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Italian Foreign Minister Warns of Radical Islam in Egypt
Italian FM Warns of Radical Islam in Egypt ANSAmed reports : (ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, JANAURY 31 - "We do not want a solution that leads to radical Islamism finding itself in power". This is according to the Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, who has arrived at the EU …
Housing Bubble: Were Borrowers to Blame?
During the subprime boom, a lot of people got loans they should not have gotten. While it's easy to condemn exploitive lenders, how much should we blame the borrowers? Let’s face it: You won’t read every page of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report. But FrumForum will, over the next …Read: Why the Poor Need School Choice
Read: Why the Poor Need School Choice Kevin Huffman writes : Williams-Bolar has become a cause célèbre in a case that crosses traditional ideological bounds. African American activists are outraged , asking: Would a white mother face the same punishment for trying to get her kids a …
Palin Speaks at Gun Owners Conference
Palin Speaks at Gun Conference The Daily Beast reports : It's 8:00 on Saturday night in Reno, and 2,500 of the most avid members of Safari Club International —the sort of hunters who target lions instead of, say, ducks--are packed into the Tuscany Ballroom at the Peppermill Hotel …
Rubio Won't Attend CPAC
Rubio Won't Attend CPAC TampaBay.com reports : Sen. Marco Rubio is the latest top-name Republican to bail on the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, set to begin Feb. 10. The newly-elected lawmaker will be focused on his Senate duties that week then "return to …
Kabul Bank Missing $900 Million
Kabul Bank Missing $900 Million The New York Times reports: Fraud and mismanagement at Afghanistan ’s largest bank have resulted in potential losses of as much as $900 million — three times previous estimates — heightening concerns that the bank could collapse and trigger a …
AZ Birther Bill Could Keep Obama Off Ballot
AZ Birther Bill Could Keep Obama Off Ballot David Corn writes at Mother Jones : The birthers have a plan to end Barack Obama's presidency—and in Arizona, they're making progress. Last week, Arizona state Rep. Judy Burges , a Republican, introduced a bill that would bar …
Protesters Call for 'March of Millions' Tuesday
Protesters Call for 'March of Millions' Tuesday BBC reports: Tens of thousands have gathered in central Cairo for a seventh day of protest, calling for a general strike. Police have been ordered back to the streets, to positions they abandoned on Friday, but it is not clear …
Is Obama Ready to Dump Mubarak?
Despite calls for restraint and reform, the situation in Egypt is beyond Obama's control. As protests spread, will the U.S. have any Arab allies left? The riots in Cairo seem both a surprise and an embarrassment for the Obama White House – to say nothing of demonstrations in Tunisia and now …White House Expecting Huntsman to Run
WH Expecting Huntsman to Run Politico reports : The White House expects Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to China, to resign his post this spring to explore a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, top Democrats said. GOP allies of Huntsman have already begun …
ElBaradei Speaks to Opposition in Egypt
ElBaradei to Speak for Opposition The New York Times reports : Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood and the secular opposition banded together Sunday around a prominent government critic to negotiate for forces seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, as the army struggled …
House GOP Seeks to Redefine Rape
House GOP Seeks to Redefine Rape MotherJones reports : Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law. For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have …
Read: Weiss on Daniel Bell
Read: Weiss on Daniel Bell Michael Weiss writes : The death of sociologist Daniel Bell was remarkable for several reasons, the first being that there is no such thing as a New York intellectual anymore, the second being that his concept of the post-ideological age -- to which …
US Calls for "Orderly Transition" in Egypt
US Calls for Orderly Transition in Egypt The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on Sunday for “an orderly transition” to a more politically open Egypt , stopping short of telling its embattled president, Hosni Mubarak …
Oklahoma GOP Pushes for Creationism
Oklahoma GOP Pushes for Creationism NewsOK reports : With a Democrat no longer in the governor's office to keep them in check, Republican legislators have filed numerous bills that could violate federal and state prohibitions against mixing religious doctrine with government, a …
Detroit Mosque Bombing Plot Foiled
Detroit Mosque Bombing Plot Foiled The New York Post reports : DETROIT — A 63-year-old Southern California man who had explosives in his vehicle was arrested outside one of the nation's largest mosques in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, authorities in Michigan said. Dearborn …
25 Protestors Arrested at Koch Meeting
25 Protestors Arrested at Koch Meeting Forbes reports : RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Twenty-five people were arrested for trespassing Sunday as hundreds protested outside a strategy session of conservative political donors at a resort near Palm Springs, authorities said. The …
Egypt Crisis Sends Stocks Falling
Egypt Crisis Sends Stocks Falling The LA Times reports : U.S. stock-index futures fell as investors speculated that Egypt's crisis would slow the global recovery. Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 index expiring in March tumbled 0.4% to 1,267 during trading Monday …
99% of South Sudan Votes for Secession
99% of South Sudan Votes for Secession The Christian Science Monitor reports : Cheers and spontaneous dancing broke out as the first official announcement of results from South Sudan’s independence vote was made in the oil-rich region’s capital by members of commission that …