http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:00:43 -0700 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:28:11 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d19-George-Orwell-and-the-unfair-tax?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner There is a proposal to replace the federal income tax with a national sales tax, dubbed by its proponents the "fair tax," a label that is not only dishonest but downright Orwellian. The British writer George Orwell, a man of uncompro... Economics Ethics Taxes Finance Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:28:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d19-George-Orwell-and-the-unfair-tax?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d17-GM-to-start-paying-back-bailout-money?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner While General Motors (GM) continues to lose money, it will soon begin to pay back some of the bailout funds it received in order to stay in business. After emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy early in the third quarter, GM lost $1.2 billion, i... Economics Automakers Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:29:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d17-GM-to-start-paying-back-bailout-money?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d16-911-trial-belongs-in-New-York?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner It is a fitting return to the rule of law for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 conspirators to be tried in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, less than a mile from Ground Zero.... War on Terror Justice Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:12:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d16-911-trial-belongs-in-New-York?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Its-time-to-start-winding-down-US-involvement-in-Afghanistan?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner Eight years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan.  Why? There was a reason to invade after the terrorist attacks, which were the work of al Qaeda, at the time based in Afghanistan and shelte... War on Terror Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:40:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d12-Its-time-to-start-winding-down-US-involvement-in-Afghanistan?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Auto-industry-slide-appears-to-have-bottomed-out?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner While the Cash for Clunkers program has run its course, car sales are increasing, indicating that the auto industry's severe slump may be over. Overall, auto industry sales increased by about 12 percent in October over September levels, wi... Economics Automakers Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Auto-industry-slide-appears-to-have-bottomed-out?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Passage-of-House-health-care-bill-a-step-in-the-right-direction?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner While falling short of what is needed to completely fix our broken health care system, House approval of H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Care for America Act, is still a step in the right direction. The bill, passed by a 220-215 vote, is the ... Healthcare Reform Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:57:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Passage-of-House-health-care-bill-a-step-in-the-right-direction?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Fearmongering-Michigan-jobs-and-closing-down-Gitmo?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner Shortly after taking office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba within a year.  As that deadline approaches, it is still to be determined where to put the ter... War on Terror Human Rights Justice Ethics Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:14:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d5-Fearmongering-Michigan-jobs-and-closing-down-Gitmo?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Is-this-America-the-Backward?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner When we look at the fierce debate over health care reform at a time when every other industrialized country has already achieved universal health care coverage, as well as a host of other issues where the U.S. lags behind other advanced societies,... Economics Human Rights Justice Civil Rights Gay Rights Healthcare Reform Death Penalty Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:11:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Is-this-America-the-Backward?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d2-House-health-care-bill-is-a-disappointment?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner While the House health care reform bill introduced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is better than its Senate counterpart, it is still a disappointment. While H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Care for America Act, contains a public health insura... Politics Healthcare Reform Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:36:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d2-House-health-care-bill-is-a-disappointment?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Budget-reconciliation-needed-to-get-the-public-option-through-the-Senate?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) having announced that the public health insurance option will be included in the Senate health care reform bill, it is now obvious that budget reconciliation will be needed for the public option to be ... Politics Healthcare Reform Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:09:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Budget-reconciliation-needed-to-get-the-public-option-through-the-Senate?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Why-did-cutting-executive-pay-at-bailed-out-companies-take-so-long?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner When Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama Administration's pay czar for bailed out companies, announced that top executives at these companies will see their pay cut by as much as 90 percent, there is only one question we can ask: What took so long... Economics Automakers Ethics AIG Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:36:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d27-Why-did-cutting-executive-pay-at-bailed-out-companies-take-so-long?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Hate-crime-protections-extended-to-gay-people?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner With the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Protection Act, soon to be signed into law by President Barack Obama, federal hate crime law will expand to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people against bias-m... Justice Civil Rights Gay Rights Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:02:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Hate-crime-protections-extended-to-gay-people?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Insurers-antitrust-exemption-has-got-to-go?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner If you want to know why health insurance premiums have been rising 17 times faster than wages here in Michigan, one reason is the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act, which exempts the insurance industry from federal anti-trust law. But with actions no... Healthcare Reform Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:15:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Insurers-antitrust-exemption-has-got-to-go?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d20-A-step-in-the-right-direction-on-medical-marijuana?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner In resolving a conflict between federal and state laws, as well as within the Obama Administration itself, Attorney General Eric Holder has instructed U.S. attorneys not to go after patients and caregivers in the 14 states, including Michigan,&nbs... Justice Ethics Drugs Public Health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:42:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d20-A-step-in-the-right-direction-on-medical-marijuana?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Is-there-a-vast-right-wing-conspiracy-against-Obama?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner When Bill Clinton was president, his wife Hillary, now secretary of state, suggested that there was a vast right wing conspiracy operating against him.  If we assume that her claim was correct, is such a conspiracy now aimed against President... Politics Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:42:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Is-there-a-vast-right-wing-conspiracy-against-Obama?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Insurance-industry-dishonesty-backfires-on-it?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner One may have expected health insurance companies to be pleased with the Baucus bill in the Senate Finance Committee because it doesn't include the public health insurance option.  But they instead bought and paid for a dishonest report... Healthcare Reform Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:03:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d15-Insurance-industry-dishonesty-backfires-on-it?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Regional-green-jobs-strategy-may-help-to-diversify-Michigans-economy?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner With the auto industry in severe decline, diversifying Michigan's economy has become crucial, with the state embracing a regional strategy to revitalize its manufacturing base and save energy costs by aggresively pursuing the alternative en... Economics Energy Environment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:50:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d13-Regional-green-jobs-strategy-may-help-to-diversify-Michigans-economy?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Obamas-Nobel-Peace-Prize-is-premature?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner It is an understatement to say that awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama is premature when he has been in office less than nine months and has yet to produce a solid diplomatic achievement.The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it hon... Politics Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:23:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Obamas-Nobel-Peace-Prize-is-premature?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Will-the-Democrats-play-hardball-for-health-care-reform?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner With the Republicans set on obstructionism, the Democrats now have a choice of two possible strategies to get health care reform, including the crucial public option, through the Senate.With Democrats holding 60 seats in the Senate, enough to block a... Health Care Politics Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:24:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Will-the-Democrats-play-hardball-for-health-care-reform?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Medical-marijuana-and-states-rights?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner What happens when federal and state laws conflict?  That is the situation when 13 states, including Michigan, have legalized marijuana for medical use while federal law bans marijuana completely.During the administration of former President Geor... Economics Ethics Drugs Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:58:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1300-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner~y2009m10d6-Medical-marijuana-and-states-rights?cid=exrss-Detroit-National-Politics-Examiner