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Shut Up, But Speak Up First: SCOTUS Slams Miranda

by A.B. Arkawy June 7, 2010

Everyone who’s ever watched “Law & Order,” knows the drill. If you’re arrested you have the right to remain silent. You have a right to an attorney and if you can’t afford one, one will be provided to you. And anything you say may be used against you in a court of law. Those rights [...]

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Supreme Swings

by A.B. Arkawy May 12, 2010

As far as New Yorkers are concerned, President Obama is fair and balanced. With the appointment of Sonia Sotomayor–a die-hard Yankees’ fan– and now the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan–an ardent Mets’ fan–the President’s got all his Supreme Court bases covered. But conservatives–and some liberals– are already crying foul. From the right, we’re hearing [...]

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Now Bracing for Sticks & Stones

by A.B. Arkawy March 25, 2010

With all those hateful slurs hurled at congressmen turning into violent threats, we’ve been waiting for days for a Republican response. Today we got several. And they were all tepid at best. Majority Leader John Boehner called threats of violence “unacceptable,” but he understands the “anger and frustration.” Ditto for John McCain who echoed the [...]

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Nasty Noise: The Far Right Goes Too Far

by A.B. Arkawy March 23, 2010

Nothing should shock us at this point. I mean we’ve heard the rabid rancour for months over everything from Obama’s birth certificate to health care reform. Still the names hurled at members of Congress last weekend as the House Bill was finally headed to the floor, was nothing short of shameful. Citizens yelling the “n” [...]

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Inspired Choice: Amanpour to Host ABC’s ‘This Week?”

by A.B. Arkawy March 17, 2010

I was rooting for Gwen Ifill. After George Stephanopoulos left ABC’s Sunday morning powerhouse “This Week” for the second anchor chair at “Good Morning America” TV news junkies speculated on who would fill his formidable seat. Internal candidates like Jake Tapper and Terry Moran didn’t seem particularly exciting. With a resume that included covering the [...]

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Inspired Choice: Amanpour to Host ABC’s “This Week?”

by A.B. Arkawy March 16, 2010

I was rooting for Gwen Ifill. After George Stephanopoulos left ABC’s Sunday morning powerhouse “This Week” for the second anchor chair at “Good Morning America” TV news junkies speculated on who would fill his formidable seat. Internal candidates like Jake Tapper and Terry Moran didn’t seem particularly exciting. With a resume that included covering the [...]

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Racist Rush: Radio Talker’s Toxic Tongue Speaks Volumes

by A.B. Arkawy March 10, 2010
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Every time he puts his racist foot in his fat mouth, Rush Limbaugh’s fans insist it’s all in good fun. They use words like satirist and provocateur. If stick-in-the- mud progressives or anyone with a modicum of common decency eschews such descriptions, they start waving the First Amendment and the blowhard’s undeniably large audience. He [...]

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Beyond Bunning: Still Glimmers of Hope in Senate

by A.B. Arkawy March 3, 2010

That short national nightmare known as the ‘Bunning filibuster’ is finally over. The tone deaf lame duck GOP senator from Kentucky finally freed jobless benefits and other entitlement extensions from the grips of his political grandstanding last night. The new bill–which will extend unemployment and C.O.B.R.A. as well as fund some construction projects–passed the Senate by [...]

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Battle of Media Titans: Huffington vs. Ailes Rattles Walters on ABC’s ‘Week’

by A.B. Arkawy February 1, 2010

It could have been the WWE Smack down of Sunday talk. Arianna Huffington, the liberal queen of the blogosphere took on Roger Ailes, the Fox News conservative king maker on ABC’s This Week. And political junkies and media mavens did get some end-of-weekend red meat to gnaw on. But what a feast it could have [...]

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Ignoring the Elephant in the Room: Dems Give Reid a Pass

by A.B. Arkawy January 11, 2010

The elephant is still in the middle of the room. Only this time, the Democrats are walking on peanut shells to avoid it. The elephant, of course is race, and it’s snarling again thanks to a year old comment credited to Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid. In their forthcoming gossipy book about the 2008 election, [...]

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