<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>reihan salam | The Love Network</title><link>http://reihan-salam.love.com</link><language>en-us</language><docs>http://reihan-salam.love.com/rss.xml</docs><description>A Blog with news about reihan salam</description><copyright>AOL LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith | Relegence | AOL LLC.</generator><item><title>Biden's Disastrous Israel Trip</title><link>http://t.love.com/307476968</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2010/03/10/img-bs-top---salam-biden-in-the-middle-east_062902518650.jpg"><br>Ariel Schalit / AP Photo Joe Biden's blast at Israel's plan for new housing units will only make the Obama team more unpopular in Jerusalem. 
Reihan Salam on America's waning influence abroad. 


Among Israelis, opinions of the Obama administration are decidedly mixed. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 7:09:00</pubDate></item><item><title>What We Can and Can't Do to Raise Wages</title><link>http://t.love.com/306770613</link><description><![CDATA[The central issue in American politics isn't health reform, though you'd never know it from watching the news. 
Rather, the central issue, the one that helps define all others, is wages. 
When real wages increase, societies tend to be more open and generous. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:17:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Week In Politics Reviewed</title><link>http://t.love.com/306115661</link><description><![CDATA[Political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Reihan Salam, blogger at National Review and fellow at the New America Foundation, discuss the week in politics. 
They talk about the status of a health care overhaul by Congress and the latest report on the economy. 

 ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:37:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Everybody Loves Unemployment Aid. Here's Why.</title><link>http://t.love.com/305585901</link><description><![CDATA[The Recovery Act is President Obama's most significant economic achievement to date, but it is also highly controversial. 
Some of the controversy is silly and manufactured, like that egregious Rasmussen poll that found half of Americans think the stimulus created no jobs . 
But some of the controversy is well-placed. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Blogger catches Bill Maher guest fumbling facts on Singapore’s Health care</title><link>http://t.love.com/304110958</link><description><![CDATA[Did anybody catch the fabrication made by conservative Reihan Salam (Daily Beast, National Review) during the latest Bill Maher episode in which he said Singapore has the best healthcare system in the world, and that it is "completely free market". . 
Good job Matt Rock! 

 ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>What's On Tonight: 'Batman,' 'Smackdown,' 'Caprica'</title><link>http://t.love.com/303612385</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2009/10/rabid.jpg"><br>At 7:30, Cartoon Network has a new 'Batman: The Brave and the Bold.' 

At 8, NBC has The Olympics . 


FOX has The NAACP Awards at 8. 


The CW has a new 'Smallville ' at 8. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>The Millennial Voting Bloc: Waiting to be Wooed?</title><link>http://t.love.com/303571788</link><description><![CDATA[The group of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 could rival Yahweh for most names. 
Various cross sections are called the iGeneration, Generation Y, the (Inter)Net Generation, Echo Boomers, Generation Next -- or, as at the Pew Research Center's youth culture panels on Wednesday, the Millennials. 


Social gurus had convened to discuss the center's statistical sketch of the "new face of America," and many potential consumers of that spring-chicken data, from marketers to charitable recruiters, were note]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>On Tonight: Image Awards, 'Abbey Road' Salute</title><link>http://t.love.com/303433568</link><description><![CDATA[A new TV movie, "Turn the Beat Around" (MTV, 10 p.m.) is a Canadian production starring a past winner of "So You Think You Can Dance Canada." 
Therefore there's a good chance you've never heard of Romina D'Ugo, who stars as a young dancer in Los Angeles who has the idea of opening up a nightclub with a disco theme. 


While today's music is not so different from dance sounds of yore, everyone treats the sound of disco as if it's from the big band era. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 2:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>(AHN) "Real Time With Bill Maher" Returns To HBO February 26</title><link>http://t.love.com/303252866</link><description><![CDATA["Real Time Wth Bill Maher" will continue its eighth season on HBO on February 26. 
The roundtable guests for the episode will be editor Chrystia Freeland, author Reihan Salam and actress Olivia Wilde. 
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, will appear as an interview guest. 

]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:30:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Tax cuts can in fact create jobs</title><link>http://t.love.com/302801190</link><description><![CDATA[SEE what you think of this argument: it's impossible for tax cuts to create jobs. 
When the government cuts taxes, it simply has to borrow more money to cover its spending. 
This sucks money out of capital markets, which means financial institutions have less money to lend to businesses. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:13:00</pubDate></item><item><title>The Difference Between Preservation and Transition.</title><link>http://t.love.com/302415629</link><description><![CDATA[The Difference Between Preservation and Transition. 


Yesterday, Reihan Salam wrote a column on how to fix the economy, and for someone who complains a lot about straw men, Salam has no trouble invoking them. 
He writes that the Obama administration has "tried to cash-for-clunker its way over the economic abyss instead of staring into it," which mistakes a relatively small investment in fiscal stimulus and carbon reduction for the administration's much broader and more innovative economic growth agenda. 

]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Economic Conservatism A Straw Man?</title><link>http://t.love.com/302044313</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://shoutluton.com/attractions/images/strawman.jpg"><br>The conservative movement has a lot of beliefs that are at odds with consensus positions within economics, social sciences in general, and even the physical sciences. 
Those few conservatives who who don't disagree with the consensus therefor find themselves in an excruciatingly difficult position. 
I think that dilemma has been on display in the back-and-forth I've had with my friend Reihan Salam. 

]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Robert Waldmann Smacks Down Jonathan Chait as Soft on Reihan Salam and Soft on the Causes of Reihan Salam...</title><link>http://t.love.com/301319243</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://img.skitch.com/20100108-dki8b6s2c31shpcrj6chd4kbkt.render.png"><br>Reihan Salam... a pretty common failing among the smarter set of conservative commentators... a tendency to dismiss as straw-man characterizations positions that are in fact the mainstream conservative orthodoxy... the assertion that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has had no positive impact... climate change is a made-up conspiracy cooked out of thin air by Al Gore and some UN guys... reducing tax rates is a surefire way to increase revenue. 
I wish it were the case that these were straw man vie]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:10:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Stimulus Success?</title><link>http://t.love.com/300470129</link><description><![CDATA[David Leonhardt's column from yesterday's New York Times that argued that the Obama stimulus "really worked" has, predictably, drawn gloating from left- wing commentators ("IT WORKED" is the Huffington Post's headline). 


Setting aside the question of what it means to say that the stimulus "worked" better than other potential policy options -- although if you are interested Reihan Salam offered some relevant thoughts -- let's look at the arguments Leonhardt provides for the claims made by the headline, "Ju]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:39:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Does Obamacare Let People Purchase Insurance Across State Lines?</title><link>http://t.love.com/300102402</link><description><![CDATA["the Senate bill allows families and businesses to purchase insurance across state lines, a favorite policy proposal of the right." 

]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:01:27</pubDate></item></channel></rss>