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Bennett: Reagan's Views Anathema to Tea Party
Bennett: Reagan's Views Anathema to Tea Party ThinkProgress reports : Former GOP Sen. Bob Bennett (UT), who lost his seat to a far-right primary challenger after holding it for over a decade, slammed the tea party in an interview with Fox News host Greta Van Susteren Friday. …
Fighting the Deficit with Tax Reform
Congress is once again considering revamping the tax code. While real reform is years off, a few easy reforms could make a good dent in the deficit. Congress is once again considering revamping the tax code, starting with corporate taxes. It may be heresy to say, but there was never a worse …Dems Split Over GOP Funding Bill
Dems Split Over GOP Funding Bill The Hill reports: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is showing no enthusiasm for the new proposal from Republicans to avoid a government shutdown, putting her at odds with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Pelosi said in …
Judgment Day for Qaddafi's Rights Record
Until the Libyan rebellion began, the world had no trouble shaking Qaddafi's hand and tolerating, if not condoning, his homicidal eccentricities. On Sunday, the Toronto Star ran a headline “Human Rights Council burnished Libya’s image.” Wrong, wrong, wrong. A more accurate headline …WH: Exile an Option for Qaddafi
WH: Exile an Option for Qaddafi The Hill reports: White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday the White House continues to consider a range of options in dealing with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, including a no-fly zone to protect Libyan citizens. Carney confirmed …
Farrakhan: Qaddafi Still a Friend
Farrakhan: Qaddafi Still a Friend Huffington Post reports: Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday that he considers Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi a friend and won't distance himself from him despite the deadly crackdown on protestors in the turbulent North Africa …
Saudi Activists Plan Mass Protest
Saudi Activists Plan Mass Protest Reuters reports: Democracy activists in Saudi Arabia say the government is closely monitoring social media to nip in the bud any protests inspired by uprisings that swept Arab countries, toppling leaders in Egypt and Tunisia. Activists have set up …
Egypt Hits Mubarak with Travel Ban
Egypt Hits Mubarak with Travel Ban Al Jazeera reports: Egypt's general prosecutor has imposed a travel ban on former president Hosni Mubarak and his family pending further investigations. The prosecutor Abdel Magid Mahmud on Monday also ordered the freezing of all of their …
Congress Close to Short-Term Spending Deal
Congress Close to Short-Term Spending Deal The Wall Street Journal reports: Republicans and Democrats appear increasingly likely to reach a deal that would avoid a government shutdown Friday, but in doing so they are deferring and possibly deepening the challenge of reaching a …
Madoff: 'I'm a Good Person'
Madoff: 'I'm a Good Person' New York Magazine reports: Bernard L. Madoff is in therapy. Each week, he waits for the signal that prisoners are allowed to leave their housing units, then he walks the five minutes from his “room,” as he calls it, to the psychiatric unit at the …
Qaddafi Orders Counterattack
Qaddafi Orders Counterattack Reuters reports: Libyan rebels awaited a counter-attack by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Monday, after the country's leader defied demands that he quit to end the bloodiest of the Arab world's wave of uprisings. Rebels holding Zawiyah, only 50 km (30 …
"The King's Speech" Sweeps Big Awards
"King's Speech" Sweeps Big Awards img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-72014" title="kings speech" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-02/kings-speech.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Libyan Rebels Increasingly Organized, Well-Armed
Libyan Rebels Organized and Well-Armed The New York Times reports: ZAWIYAH, Libya — The Libyan rebels challenging Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi demonstrated their increasing military coordination and firepower on Sunday, as defecting officers in the east took steps to establish a …
Despite Threats, US and South Korea Begin Military Exercises
US & S. Korea Hold Joint War Drills The BBC reports: Large-scale military exercises involving American and South Korean troops have begun, prompting North Korea to threaten "all-out war". The training drills are held every year and commanders insist they are purely defensive. But …
Arab Revolutions Mean Trouble For al-Qaeda
Arab Revolts Catch Al-Qaeda Off-Guard The New York Times reports: For nearly two decades, the leaders of Al Qaeda have denounced the Arab world’s dictators as heretics and puppets of the West and called for their downfall. Now, people in country after country have risen to …
China Shuts Down Sparsely Attended Protests
China Shuts Down Sparse Protests The BBC reports: The time was about 1330. Lines of Chinese police stood at the entrance to Wangfujing, Beijing's most famous shopping street. The authorities' anxiousness was palpable. Dozens of police vans were parked on the roadside, uniformed …
Boehner: We Don't Need A Shutdown
Boehner: We Don't Need A Shutdown The LA Times reports : Reporting from Washington — House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) told a convention of religious broadcasters in Nashville on Sunday evening that a federal government shutdown was not appropriate and not what the …
FLOTUS Defended by Huckabee and Christie
Huckabee, Christie Defend FLOTUS The Wall Street Journal reports : Two prominent Republicans, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and likely 2012 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee , came to the defense of First Lady Michelle Obama’s efforts to reduce childhood obesity. …
U.S. Citizenship Test Riddled With Errors
U.S. Citizenship Test Full of Errors Dafna Linzer writes : Last month, I became an American citizen, a tremendous honor and no easy accomplishment, even for a Canadian. After living here for 12 years, I thought I knew everything. Then I learned how we mint Americans . After years …