Magazine and Roger McCaffrey-Boss. September 10-16, 2009 http://www.gaychicagomagazine.com/advice/legallyspeaking.shtml
Immigration
Immigration march on Monday will add to downtown traffic - Rally to begin in Union Park By Antonio Olivo. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 7, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-immigration-march-07sep07,0,364766.story
Commodities
What's Behind the Gold Price Surge - Some analysts cite inflation fears and increased Chinese demand, while others say the market is ready for a correction By David Bogoslaw. Copyright by Business Week. Editor's Note: This story was updated Tuesday, Sept. 8 http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/sep2009/pi2009097_042500.htm?campaign_id=widget_topStories
Gold Gains and Dollar Declines on Economic Outlook By JACK HEALY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/09/business/09markets.html?hpw
GLBT
Showdown on the Hill: Congress tackles gay bills by Lisa Keen ©2009 Keen News Service. 2009-09-09 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22818
States prepare for marriage battles by Lisa Keen. Copyright by Keen News Service. 2009-09-09. In what is being described as perhaps the "narrowest margin ever for qualifying for the ballot, the Washington State Secretary of State's office announced Aug. 31 that opponents of gay relationships in that state collected enough valid signatures to secure a ballot measure this November. The measure, which will be known as Referendum 71 or R-71, seeks to overturn Washington's domestic partnership law, which provides same-sex couples with "everything but marriage." http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22833
Giannoulias' LGBT platform by Andrew Davis. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-09-09. Current state treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias recently unveiled a platform that focused on rights he feels the LGBT community should have. His list included marriage equality; the right to serve openly in the military; and protection against hate crimes as well as discrimination on the job. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22823
Gay alderman shakes up central Illinois by Meghan Streit. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-09-09 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22840
Ann Sather deliveryman charged in drug case - Suspect allegedly used work vehicle to deliver crystal meth. Copyright © 2009, Chicago Tribune. September 11, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-meth-deal-arrest-11-sep11,0,7333331.story
Hall of Fame auction Sept. 22, 2009 @ Sidetrack. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2009-09-09 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=22844
Technology
Copyright Office Assails Google’s Settlement on Digital Books By MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: September 10, 2009. SAN FRANCISCO — The nation’s top copyright official made a blistering attack Thursday on a controversial legal settlement that would let Google create a huge online library and bookstore. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/technology/internet/11books.html?th&emc=th
Google gives ground in digital books dispute - Concessions offered to European publishers By Stanley Pignal in Brussels and Richard Waters in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2009. Published: September 6 2009 22:58 | Last updated: September 7 2009 09:32 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6bec0e02-9b12-11de-a3a1-00144feabdc0.html
Jobs Returns with Devices to Boost Apple's Shares - A modest stock sell-off greeted long-sidelined CEO Steve Jobs' reappearance on Sept. 9, but investors say Apple provided reasons to keep buying By Aaron Ricadela. Copyright by Business Week. September 10, 2009 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2009/tc20090910_955978.htm?campaign_id=widget_topStories
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Delta Shares Spike on Reports of Talks With JAL by Micheline Maynard. Copyright by The New York Times. September 11, 2009, 1:06 PM. Things have been pretty quiet at Delta Air Lines since it merged with Northwest Airlines last fall. But the airline’s shares were gyrating Friday amid reports that it was in preliminary talks with Japan Air Lines about an investment. http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/delta-said-to-discuss-japan-airlines-stake/?scp=1&sq=delta%20japan%20air&st=cse
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WEAKLY HUMERUS NEWS 09-12-09 - AIMED AT YOUR FUNNY BONE http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2009/09/weakly-humerus-news-09-12-09-aimed-at.html
YouTube in 1985 (collab) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWDCeEJ9ZfI
It has come to my attention that you can only read 2 articles per month at the Financial Times if you haven't registered. If you would like to read more of the articles for free, simply sign up for the free account and you can read 10 articles per month. That should be enough. I'll try to keep the FT links to a minimum. - CTM
In Pride (orgullo),
Carlos T. Mock, MD
www.carlostmock.com
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
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Cuba Libre, “Mentirita” To be released late September 2009 by Floricanto Press
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