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Bloggers debate whether a humanitarian invasion of Burma is necessary

Bloggers ponder whether the Burmese junta's attempts to control aid to the devastated country justify a "humanitarian invasion." They also wonder why Cindy McCain refuses to release her tax returns. The next Somalia?: Six days after the disastrous ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  9 May 2008
Related Topics: United Nations,  John McCain,  Richard Bacon,  Mark Lawrence,  Andrew Sullivan

Bloggers on the Supreme Court's sanction of lethal injections in Kentucky.

Bloggers react to a Supreme Court decision sanctioning lethal injections, ponder President Bush's global-warming plan, and scrutinize the battle between Rob Lowe and his nanny. Legal injection: The Supreme Court has upheld Kentucky's right to use its ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  16 Apr 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  John Paul Stevens,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Rob Lowe,  Antonin Scalia

Bloggers on the Free Tibet protests in San Francisco

Bloggers ponder the protests accompanying the Olympic Torch relay in San Francisco on Wednesday. They also examine Yahoo's experiment in ad-sharing with Google, and Elton John's pronouncement that America is "misogynist" for not supporting Hillary ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  10 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Microsoft Corporation,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Elton John,  Gavin Newsom

Bloggers on the DNC chairman's call to pick a nominee already.

Bloggers respond to Howard Dean's call to superdelegates to make up their minds. They are underwhelmed by a Dutch politician's much-hyped anti-Islamist video but overwhelmed by Carla Bruni's visit to Britain. Dean screams: Democratic National Committee ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  28 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Howard Dean,  Democratic National Committee,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Josh Marshall

Bloggers on the Texas and Ohio primaries.

Hillary Clinton defeated front-runner Barack Obama in both Ohio and Texas last night, while John McCain sealed his nomination as the Republican candidate. Some bloggers toss around recommendations and recriminations while others pass the popcorn. What ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  5 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Republican Party,  John McCain,  Kevin Drum

Bloggers on Prince Harry in Afghanistan

Bloggers have a field day with Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan. They also weigh in on new incarceration statistics, and pooh-pooh Hillary Clinton's latest ad. Bloggers are split about the decision to pull Harry out. "I am very happy for Prince ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  29 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  George Galloway,  Matt Drudge,  White House,  Keith Olbermann

Bloggers dish about the Oscars

Bloggers are dishing about the Oscars, the re-emergence of, believe it or not, Ralph Nader, and the latest Clinton-Obama spat. Lights, camera, eye-roll: Bloggers say they're jaded about Sunday night's Oscar telecast, but that doesn't stop them from ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  25 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Academy Awards,  Ralph Nader,  John Travolta,  Bill Clinton

Bloggers on the Clinton vs. Obama debate

Bloggers score last night's reconciliatory Democratic debate and analyze the proposed merger between Microsoft and Yahoo!. Win, love, or draw: The Democratic debate Thursday between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is being hailed as a lovefest, with ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  1 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Microsoft Corporation,  Yahoo!,  Google Inc.

Bloggers on the NYT's endorsements of McCain and Clinton.

Bloggers debate the New York Times' presidential endorsements, speculate about Société Générale's rogue trader, and evaluate a scientist's claim to have made a "significant but not final step" toward creating artificial life. "The New York Times is ...

From BIDISHA BANERJEE, Slate,  25 Jan 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Société Générale,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party

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