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Wounded Vet Heckled at Columbia

Columbia Students Heckle Wounded Iraq Veteran The New York Post reports: Columbia University students heckled a war hero during a town-hall meeting on whether ROTC should be allowed back on campus. "Racist!" some students yelled at Anthony Maschek, a Columbia freshman and …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Barbour: I'll Veto Klan License Plate

Barbour: I'll Veto Klan License Plate Politico reports: Under pressure to address racial issues swirling around a potential presidential bid, Haley Barbour said on Monday for the first time that he wouldn’t sign legislation in Mississippi to honor a former Ku Klux Klan leader …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Clinton to Libya: 'End the Bloodshed'

Clinton to Libya: 'End the Bloodshed' CNN reports: The United States on Monday condemned the violence in Libya and called for a halt to the "unacceptable bloodshed" in response to civil unrest, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement. "The government of Libya …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Election Day: Rahm Holds Big Lead

Election Day: Rahm Holds Big Lead ABC News reports: On a last-minute swing through Chicago neighborhoods, mayoral front-runner Rahm Emanuel ran smack into supporters of his rival, former senator Carol Moseley Braun. As he entered Chicago's Chicken and Waffles on the city's south …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

CNN's Ben Wedeman Sneaks Into Libya

CNN's Ben Wedeman Sneaks Into Libya Ben Wedeman at CNN reports: Editor's note: CNN's Ben Wedeman reports from eastern Libya after crossing into that country from Egypt. He is the first Western television correspondent to enter and report from Libya during the current crisis. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

At Least 65 Dead In New Zealand Earthquake

At Least 65 Dead In NZ Earthquake The New York Times reports: SYDNEY, Australia — A powerful earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand , during the city’s busy lunchtime rush on Tuesday, flattening office buildings, destroying several homes and killing scores of people, …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Hitchens: King's Speech Is Still Bad History

Hitchens: King's Speech Is Still Bad History Christopher Hitchens writes in Slate : Brush even a fingertip against the balloon of Hollywood ambition and prize-mania, and it can burst with gratifying speed, emitting huge gusts of narcissism and megalomania. Ever since I, and one or …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

York: Wisconsin Budget Fight Shows Gap Between GOP and Dems

York: WI Fight Shows Gap Between GOP and Dems Byron York writes in the Washington Examiner: "They've painted themselves in a corner," Wisconsin Republican state senator Randy Hopper says of his Democratic colleagues. "There's no way for them to get out of it." Democratic senators …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

US Supported Bahrain Government Against Shiite Majority

US Govt Supported Bahrain Monarchy Against Shiites The New York Times reports: MANAMA, Bahrain — The United States military undermined efforts to improve relations with Bahrain ’s Shiite majority and understated abuses by the Sunni royal family, according to one present and one …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Iranian Warships Enter Suez Canal

Iranian Warships Enter Suez Canal The BBC reports: Two Iranian warships have entered the Suez Canal to make a passage to the Mediterranean Sea, canal officials say. Iranian officials have said the warships are headed to Syria for training, a mission Israel has described as a …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Applebaum: It's 1848 All Over Again

Applebaum: Why It Isn't 1989 in the Arab World Anne Applebaum writes in the Washington Post: "Each revolution must be assessed in its own context, each had a distinctive impact. The revolutions spread from one point to another. They interacted to a limited extent. . . . The drama of …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Lowry: Our Reactionary President

Lowry: Our Reactionary President Rich Lowry writes at the National Review : President Obama is stirring up the forces of reaction. Or at least he wants to. He is their inspiration and their leader, the nation’s most eloquent and powerful advocate of a government of the past. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Qaddafi on State TV: I Am In Tripoli

Qaddafi: 'I Am In Tripoli' The BBC reports: Libya's leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has dismissed reports that he had fled amid the unrest sweeping the country, calling foreign news channels "dogs". Speaking to state TV from outside a ruined building, he said "I am in Tripoli and not in …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 22, 2011

Oil Firms Evacuate Workers From Libya

Libya: Oil Firms Evacuate Workers The New York Times reports: Global oil companies said Monday that they were making plans to evacuate employees in Libya after some operations there were disrupted by political unrest. Libya holds the largest crude oil reserves in Africa, and the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday February 21, 2011

Cameron: Egypt Isn't an Islamist Revolution

UK PM: Egypt Isn't an Islamist Revolution The Daily Telegraph reports: David Cameron arrived in Egypt today as the first Western leader to visit the country since the fall of Hosni Mubarak. The Prime Minister flew into Cairo urging Egypt’s new military leaders to make good on …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday February 21, 2011

Rush Rips FLOTUS for Eating Ribs

Rush Rips FLOTUS for Eating Ribs CNN reports: Michelle Obama is taking heat from talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh after a report in the Vail Daily that she consumed a not-so-healthy-meal of ribs for dinner while on a recent visit to the Colorado resort, the latest example of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday February 21, 2011

Fewer Voters Identify as Dems

Fewer Voters Identify as Dems ABC News reports: A Gallup analysis of interviews of more than 350, 000 Americans in all 50 states and the District of Columbia finds that fewer people defined themselves as Democrats in 2010 than did in 2008. In fact, notes Gallup “every state …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday February 21, 2011

Libyan Official: Qaddafi Guilty of 'Genocide'

Libyan UN Official: Qaddafi Guilty of 'Genocide' CNN reports: The Libyan government launched new efforts Monday to crack down on protests, after apparently losing control of the city of Benghazi and facing defections from prominent officials inside leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday February 21, 2011

House Budget Cuts Border Security

House Budget Cuts Border Security ABC News reports: When it comes to border security, House Republicans have been outspoken and unambiguous. They say more resources are needed to stop illegal flows of immigrants, drugs and weapons entering the U.S., and insist the Obama administr…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday February 21, 2011

Libyan Air Force Pilots Defect

Libyan Air Force Pilots Defect NPR reports: Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said. The two Mirage jets landed at Malta Internationa…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday February 21, 2011