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China to Press: Don't Cover Protests

China Warns Journalists: Don't Cover Protests The AP reports: Chinese police are further intensifying pressure on foreign reporters, warning them to stay away from spots designated for Middle East-inspired protests and threatening them with expulsion or a revoking of their …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Judge Orders Hold on Health Bill Ruling

Judge Puts Hold on Health Law Ruling Politico reports: U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled Thursday that implementation of the health law can proceed — but he gave the Obama administration just seven days to file an appeal. Vinson issued a stay of his own Jan. 31 ruling …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

13 Yr Old Ran to Escape Arranged Marriage

13 Yr Old Ran to Escape Arranged Marriage The Los Angeles Times reports: A 13-year-old Hesperia girl reported missing by her family on Feb. 22 apparently left to avoid being taken to Pakistan for an arranged marriage, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials said …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Talk Radio's Love Affair with Christie

Why is New Jersey Governor Chris Christie the heartthrob of the talk radio right while Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is suddenly an intolerable RINO? Laura Ingraham this week criticized New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for his apparent intention to sit-out the 2012 presidential campaign. She …

Written by Jay Gatsby on Thursday March 3, 2011

Tea Partiers Still Hooked on Handouts

A new WSJ/NBC News poll provides a glimpse of just how dependent on big government benefits Americans have become - even amongst the Tea Party. The anti-government “throw-the-bums-out” crowds have had their chance to speak out on how to curtail the deficit and what to do with those hated entitleme…

Written by Brad Schaeffer on Thursday March 3, 2011

Let Libyans Fight Their Own Revolution

A Canadian warship carrying special forces is joining an allied flotilla off Libya. Any actions other than evacuating foreign civilians though will be a mistake. Right now a Canadian warship – HMCS Charlottetown -- is heading for the Mediterranean to join an allied flotilla off Libya. It …

Written by Peter Worthington on Thursday March 3, 2011

"I Wonder if Going to College Was Worth It"

I have a masters degree, spent six years in the Army Reserve and was a teacher before grad school. Yet the only job I've found is as a security guard. With new employment numbers due Friday, March 4th, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the voices of the young as they face …

Written by Pablo on Thursday March 3, 2011

Lobbyists Cashed in on Qaddafi

In an important piece today, David Corn looks more closely at Qaddafi's Western enablers. Guess what? They weren't working for free. David Corn has more today on Qaddafi's Western enablers. And guess what? They weren't working for free. Libya hired Monitor group, a Boston-based consulting …

Written by David Frum on Thursday March 3, 2011

Poll: Obama Leads Romney, Pawlenty

Poll: Obama Leads Romney, Pawlenty The Hill reports: President Obama would beat two top contenders for the Republican nomination in 2012 by a wide margin, a new poll found Thursday. The president would beat former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) by nine percentage points, …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Post-Westboro: Palin Plays the Victim

Yesterday, Sarah Palin spun the Supreme Court's ruling in the Westboro Baptist case, calling for courts to allow more religious expression in public life. Following the Supreme Court's decision in the Westboro Baptist case, Sarah Palin reacted with characteristic thoughtfulness. She tweeted, …

Written by Henry Clay on Thursday March 3, 2011

Santorum: Fox Never Asked About My 2012 Plans

Santorum: Fox Never Asked About My 2012 Plans The Hill reports: Fresh off his suspension as a Fox News contributor, former Sen. Rick Santourm (R-Pa.) on Wednesday questioned why Fox did not suspend two other potential GOP presidential candidates working for the network. Though …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Edwards Hires Obama Lawyer Greg Craig

Edwards Hires Obama Lawyer Greg Craig NPR reports: Former North Carolina Senator and Democratic presidential contender John Edwards has brought in a new legal heavyweight to stand in his corner. Edwards has enlisted former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig to help …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

U.S. Backs Away from No Fly Zone

U.S. Backs Away from No Fly Zone The AP reports: The Obama administration is tempering its tough talk on Libya with a dose of reality, explaining that even a no-fly zone over the country would require a military attack on Moammar Gadhafi's regime. The Pentagon made it clear that …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Qaddafi Promises "Fight to the Last Man"

Qaddafi Promises "Fight To the Last Man" The New York Times reports: Amid new reports of fighting between his security forces and rebels seeking his ouster, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi took time out today to deliver a meandering, disjointed three-hour speech mixing a combination of …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Manning Gets 22 Charges, Including Capital Offense

Manning Gets 22 Additional Charges The BBC reports: The US Army has charged a soldier held in connection with the leak of US government documents published by the Wikileaks website with 22 extra counts. The new charges against Private First Class Bradley Manning include aiding the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Ohio Senate Moves To Curb Collective Bargaining

Ohio Sen Votes To Cut Collective Bargaining The Wall Street Journal reports: Ohio state senators narrowly approved a bill that would prohibit public-employee unions representing 400,000 state and local workers from bargaining over health benefits and pensions, while also eliminating …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

How Strong Are Libya's Air Defenses?

How Strong Are Libya's Air Defenses? Wired reports: If President Obama gives the order, a high-tech fleet of U.S. Navy and Air Force fighters will sweep across Libya. Then the Gadhafi regime would likely strike back, with the second-biggest Surface-to-Air Missile network in Africa …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Douthat: Is Big Labor the Left's Tea Party?

Douthat: Is Big Labor the Left's Tea Party? Ross Douthat writes in the New York Times : Speaking of the Tea Party , I enjoyed this Will Wilkinson post analogizing the ongoing public-sector union rallies in Wisconsin to the right-wing protests of the last two years. And I …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Rebels Repel Qaddafi Counterattack

Rebels Repel Qaddafi Counterattack The New York Times reports: BREGA, Libya — From the feeble cover of sand dunes, under assault from a warplane overhead and heavy artillery from a hill, rebels in this strategic oil city repelled an attack by hundreds of Col. Muammar …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011

Obama Signs Emergency Spending Bill

Obama Signs Emergency Spending Bill The Washington Post reports: President Obama on Wednesday signed a stopgap measure that will keep the federal government funded through March 18, averting a shutdown for two more weeks while congressional leaders head to the White House to broker …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 3, 2011