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Fractured Libyan Opposition Struggles To Unify

Fractured Libyan Opposition Struggles To Unify The New York Times reports: BENGHAZI, Libya — In less than three weeks, an inchoate opposition in Libya , one of the world’s most isolated countries, has cobbled together the semblance of a transitional government, fielded a ragtag …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Hollywood Hiding From Qaddafi Money Connection

Hollywood Hiding From Qaddafi Connection The New York Times reports: LOS ANGELES — Things have gotten chilly here for Natural Selection, the film production company backed by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi ’s son Saadi. On its office line, a recorded message has been the only answer …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Bill Gates Pushes For Final Eradication Of Polio

Bill Gates Pushes For Polio Eradication The New York Times reports: On Monday, in a Manhattan town house that once belonged to polio ’s most famous victim, Franklin D. Roosevelt , Bill Gates made an appeal for one more big push to wipe out world polio. Although that …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Mexico's Youngest Police Chief Flees To US

Mexican Police Chief Wants US Asylum The Wall Street Journal reports: A young woman who volunteered to lead her Mexican hometown's police department after a predecessor was beheaded by drug gangs has fled her post to seek asylum in the U.S., authorities said Tuesday. Marisol …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday March 9, 2011

The Bold Budget Cuts Congress Won't Touch

Tied up in Washington's budget cut fight, neither party is focusing on the real problem: the large percentage of the budget devoted to mandatory spending. As both parties engage in Kabuki theater over cuts to the 12 or so percent of the budget that consists of domestic, discretionary, …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Wednesday March 9, 2011

Cantor Wants to See WH Spending Plan

Cantor: Let's See WH Spending Plan The Hill reports: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said he has told the White House to put forward a plan to cut spending for the remainder of 2011, as the House and Senate attempt to avert a government shutdown. Cantor said he told …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Dems: We'll Force Spending Bill Vote

Dems: We'll Force Spending Bill Vote The Hill reports: Sensing division, Senate Democrats declared Tuesday that they will force Republicans to vote on the House GOP’s bill to cut $57 billion in spending. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he would bring a cloture vote …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Obama, Cameron Discuss Libya Response

U.S. & U.K. Discuss Libya Response The AP reports: President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron agreed Tuesday to plan for the "full spectrum of possible responses" on Libya including an arms embargo and a no-fly zone. The White House emphasis on a full …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Feds Want Psych Exam for Loughner

Feds Want Psych Exam for Loughner The New York Times reports: Prosecutors asked a federal judge on Monday night to order Jared L. Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson shooting spree, to undergo psychiatric testing to determine if he is competent to stand trial. “The defendant’s …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Newt's Family Values Problem

Gingrich's personal life has been and will be politically lethal. But it's not the infidelity. It's the arrogance, hypocrisy, and (most horrifying to women) the cruelty. Pete Wehner tries to assess how much past marital infidelity will hurt Newt Gingrich's presidential chances. Many of the …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 8, 2011

New Grads: Advice from the Last Lost Generation

In the final installment of our young and jobless series, two survivors from the last "lost generation" provide some advice to today's recent graduates. With the release of new employment numbers, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the voices of the young as they …

Written by FrumForum Editors on Tuesday March 8, 2011

"Never Stop Trying": Advice from the Last Lost Generation

My generation also faced a tough recession. I don't know how, but we managed to survive. As hard as things are now, today's millennials have to believe they will too. With the release of new employment numbers on Friday March 4th, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the …

Written by Gretchen Moran Laskas on Tuesday March 8, 2011

"Believe in Your Worth": Advice from the Last Lost Generation

It's hard to accept the uncertainty of the Great Recession, but never stop believing in the worth of your life and work no matter how much others may insult it. With the release of new employment numbers on Friday March 4th, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the voices of …

Written by Telly Davidson on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Fenty Endorses Walker

Adrian Fenty, the Democratic former mayor of D.C. says he agrees with what Scott Walker is doing in Wisconsin. Do other Dem leaders feel the same? This seems to me a hugely important fact: Adrian Fenty, the Democratic former mayor of the District of Columbia says he agrees with what Scott Walker …

Written by David Frum on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Fenty Backs Walker in Union Standoff

Fenty Backs Walker in Union Standoff The Washington Post writes : Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker this morning got some rare Democratic support for his high-profile push to eliminate most state workers' collective barganing rights -- from former D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

GOP Working on Second Stopgap

GOP Working on Second Stopgap The Hill reports: House GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says Republicans are preparing to move a second short-term funding measure to avert a potential government shutdown. McCarthy told reporters Tuesday morning the Senate does not have …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Debt Panel Chairs Rip Budget Plans

Debt Panel Chairs Rip Budget Plans The Hill reports: The former co-chairmen of the president’s bipatisan debt commission on Tuesday blasted both President Obama's 2012 budget and congressional Republican plans to cut spending. The two chairmen said both would fail ward off a …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Reid Blames GOP for Spending Vote Delay

Reid Blames GOP for Delay in Spending Bill Votes The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) accused Republican leaders Tuesday of backing out of an agreement to hold votes on competing Republican and Democratic spending plans. Reid said Republican leaders …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011

In Defense of Vegemite

Obama may find Vegemite, Australia's national condiment, "horrible" but growing up in Australia, I became addicted to it. I smiled when I read President's Obama's remarks about how disgusting he finds Vegemite, Australia's national condiment. "It's horrible" he exclaimed at a Virginia school …

Written by Yvonne Crittenden on Tuesday March 8, 2011

Watch NPR Exec: 'Tea Party is Racist'

Watch NPR Exec: 'Tea Party is Racist' Politico reports: James O’Keefe, master of the video sting, targets NPR this time, in a pretty damaging interview with Ron Schiller, NPR’s senior vice president for development, and Betsy Liley, senior director of institutional giving. …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday March 8, 2011