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Charen: We Still Don't Know Who Won Wisconsin

Charen: Who Won Wisconsin? Mona Charen writes at Townhall : Who won the battle of Wisconsin? Republican Gov. Scott Walker got a legislative victory. On the other hand, Democrats, with a wary eye on 2012 and noting the worrying drop in support for President Obama in union-heavy states …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 16, 2011

Applebaum: Nuclear Energy Unsafe At Any Price

Applebaum: Nuclear Energy Inherently Unsafe Anne Applebaum writes in the Washington Post : In the aftermath of a disaster, the strengths of any society become immediately visible. The cohesiveness, resilience, technological brilliance and extraordinary competence of the Japanese …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 16, 2011

US Flying Drones Over Mexico To Fight Cartels

US Drones Tracking Mexican Cartels The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — Stepping up its involvement in Mexico ’s drug war , the Obama administration has begun sending drones deep into Mexican territory to gather intelligence that helps locate major traffickers and follow …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 16, 2011

Lake: Is New Govt Targeting Mubarak Allies?

Lake: Is Egypt's New Govt Targeting Mubarak Allies? Eli Lake writes at The Washington Times : The detention of an Egyptian industrial leader is raising new fears that those who prospered under the regime of ousted President Hosni Mubarak will face revolutionary justice despite the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 16, 2011

Obama Approval Rating Drops

Obama Approval Rating Drops CNN reports: A loss of support among low income men and among independent voters appears to be behind the drop in President Barack Obama's approval rating, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

GOP Sets Up Vote to Defund NPR

GOP Sets Up Vote to Defund NPR The Hill reports: The House Rules Committee on Wednesday will consider a bill to defund NPR. The move could set up a floor vote on the issue and comes after a video sting led to the resignation of NPR's top executive. House Majority Leader …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Germany Shuts Seven Nuke Plants

Germany Shuts Seven Nuke Plants The Guardian reports: Angela Merkel's U-turn on nuclear energy became even more gear-crunching on Tuesday when she announced the temporary closure of seven of Germany's nuclear power stations. The chancellor said that reactors built before 1980 …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

GOP Votes Against Climate Change Reality

By refusing to acknowledge that global warming is real, Republicans have opted for a pathetic denial of reality. Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee have just voted to deny reality. In particular, they voted against an amendment offered by ranking Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman …

Written by Kenneth Silber on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Is the GOP Backbench Rebelling?

Fifty-four Republicans defected on the latest continuing resolution. Fifty-four Republican defections on the latest Continuing Resolution.

Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 15, 2011

House Passes New Spending Bill

House Passes New Spending Bill The Hill reports: Republicans said a longer-term measure is preferable, but accused Senate Democrats and President Obama of having no viable plan. The House on Tuesday approved a sixth short-term spending resolution for the current fiscal year …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Qaddafi to Rebels: 'Surrender or Run'

Qaddafi to Rebels: 'Surrender or Run' The AP reports: Moammar Gadhafi's forces overwhelmed rebels in a strategic eastern city, hammering them with airstrikes, missiles, tanks and artillery Tuesday in an assault that sent residents fleeing and threatened to open the way for an …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Petraeus Sees Progress Against Taliban

Petraeus Sees Progress Against Taliban Washington Pos t reports: Gen. David H. Petraeus told lawmakers Tuesday that the U.S. and NATO forces he commands in Afghanistan have halted the Taliban’s momentum in much of the country, but he predicted difficult fighting ahead as the …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Aftershocks Hit Japan

Aftershocks Hit Japan The AP reports: Japan has been rattled by a couple of aftershocks within minutes, causing buildings in Tokyo to sway. The first, measuring 6.2 in magnitude, struck Tuesday night off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, 200 miles (325 kilometers) …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Boehner Confident Stopgap Will Pass

Boehner 'Confident' Stopgap Will Pass The Hill reports: Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday he is “confident” the House will pass a new three-week funding bill cutting $6 billion in spending, despite swelling opposition from conservatives demanding deeper savings. "I …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Report: Radiation Levels Drop

Report: Radiation Levels Drop The New York Times reports: A small crew of technicians braved radiation and fire through the day on Tuesday as they fought to prevent three nuclear reactors in northeastern Japan from melting down and stop storage ponds loaded with spent uranium …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Watch: Beck on Future with Fox

Watch: Beck on Future with Fox Huffington Post reports: Glenn Beck returned from his week-long vacation on Monday, and used his first day back on the job to respond to a widely-discussed New York Times piece that said that Fox News was "contemplating life without" him. Beck …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

NRA Won't Attend Gun Policy Meet

NRA Won't Attend Gun Policy Meet The New York Times reports: More than two months after the Tucson shootings, the administration is calling together both the gun lobby and gun safety groups to find common ground. But President Obama has no plans to take the lead in proposing …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

China's New Wave Nuke Plants

Japan's damaged nuclear reactor may be grabbing all the headlines, but in China, a new generation of nuclear plants are powering up. Evan Osnos in the New Yorker on the design of China's new generation of nuclear plants: [H]ow do some of these Chinese plants look up close? For that, I …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 15, 2011

WH Splits on Social Security Reform

WH Splits on Social Security Reform The Hill reports: Social Security reform is splitting President Obama’s economic and political advisers. Obama is being pulled in opposite directions by those whose priorities are fiscal and those whose No. 1 concern is electoral. Treasury …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011

Qaddafi Forces Close in on Benghazi

Qaddafi Forces Close in on Rebels Al Jazeera reports: Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader's forces and rebels are fighting for control of the oil town of Brega as the battle for eastern Libya edged closer to Benghazi, the so-called "rebel capital" in the east. Al Jazeera's Tony …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 15, 2011