Katie's debates (24)

Does congress matter?

I'm really interested to see what Obama's relationship will be like with Congress. Any thoughts? Will they stand up to him? Make his job unnecessarily hard?

Added a post Jan 21

Best and Worst of 2008

My favorite things from 2008 Obama’s election night victory Bill Maher’s last “New Rules” of 2008 Chris Matthew and Keith Olbermann being taken off anchor duty for debates, election night My ... Continue

Tagged: 2008

Added a post Dec. 28, 2008

Best and Worst of 2008 1 Reply

As we welcome in the new year, tell us what you think were the best and worst moments, stories, events of 2008. Or let us know what you want to see happen in 2009. It's an open debate. Here are s... Continue

Tagged: 2008

Started this debate. Last reply by Katie Dec. 28, 2008.

Over Under Clinton as SOS

Hmm...I think that sounds about right, but I'll go with 85

Tagged: under, over-

Added a post Dec. 4, 2008

Sympathy for Ralph Kramden

You could have called this piece "Sympathy for Joe the Plumber." So what should Ralph Kramden/Joe the Plumber do? Joe the Plumber recently signed a deal to be a pitchman for digital TV converter b... Continue

Tagged: ralph, relax

Added a post Dec. 1, 2008

Obama's Mandate

I think we're all watching to see if we can find any hints of what Obama will or will not due to fulfill whatever mandate we perceive he gained by winning the election. And we're waiting with uncer... Continue

Tagged: tax, middle, class, cuts, obama

Added a post Nov. 24, 2008

Is it wrong to demand that someone speaks fluent english?

When the issue of declaring English the official language of the U.S. briefly came up as a hot topic, last year was it (?) I think many saw the idea as "hint hint, we don't want you here immigrants... Continue

Tagged: rights, language, support, english, citizens

Added a post Nov. 20, 2008

Is it wrong to demand that someone speaks fluent english?

Thanks for this Chad, I hope this gets lots of responses because it's an important topic. I'm sure other countries with large immigrant populations do have issues with this but maybe not to the sam... Continue

Tagged: rights, language, support, english, citizens

Added a post Nov. 10, 2008

What features would you most like to see on WeOpEd?

The "Share this" option on every op-ed allows members to submit the articles to Digg or other Web sites like that.

Tagged: features, feedback, weoped, roadmap

Added a reply Nov. 10, 2008

Resolved, the US economy has begun a deflationary spiral from which we will emerge a different country.

Yeah, I noticed your third-party support from my Nader piece, and I totally agree. I think the two-party system is completely broken and f'd up. I saw an interview on Bill Moyers Journal with a pub... Continue

Tagged: political, economy, socioeconomy

Added a reply Nov. 3, 2008