Thursday’s Supreme Court decision striking down limits on corporate spending in elections marks the latest in a remarkable string of victories for a Republican lawyer in Terre Haute, Indiana. James Bopp Jr. did not argue Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission before the high court, but the case was entirely his brainchild. Bopp, the longtime … Read more
Scott Brown, tea-party Republican (who comes, it seems, from the same factory that makes Romneys and Thunes) now leads in the Massachusetts Senate race for the Kennedy seat on Tuesday. More famous for his Cosmopolitan sexy-guy nude spread than his hard right opinions, he’s in serious danger of coaxing voters from poor Martha Coakley, who … Read more
In today’s Times David Brooks quotes someone as citing Haiti’s Voodoo culture for the lack of economic development. It may be a factor. In the mix is this history: After over a hundred twenty years of soul-crushing debt and dictatorship, Haiti elected a popular president, Jean-Bertand Aristede. 1991: Mr. Aristide tries to clean up Haiti … Read more
Haitian American author Edwidge Danticat suggests two excellent organizations that will use the money honestly to provide aid to Haitians: Doctors without Borders Partners in Health
