Tag: political realities

Not a big shock, but disappointing none the less: President Barack Obama’s top adviser suggested to The Huffington Post late Wednesday that the administration is ready to accept an across-the-board, temporary continuation of steep Bush-era tax cuts, including those for the wealthiest taxpayers. That appears to be the only way, said David Axelrod, that middle-class […]

Call me stupid, but didn’t we know this already? Hasn’t the raod map been dead in the water for a while now? GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed “road map” for Middle East peace is “hopelessly out of date” and needs to be revamped, a United Nations human rights envoy said. In a report to the […]