Eugene Robinson: "Demagogues scream at people that their government is illegitimate, that their country has been "taken away," that their elected officials are "traitors" and that their freedom is at risk. They have a right to free speech, which I will always defend. But they shouldn't be surprised if some listeners take them literally."
Author: DFLA
Google's Lonely Stand for Human Rights in China
Richard Cohen: "But Google, which admirably walked away from the biggest cellphone market in the world -- that and not its search engine was the real prize -- has shown that in the meantime the price of doing business in China is not its overvalued currency but its undervalued human rights."
Right’s Anger Could Backfire
Clarence Page writes that the Right’s anger could backfire and give moderate swing voters pause.
Online Cheers for Joe Stack Reflect Growing Anti-Government Movement
Lee Ferran, ABC News: "Most were shocked by the charred scene of Joe Stack's kamikaze attack on a Texas IRS office, but for an alarmingly growing number of Americans Stack is a hero."
DNC Chairman Tim Kaine on Face the Nation
DNC Chairman Tim Kaine on Republican attempts to repeal healthcare and his efforts to end violent threats against members of Congress. Watch CBS News Videos Online
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Haiti
Ban Ki-moon: "Renewal, not restoration, should be the goal for Haiti."
Subway Blasts Kill Dozens in Moscow
NY Times: "Suicide bombers set off huge explosions during Monday morning’s rush hour in two subway stations in central Moscow..."
HCR: The Doc Fix Myth
Jonathan Chait: "Of all the conservative complaints about health care reform, the one I find most baffling is the notion that the financing is phony because it fails to account for physician pay increases. The complaint is 100% phony."
Is 2010 Going To Be 1994 or 1934?
Daniel Gross: "The economy is recovering, which means Democrats may not get routed in November."
DR Congo: Lord’s Resistance Army Rampage Kills 321
Human Rights Watch: "The rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) killed at least 321 civilians and abducted 250 others, including at least 80 children, during a previously unreported four-day rampage in the Makombo area of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2009."