by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 15. As for the phrase, “radical Islam,” I agree with George W. Bush (and Hillary Clinton) that we have to be very careful about impugning all of Islam, and that terms like “jihadists,” “Islamists,” “violent extremists,” “evil thugs,” or just plain “terrorists” are far more accurate to describe what we’re up against. But again, no, as George W. Bush and many others have said, we are NOT at war with the religion of Islam or the 1 billion Muslims in the world, nor should anyone ever want to be.
- Three Teams of Coordinated Attackers Carried Out Assault on Paris, Officials Say; Hollande Blames ISIS
- Bernie Sanders: Yes, Climate Change Is Still Our Biggest National Security Threat (It’s also our biggest overall threat, by far.)
- The GOP’s pipe dream of radical tax cuts (Wildly irresponsible and certainly not “conservative” in the sense of balancing the budget or anything.)
- The Six Biggest Moments in the Second Democratic Debate (“I’m not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhower.”)
- The perfect response to people who blame Islam for ISIS (“Aslan’s point is simple and correct: religions are big and diverse, and people get out of them what they bring into them.”)
- The Democrats face off: A good, substantive debate that put Hillary’s weaknesses on display (“The second Democratic debate saw Hillary stumble a bit on national security and Wall St., but to no great effect”)
- Rivals at Democratic Debate Attack Hillary Clinton
- Hillary Clinton Won the CBS Debate: Barely, and Sometimes Cheaply
- Five takeaways from the Democratic debate (“Clinton shows vulnerabilities, Sanders sounds tone-deaf and O’Malley lives to fight another day.”)
- It’s a Wrap (“On balance, I’d say it’s a win for Hillary Clinton – not because she necessarily did better than Sanders but because she’s now ahead and I did not see anything happen that looks likely to change that dynamic.”)
- Democratic Voters Overwhelmingly Think Clinton Won Debate; Particularly Strong on National Security Issues
- Why the Islamic State Attacked Paris — And What Happens Next (“But now IS is beginning to crumble on all fronts in both Syria and IraqThe meticulous coordination and sophistication of the attacks in Paris indicate the plot was hatched well in advance, but perhaps initiated as a sudden response to the group’s military setbacks.”)
- Schapiro: GOP readying to dump Roush – because it can (“McEachin says, ‘It sets a bad precedent to dismiss a Supreme Court justice or any judge for partisan reasons,’ adding that he believes the ‘sensible center will hold’ and ensure General Assembly approval of Roush for a full, 12-year term.”)
- A lieutenant governor shows medical expertise in bid for higher office in Va. (“Ralph S. Northam (D), a pediatric neurologist, hopes calm bedside manner helps in race for governor.”)
- Main: Clean power targets are easy to meet (If anything they’re too easy; Virginia’s commitment to a clean energy economy in short order could and should be far more ambitious than directed by the “Clean Power Plan.”)
- Democrats re-elect Toscano as House minority leader
- Virginia’s Come a Long Way on Ethics, but … (Anyone who thinks Virginia’s come a “long way on ethics” is simply not serious.)
- Ted Cruz talks Paris, policies at Richmond gala (The guy’s a wild-eyed extrremist. Why would anyone attend a “gala” for him?)
- CNU student in Paris: ‘We would have been in the middle of one of the massacres’
- Beyond the rhetoric on I-66 tolls, D.C. parking meters
- Transportation blueprint for Hampton Roads gets shuffled after bad gas tax predictions
- D.C. area forecast: Warmer weather returns, without the whipping winds
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