The most popular stories from the past week

Welcome to edition #7 of the Carnival of Politics - a recap of the best from the past week. This edition is available at our website here

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Abbreviated Pundit Round-Up
5 Votes, submitted in Left
Your one stop pundit shop. Terry Box isn't going to feel guilty about his car, and says that: ...despite the growing drumbeat against them, the allegations that they're melting glaciers and maiming thousands, the claim that we're choking on them, the fear that they're our worst national addiction, I love them dearly. They are my "carma." And I refuse to go on the national guilt trip about them.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

The View From Your Window
5 Votes, submitted in Other
Copenhagen, Denmark, 8 am.

Friday, August 8, 2008

McCain to return (some) donations
5 Votes, submitted in Left
Calling it a "precautionary effort," John McCain's campaign said yesterday: ...that it would return all the contributions solicited for it by the Jordanian business partner of a prominent Florida fund-raiser for Mr. McCain. For the McCain camp, the decision caps a queasy two days in which news accounts scrutinized a cluster of more than $50,000 in unusual contributions from a single extended family of Californians, the Abdullahs, and several of their friends.  [...]

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Who Else Wants to be Famous?
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
For Paris Hilton, it’s quite easy to be glamorous.

Morning in Iraq
5 Votes, submitted in National
In a time when most Americans are understandably occupied with concerns over the economy and their own bottom lines (to say nothing of the presidential election), it is worth noting that we still have numerous international obligations, with our presence in Iraq perhaps the most apparent at the moment.

Battleground State -- Indiana
6 Votes, submitted in Elections
This is the latest in a series of articles analyzing the so-called "Battleground States" in the 2008 Presidential Election.

Nancy's Cynical Summer - The Speaker's Energy Obstructionism
5 Votes, submitted in National
While American families continue to struggle with record high oil and gas prices, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi cynically plays politics with national energy policy. In the process, the Speaker has created a unique and historic opportunity for Senator Barack Obama to demonstrate true leadership and put the good of the nation ahead of partisan gain.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

3 Ways to Revitalize Michigan’s Economy
5 Votes, submitted in State
Everyone in Michigan knows that our state’s economy is suffering. We hear it all over the news–the auto industry is declining, jobs are being lost, businesses are moving out to other states, mortgage foreclosures are surging. But with so much gloom and despair under the spotlight of the media, where are the solutions? Here are 3 in no specific order that could turn our economy around.

Michigan is Too Troubled for Mass Transit
5 Votes, submitted in State
Unfortunately, as nice as a light-rail system would be for Michigan, it is an unfeasible concept.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Protest as a Political Convention Tradition
5 Votes, submitted in National
The Republicans and Democrats have set the rules for protesters at their conventions; how the Democrats handled it in 1996.

HR 5843: Decriminalizing Responsible Marijuana Usage
6 Votes, submitted in National
HR 5843, sponsored by Barney Frank, would greatly diminish penalties for marijuana usage.

Monday, August 4, 2008

McCain-Cantor?
5 Votes, submitted in Elections
The Virginia blogosphere is atwitter over the news that the McCain campaign is vetting Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA7) as a potential vice-presidential running mate.

The United Nations' Speech Police
6 Votes, submitted in World
Here's a tricky question: Is criticism of attempts by Islamic nations to limit free speech around the world itself a form of defamation against religion, and therefore subject to laws that limit speech?

The head spins.

Olympics Mark China’s Rise… and America’s Risk
5 Votes, submitted in World
For whoever that thought handing China the Olympics would give the US more influence over China’s decisions: What were you thinking? Even though the Olympics has been a thorn in China’s side, it is a symbol of China’s rise to the top, similar to Tokyo 1964 and Seoul 1988. And it seems as if America is a little jealous or at least resentful of its newfound strength.