Governors Take Spotlight Ahead of Winter Meeting
Govs Take Spotlight Ahead of Winter Meeting img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-70391" title="scott-walker" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/scott-walker.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Man Behind South Park Threats Gets 25 Years
25 Years For South Park Death Threats img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-71645" title="muhammad-bear-suit" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/muhammad-bear-suit.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Qaddafi's Son: We Will 'Live and Die in Libya'
Qaddafi's Son: We Will 'Live and Die in Libya' The Los Angeles Times reports: As protests escalate in Libya, Seif Islam, one of the sons of embattled Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi, has vowed his family will remain in the country and "live and die" there. Asked by a …
Hitchens: Obama's Response to Arab Unrest 'Pathetic'
Hitchens: Obama's Response to Arab Unrest 'Pathetic' Christopher Hitchens writes at Slate: However meanly and grudgingly, even the new Republican speaker has now conceded that the president is Hawaiian-born and some kind of Christian. So let's hope that's the end of all that. A …
Qaddafi Asks Backers to 'Retaliate'
Qaddafi Asks Allies to 'Retaliate' NBC News reports: Libya's embattled Moammar Gadhafi called on his supporters Friday to defend against the surging oppposition, telling a crowd of thousands that "we are ready to triumph over the enemy." Gadhafi, wearing a fur cap and sunglasses…
Newt: 1995 Shutdown Was GOP Victory
Newt: '95 Shutdown Was GOP Victory Former Speaker Newt Gingrich writes at The Washington Post : The Washington establishment believes that the government shutdown of 1995 was a disastrous mistake that accomplished little and cost House Republicans politically. The facts are …
Rep Asked: 'Who Will Shoot Obama?'
Rep Asked: 'Who Will Shoot Obama?' Salon reports: Here's the latest evidence that nothing has changed in post-Tucson America: A person at a Tuesday town hall with Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., got up and asked, "Who is going to shoot President Obama?" The exact wording of the question …
Freddie Reports $14B in 2010 Losses
Freddie Reports $14B in 2010 Losses The Hill reports: Freddie Mac lost $14 billion in 2010, the troubled mortgage giant reported Thursday. The government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) reported a loss of $113 million in the fourth quarter of the year alone. However, both those …
Six Dead in Iraqi 'Day of Rage'
Six Dead in Iraqi 'Day of Rage' The Washington Post reports: Thousands marched on government buildings and clashed with security forces in cities across Iraq on Friday, in the largest and most violent anti-government protests here since political unrest began spreading in the Arab …
Santorum: Boehner Should Defend DOMA
Santorum: Boehner Must Defend DOMA The Hill reports: One possible Republican presidential candidate is putting pressure on House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to defend in court the federal law that bans the recognition of gay marriage. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), a …
Libyan Rebels Repel Qaddafi Counterattack
Libyan Rebels Beat Qaddafi Attack The New York Times reports: BENGHAZI, Libya — Rebels seeking to overturn the 40-year rule of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi repelled a concerted assault by his forces on Thursday on cities close to the capital, removing any doubt that Libya ’s …
Free Libya Learning Self-Government
Free Libya Learning Self-Govt The New York Times reports: BENGHAZI, Libya — The rebels here said they caught a spy in the court building, the nerve center of the uprising, recording insurgent plans on a cellphone camera. The response was swift. Prosecutors interrogated the man on …
Brooks: Why Mitch Needs To Run
Brooks: Why Mitch Needs To Run David Brooks writes in the New York Times : On Feb. 11, Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana met with a group of college students. According to The Yale Daily News, he told them that there is an “excellent chance” he will not run for president. Then he …
Shuttle "Discovery" Makes Final Liftoff
Discovery Makes Final Liftoff The BBC reports: The US shuttle Discovery has launched from the Kennedy Space Center for the last time. The orbiter roared into a bright blue Florida sky, leaving the pad at 1653 local time (2153 GMT). Its 11-day mission will see it deliver a new …
US Pulls Out Of "Vital" Afghan Valley
US Troops Pull Back from 'Vital' Afghan Valley The New York Times reports: After years of fighting for control of a prominent valley in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, the United States military has begun to pull back most of its forces from ground it once insisted was …
Lowry: Obama "Cowardly" On Gay Marriage
Lowry: Obama "Cowardly" On Gay Marriage Rich Lowry writes in National Review : Pres. Barack Obama wants us to believe he’s the most ineffectual opponent of gay marriage imaginable. If we take him at his word, he’s a supporter of the traditional definition of marriage who just …
Boeing Wins $35 Billion Tanker Plane Contract
Boeing Wins $35BN Plane Contract The Washington Post reports: The weapons contract, which will provide an estimated 50,000 jobs, is one of the biggest in history and by far the largest likely to be awarded under the Obama administration. The long-awaited decision followed years of …
Shepard Smith: Wisconsin Fiscal Crisis "Malarkey"
Shep Smith: WI Fiscal Crisis "Malarkey" The Huffington Post reports: On Wednesday's "Studio B," Shepard Smith said the battle over union rights in Wisconsin was all about busting unions and securing Republican political power, not about the state's budget deficit. It was a take …
Climate Scientists Cleared of Misconduct
Climate Scientists Cleared of Misconduct The New York Times reports: An inquiry by a federal watchdog agency found no evidence that scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration manipulated climate data to buttress the evidence in support of global warming , …