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What US Learned by Talking to Muslim Brotherhood
What U.S. Learned in Talks with Muslim Brotherhood Writing in The New Republic , Eli Lake reviews America's history of Islamist outreach: The current wave of democratic uprisings in the Middle East is a welcome development. But it will almost certainly empower long-suppressed …
The Golden Age of Book-Buying
The Golden Age of Book-Buying Christopher Caldwell writes in the Financial Times : Borders became one of the hottest corporate chains of the 1990s because it didn’t do things by halves. Its bookstores were of an unheard-of size and sophistication. They stretched not just from …
Reid Offers New Spending Plan
Reid Offers New Spending Plan The Washington Post reports: Senate Democrats on Friday introduced their plan for keeping the federal government funded through September, with a vote on the measure as well as a House-passed proposal expected to come as early as next Tuesday. …
Walker Moves to Begin Layoffs
Walker Moves to Begin Layoffs The Washington Post reports: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) Friday began the process for laying off 1,500 state employees, escalating the bitter standoff over his legislation to sharply curtail collective bargaining rights for public employees. …
Obama 'Appalled' by Libya Violence
Obama 'Appalled' by Libya Violence The Washington Post reports: Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi escalated their fiercest counterattack yet against the opposition on Saturday, laying violent siege to a rebel enclave by shelling residential neighborhoods and rolling …
Photo Shows Giffords Seconds Before Shooting
Photo Shows Giffords Seconds Before Shooting CBS News reports: A picture snapped less than a minute before Tucson's horrific mass shooting shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords doing what her staff says "she loves to do; talk to her constituents." Standing in front the Safeway store on …
Feminism's Multicultural Blind Spot
Throughout Europe, women's rights are regressing rather than advancing, as immigration from North Africa and the Middle East transforms European societies. The first International Women's Day was observed in Germany a century ago. How are things for women in Germany today? Pretty good, you …Rebel-Held Zawiyah Repels Brutal Qaddafi Forces Attack
Rebel Town Repels Qaddafi Attack img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-71792" title="libya battle" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-03/libya-battle.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />New Egyptian PM Cheered By Tahrir Crowds
Tahrir Sq Crowd Meets New Egypt PM The Washington Post reports: In Egypt, the huge crowd that had gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square cheered as the country's newly appointed prime minister waded into throngs of protesters and asked for their support and help. "I draw my legitimacy …
Yemen Fires On Friday Protesters
Yemen Fires On Protesters The BBC reports: Houthi rebels in north Yemen say the armed forces have fired on their anti-government protest. The Shia rebels claim two people were killed and at least seven were injured in the incident in the northern province of Amran, reports say. …
NASA Rocket Crashes Into Ocean After Liftoff
NASA Rocket Crashes Into Ocean The USA Today reports: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California (AP) — It looks like the rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite was in the Pacific Ocean after a failed launch attempt early Friday, NASA said. The Taurus XL rocket carrying …
Libyan Rebels Continue To Push West
Libyan Rebels Continue Push West The New York Times reports : RAS LANUF, Libya (Reuters) - Rebels in east Libya said on Saturday they were pushing further west after driving out forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi from the oil town of Ras Lanuf a day earlier. Rebel soldiers told …
DeMint: Time To Defund Public Broadcasting
DeMint: Defund PBS Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) writes in the Wall Street Journal : When presidents of government-funded broadcasting are making more than the president of the United States, it's time to get the government out of public broadcasting. While executives at the Public …
Palin Gets Testy With O'Reilly
Palin Gets Testy With O'Reilly Politico reports: Sarah Palin got a little frustrated with Bill O'Reilly Friday night, telling the Fox News host not to interrupt her while she tried to explain her position on entitlement reform. "Up here in Alaska we have the four second delay," …
Protests Follow Friday Prayers
Protests Follow Friday Prayers The New York Times reports: In what has become something of a weekly appointment for displaying disaffection with unresponsive governments, thousands of people poured into the streets across the Arab world to protest after noon prayers on Friday. …