washingtonpost.com - Harold Meyerson -- Washington Post Opinion Writer (washingtonpost.com)Harold Meyerson writes about politics and policy for The Washington Post's op-ed page.Hard-liners for Jesus- December 19, 2007 As Christians across the world prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, it's a fitting moment to contemplate the mountain of moral, and mortal, hypocrisy that is our Christianized Republican Party.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/18/AR2007121801634.html?nav=r... Labor's Global Push- December 12, 2007 "We haven't been reacting quickly enough," says Guy Ryder, who heads a newly merged global union federation, the International Trade Union Conference. "That's a fair criticism."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/11/AR2007121101837.html?nav=r... The Obama Newness- December 8, 2007 The economy may be slowing, but the stock of newness is on the rise. The crises that the administration found and made and exploited for political advantage do not loom quite so large; the public's eagerness to move past the Bush wars, both foreign and domestic, is palpable. In this election cycle, newness, I think, will have its own distinct appeal, and advantage goes to the candidate who can most clearly signal a break from those controversies and idiocies of our public life of which most of..http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/07/AR2007120701776.html?nav=r... |