Three Recent NYTimes Op-Ed Pieces Worth Reading

Roger Cohen on US policy towards Europe, Bob Herbert on Obama's infrastructure initiative and Gail Collins on the Arizona gubernatorial debate (absolutely hilarious). To familiarize yourself with the Arizona situation, you may want to first read about their outrageously xenophobic immigration law passed month or two ago.

News: Obama Backs Islam Center Near 9/11 Site

Obama: "As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country."


Good for him. It looks like it's actually going to get built, despite the efforts of Sarah Palin & Co ("Pls reject it in interest of healing," "Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate[ the Ground Zero mosque]").


By the way, in response to questions about the word "refudiate" (see: repudiate) Sarah Palin then went on to compare herself to Shakespeare and proposed adding the following words into English: "'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up'."

Gail Collins on the Oil Spill Politics

Gail Collins is my favourite columnist; she's just hilarious. Here's her take on the Republican Party's craziness about making BP pay for damages.