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"Helen Thomas Award" Discontinued

"Helen Thomas Award" Ended The AP reports : INDIANAPOLIS — The board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists has voted to retire a lifetime achievement award named for longtime journalist Helen Thomas, who has made a series of controversial statements in recent …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Maine Gov: NAACP can "Kiss my Butt"

Maine Gov: NAACP can "Kiss my Butt" The Huffington Post reports : Paul LePage, Maine's new Tea Party-backed governor, will reportedly not attend an NAACP event to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and if the NAACP doesn't like it, LePage said , they can "kiss my butt." …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Giffords Able to Breathe Unassisted

Giffords Able to Breathe Unassisted The Los Angeles Times reports : Surgeons at Tucson's University Medical Center removed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from a ventilator Saturday and inserted a tracheotomy tube into her neck to assist her breathing, according to the center. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Stuxnet Reported Tested at Dimona

Stuxnet Reported Tested at Dimona The New York Times reports : The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel ’s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal. Over the past …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Did Reagan Have Alzheimer's as President?

Did Reagan Have Alzheimer's as President? Yahoo! News reports : NEW YORK – Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease while he was still in the White House. The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Should we Change Involuntary Treatment Laws?

Should we Change Involuntary Treatment Laws? Sally Satel writes : I agree with the earlier commentators’ descriptions of what quality campus mental health systems should do --- namely, provide campus-wide outreach via education; facilitate rapid access to care; establish interventio…

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

Lowry: What is "The Madness Lobby"?

Lowry: What is "The Madness Lobby"? Rich Lowry writes : In his Tucson speech, President Barack Obama rightly said that “terrible things happen for reasons that defy human understanding.” Why that morning? Why Gabby Giffords? These and other questions can’t be answered, but at a …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

Cuban Travel Policy to be Relaxed

Cuban Travel Policy to be Relaxed Forbes reports : TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- President Barack Obama plans to loosen Cuban travel policy to allow students and church groups to go to the communist country, a senator's office said Friday. The State Department briefed Sen. Bill …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

Healthcare Industry Moves Against Repeal

Healthcare Industry Moves Against Repeal Suzy Khimm reports : The health insurance industry turned against the Affordable Care Act before the law passed, arguing that the onerous new regulations and reforms would make their business unsustainable. But despite its vocal objections, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

Michelle Rhee Popular with Republicans

Michelle Rhee Popular with Republicans The Washington Post reports : In her post-D.C. Public Schools career, former Chancellor Michelle Rhee has had no trouble whatsoever attracting attention to her new education reform ventures. And she's been getting the most attention from …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

Sen. Mike Lee: Child Labor Laws Unconstitutional

Sen. Mike Lee: Child Labor Laws Unconstitutional ThinkProgress reports : Last week, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted a lecture on his YouTube channel where he explains in great detail his views on the Constitution. As part of the lecture, which is essentially a lengthy defense of his …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

Loughner's Disturbing Video Released

Loughner's Disturbing Video Released Talking Points Memo reports : "Alright, so here's what we're doing," says the man behind the camera as he navigates through a dark parking lot. "We're examining the torture of students. We're looking at students who have been tortured. Their low …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

WashTimes: Media Conducting "Pogrom" Against Palin

WashTimes: Media Running "Pogrom" Against Palin Talking Points Memo reports : A Washington Times editorial defends Sarah Palin's use of the phrase "blood libel" in the wake of the Tucson shootings, by calling media criticism of Palin "the latest round of an ongoing pogrom against …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

Huckabee Plans Trip to Alaska

Huckabee Plans Trip to Alaska The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- Move over Sarah Palin, the mythic land of Alaska is getting some attention from another would-be Republican contender. If former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee hopes to win the GOP nomination in 2012, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 15, 2011

Tunisia Sends a Message to MidEast Despots

Tunisia Sends a Message to MidEast Despots Barbara Slavin writes : The demise of the Ben Ali regime in Tunisia by a popular uprising is a first in the Arab world and shows that the aging despots of the region must provide more freedom to their people or risk a similar fate. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 14, 2011

Funeral Held for Judge Roll

Funeral Held for Judge Roll Washington Post reports : For the second day in a row, mourners in this grieving city streamed toward a pink-walled, green-roofed Catholic church under bright and sunny skies. But on Friday, instead of remembering the spirited, short life of a …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 14, 2011

RNC Debt Hits $20 Million

RNC Debt Hits $20 Million The Washington Post reports : Hundreds of major donors have abandoned the Republican National Committee, leaving it $20 million in debt and threatening its future as a central player in the 2012 presidential election. The RNC raised just $7 million …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 14, 2011

Romney Meets with Netanyahu

Romney Meets with Netanyahu Politico reports : Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney met Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who aides say plans sessions with all the serious potential 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls. Netanyahu’s office said the two …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 14, 2011

Bill to Stump for Rahm

Bill to Campaign for Rahm Politico reports : Bill Clinton will stump for Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday, despite warnings from some of Chicago’s top African-American Democrats that the former president should stay out of the city’s mayoral race. Clinton will host a rally for …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 14, 2011

Shooting Victim Blames Palin & Beck

Shooting Victim Blames Palin & Beck Politico reports : A wounded survivor of the Tucson shooting that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is blaming Sarah Palin, House Speaker John Boehner, Fox TV host Glenn Beck, and former Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sharron …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday January 14, 2011