Ellen Ratner

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  • November 16, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

    opinion

    What Led Hasan to Murder?

    Did Major Hasan suffer from "micro-aggressions" that led to the murders at Ft. Hood?

  • October 09, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

    opinion

    Nobel Shocker!

    The Nobel Committee often uses the prize to promote world peace as well as reward it. -- I hope this Nobel Peace Prize spurs the president on to greatness and peace.

  • September 30, 2009

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    A Brilliant Marketing Move

    All the carping we've been hearing about lighting up the Empire State Building in Chinese colors disregards what is a simple marketing decision made by a privately-owned company. These kinds of decisions are what makes our capitalist country great!

  • September 22, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

    opinion

    Here Come the Bad Guys

    The bad guys are in town this week and the list of rogue leaders scheduled to speak at the U.N. is long...

  • September 17, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

    opinion

    Carter Doesn't Get It

    These attacks on President Obama are not racist but it is symptomatic of a country that has gone awry with anger and divisiveness.

  • September 04, 2009

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    Obama's Critics Need a Reality Check

    What is wrong with giving our children a sense that we are united, that we operate as one country and that we have a leader who wants to talk to them? 

  • August 27, 2009

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    Ted Kennedy: At Bottom a Humble Man

    What always struck me about Senator Kennedy was despite his internal demons and legislative achievements he remained a humble man.

  • August 24, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

    opinion

    Time to Take a Page From Ross Perot's Playbook

    Obama needs to stop using surrogates, stop the town hall meetings, cut out the press conferences and talk directly to the American people. 

  • July 09, 2009

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    Where's the Beef?

    Talk is cheap -- the nuts and bolts of the G8 needs to be about money -- and it doesn't look like that is going to happen any time soon.

  • July 04, 2009

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    An All-American Day In a Special Place

    I am proud to spend my Fourth of July at the Marsha Barbour Center in Mississippi -- a center that began out of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina -- I can't imagine celebrating any place else!

  • June 24, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

    opinion

    Object to ABC's White House Visit? Speak Up!

    ABC is a broadcast network, licensed by the FCC and therefore responsible to the public. They know they must provide the other side of the argument. However, when they do it is the issue.If you, the public, don't like what ABC News is doing, it is your right to complain to the FCC.

  • May 28, 2009

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    The Is No Connection Between the Timing of the Sotomayor Announcement and the Trouble In North Korea

    Many analysts feel that President Obama tried to change the subject from North Korea with his Supreme Court nomination. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Court nomination took place during the Congressional recess because it is much more difficult to grandstand with an opposing view and have all of the Capitol Hill press corps ready to take down every word and body language movement .

  • May 21, 2009

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    Obama Disappoints on Detainee Policy

    First, some truth in advertising. My brother, Michael Ratner is President of The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). CCR has been in the forefront of the battles to bring legal representation to the detainees in Guantanamo.

  • May 20, 2009

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    The Mostly Bad --and Some Good News About Your Credit Cards

    The best news is that we actually have a bill that addresses some consumer issues in the credit card industry. The bad news is still very bad news: the lobbyists were able to get their grimy paws on it, and there was no compromise allowed on capping interest rates.

  • May 16, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

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    Obama at Notre Dame -- Let the Listening On Abortion Begin

    For the first time in three decades an American politician is willing to start a conversation that others have avoided since Rove vs. Wade was decided by the Supreme Court in 1972. President Obama made a politically fearless but a politically high-risk move by accepting the invitation to speak at one of America's great Catholic universities --Notre Dame.

  • May 13, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

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    Obama's Decision -- Not a Pretty Picture?

    Wow, I guess the Obama administration is learning that campaigning is not the same as governing. Photos of the alleged abuse of prison detainees were supposed to be released later this month but now the president has decided not to go through with the plan after all.

  • May 07, 2009

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    by Ellen Ratner

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    The Rebranding of Bristol Palin

    In a clear bid to help Mama rise higher in the Republican Party, Bristol Palin spent yesterday in New York City to help promote Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day. I would not have such a jaundiced eye about her proclamation had she not been singing a different tune just last February when she said that abstinence was "not realistic at all."

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