Featured Articles — May 4, 2009

May 4, 2009 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Featured Articles 

Interesting Takes From Home And Abroad:

The Case Against Sotomayor By Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic
A judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Sonia Sotomayor’s biography is so compelling that many view her as the presumptive front-runner for Obama’s first Supreme Court appointment.

Moment of Truth in Pakistan By David Ignatius, The Washington Post
President Obama convened a crisis meeting at the White House last Monday to hear a report from Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who had just returned from Pakistan. Mullen described the worrying situation there, with Taliban insurgents moving closer to the capital, Islamabad.

Link to Economic Crisis Is Vital to Obama Agenda By John Harwood, The New York Times
Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, encapsulated President Obama’s goal long before the first of the First 100 Days: “Never let a serious crisis go to waste.”

What Jack Kemp Accomplished By Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
Jack Kemp was a speaker in search of an audience. But unlike most of Washington, including the city’s journalists, Kemp had something important to say. He may have been embarrassed about his academic background–he was a physical education major at Occidental College in California–but the truth was he knew more about economics and what worked in the real world to create growth and jobs than almost anyone else in town.

Comments