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Olson: Are Law Schools Hurting America?

Olson: Are Law Schools Hurting America? Jamie Weinstein interviews Walter Olson for the Daily Caller: Walter Olson is the author of “ Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America , ” just released last week. Olson, who is currently a senior fellow at the Cato …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

WI Dems Propose Border Meeting

WI Dems Propose Border Meeting Sam Stein at Huffington Post reports: The Democratic state Senate leader in Wisconsin has written a letter to Gov. Scott Walker asking him to hold a meeting to resolve differences regarding his controversial proposed budget at a neutral site along the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Why Obama Must Intervene in Libya

Obama is wrestling with whether or not to intervene in Libya. One consideration should top his thinking: What message will it send if Qaddafi survives? President Barack Obama is wrestling with a decision whether or not to intervene in Libya. Here is a consideration that should top the president…

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Written by David Frum on Monday March 7, 2011

"The Best Minds of My Generation are Wilting Away"

This spring, I will be graduating with honors from a top-ten university. I should be excited about my future, yet, I find myself terrified. 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 the young as they …

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Written by Edward Phillips on Monday March 7, 2011

WI Dems Deny Return Date Set

WI Dems Deny Return Date Set Reuters reports: Wisconsin Democrats who fled the state more than two weeks ago to block a vote on a Republican plan to limit public union collective bargaining said on Sunday they have no immediate plans to return. "I think the situation has not …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Gates: U.S. Has Afghan Role Post-2014

Gates: U.S. Troops May Stay Post-2014 in Afghanistan The AP reports: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that both the U.S. and Afghan governments agree the American military should remain involved in Afghanistan after the planned 2014 end of combat operations to help …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Westboro Lawyer: Obama, SCOTUS Going to Hell

Westboro Lawyer: Obama, SCOTUS Going to Hell Politico reports: The attorney who won the Supreme Court case last week affirming the Westboro Baptist Church’s right to stage anti-gay protests outside military funerals suggested on Sunday the high court’s nine justices are going to …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Building A New Order In Free Libya

Rebels Restore Order in Free Libya The New York Times reports: The signs in Bayda still read the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab State of the Masses. It was never much of a state, nor did the people have much say. Now two weeks after its liberation, residents of this …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Protesters Attacked With Knives In Cairo

Cairo Protesters Attacked BBC News reports: Pro-democracy activists in Egypt have been attacked by men in plain clothes, armed with knives, outside the interior ministry in Cairo, reports say. It is the first such attack since the fall of Hosni Mubarak last month. Protesters …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

White House Warns Against Islamophobia

WH Warns Against Islamophobia Politico reports: As a House committee prepares to turn the spotlight on Al Qaeda’s efforts to radicalize Muslims in America, the White House issued a public plea Sunday to focus on the American Muslim community’s support for anti-terrorism efforts and …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Egyptian PM Names New Cabinet

Egyptian PM Names New Cabinet The New York Times reports: CAIRO —  Egypt ’s interim prime minister appointed a new caretaker cabinet on Sunday, answering a public demand to eliminate most ministers with links to former President  Hosni Mubarak , even as protesters nationwide …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

GOP Urges Aid For Libyan Rebels

GOP Urges Aid For Libyan Rebels The Wall Street Journal reports: Forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi struck back against rebel-held cities across Libya on Sunday, while Republican leaders in Congress pressed for the U.S. to consider providing arms, intelligence and training to the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Navy Prints Training Materials For End of DADT

Navy Preps Post-DADT Training The Washington Post reports: Four documents -- a 24-slide PowerPoint presentation, a two-page pamphlet, an eight-page "Frequently Asked Questions" form and 14 written vignettes -- are being used by naval commanders and senior enlisted officers to train …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Fashion and Fascism

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Fox Considers Life After Beck

Fox Considers Life After Beck The New York Times reports: Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot, the enemies around all corners, and how he alone seemed to understand what was under …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Obama May Tap Oil Reserves

Obama May Tap Oil Reserves Reuters reports: White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley said on Sunday the Obama administration is considering tapping into the U.S. strategic oil reserve as one way to help ease soaring oil prices. Speaking on NBC television's "Meet the Press," Daley …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Durbin: No Cuts Over $10.5 Billion

Durbin: No Cuts Over $10.5B Reuters reports: Assistant Senate Democratic leader Dick Durbin drew a line in the sand on Sunday in his party's budget battle with Republicans, who are pushing deep spending cuts to trim the federal deficit. Durbin, one of President Barack Obama's …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Qaddafi Stops Rebel Advance

Qaddafi Repels Rebel Advance Washington Post reports: Moammar Gaddafi's loyalists escalated a lethal counterattack on Sunday, heightening assaults on rebel-held cities near his western stronghold of Tripoli and pushing back opposition forces attempting to advance toward the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 7, 2011

Obama's New Spin Machine

On Sunday, the White House sent new Chief of Staff Bill Daley out on Meet the Press for the first time since Rahm Emanuel bounced to Chicago. On Sunday, the White House sent new Chief of Staff Bill Daley out to do Meet the Press for the first time since Mayor Rahm bounced from the post to run …

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Written by Jeb Golinkin on Monday March 7, 2011