Yahoo! News: Opinion Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:16:13 GMT

Does the Narrative Behind Kathryn Bigelow's Big Oscar Win Mar the Event's Power as a Feminist Triumph? (HuffingtonPost.com)   - HuffingtonPost.com - Read Scott Mendelson's other articles on HuffingtonPost.com The Scandalous Empire State (RealClearPolitics.com)   - RealClearPolitics.com - Pick your applicable New York cliché. Its politicians fall faster than a New York minute. Bad apples spoil the Big Apple. It's called Babylon for a reason. Navy submarines: What’s really in the way of women serving? (The Christian Science Monitor)   - The Christian Science Monitor - Defense Secretary Robert Gates notified Congress in a letter Feb. 19 that the Navy intends to repeal the Congressional ban on female personnel on submarines. It’s about time. Protest Friends of IDF Fundraiser (The Nation)   - The Nation - The Nation -- Tonight, March 9th, The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a non-profit organization that provides support and services to members of Israel's national army, will be holding a gala $1,000 a plate fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan. Tale of Two CEOs: One of Them Needs to Do Better (HuffingtonPost.com)   - HuffingtonPost.com - Read Leo Hindery, Jr.'s other articles on HuffingtonPost.com Revenge of the GOP Nerd (RealClearPolitics.com)   - RealClearPolitics.com - What do these three Republican rising stars have in common: Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels and Bobby Jindal? You can imagine all at a Star Trek convention. Sanctions against Iran will only bolster its regime (The Christian Science Monitor)   - The Christian Science Monitor - On her recent visit to the Persian Gulf, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated an obvious fact that is finally becoming clear to outsiders: Iran is moving toward military dictatorship. FCC broadband plan: It must spur competition (The Christian Science Monitor)   - The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration wants to make sure all Americans have access to broadband Internet service. Hopeful Signs in Iraq? (The Nation)   - The Nation - The Nation -- Facts are scarce, and spin is everywhere, in the aftermath of Iraq's election on Sunday. Healthcare reform must not ignore the Millennials (The Christian Science Monitor)   - The Christian Science Monitor - Almost everyone seems to be talking about my generation. With good reason. The Millennials (Generation-Y) are 95 million strong and many of us are in our 20s. We’re beginning to become a very influential part of the American public. Beware of Democrats Bearing Gifts (Mona Charen)   - Mona Charen - The signs are all around us. Even as Barack Obama and the Democrats lower their heads and prepare to bulldoze a huge new entitlement through Congress, the results of profligate government spending are everywhere apparent. It requires a prodigious degree of ideological blindness to miss this. Who Should Pay the Piper? (Pat Buchanan)   - Pat Buchanan - Greece this past weekend saw the worst rioting since the debt crisis began. After Athens had announced new tax hikes and budget cuts to reduce a deficit of 13 percent of gross domestic product, mobs drove guards from Greece's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and attacked police. PRESIDENTS AND THEIR PEP TALKS (David Shribman)   - David Shribman - Had John McCain been elected president and had a general malaise settled on American politics, you might have imagined picking up a newspaper like the Financial Times and seeing a headline like this one: America Needs a Pep Talk. OLD PREJUDICES CAN ENDURE EVEN AMONG THE YOUNG (Cynthia Tucker)   - Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- Having done my share of sneering at the younger generation over their rap music (I despise the violence and misogyny), their sartorial style ("Pants on the Ground!") and their seeming sense of entitlement (40K a year isn't enough for that first job?), I should acknowledge their continuing contributions to a culture that celebrates diversity and equality. STUDENTS WAKE UP IN CALIFORNIA (Richard Reeves)   - Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of California students, from graduate students to kindergarten kids, walked out of their classrooms last Thursday to peacefully (mostly) demonstrate against the decline of education in the Golden State. Could this be the start of something big? Something bigger than tea bags? Mostly Hope (Mona Charen)   - Mona Charen - After more than a year in office, the Obama foreign policy based on hope has run its course. The Undemocratic Democrats (Linda Chavez)   - Linda Chavez - Arrogance is an occupational hazard in politics, one that is often fatal, and the Democrats show every sign of having succumbed. A Year of Anti-Religious Bigotry (Brent Bozell III)   - Brent Bozell III - It's quite striking to see the degree to which traditional Islam has come under ferocious attack from the anti-religious impulse in Hollywood and New York and other bohemian centers in America. It is clearly anti-Islamic religious bigotry. Take a look at just some examples over the past year alone.  Pitching for America (Pat Buchanan)   - Pat Buchanan - It was Father's Day, 1964, when the Phillies' Jim Bunning, a father of seven, took the mound against the Mets. The Obama Way: Bluster, Bully, Bribe (Michelle Malkin)   - Michelle Malkin - The White House took great offense this week when conservatives suggested President Obama might be trading a judicial appointment for a wavering Democrat's vote on his health care reform plan. "Absurd," a miffed administration official told Politico.com. Wherever could the American people get such an impression? Let us count the ways.