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No Signs of a Palin 2012 Bid

No Signs of a Palin 2012 Bid Politico reports: Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin headed into this year with more than $1.3 million in her political action committee, according a financial disclosure filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission. The filing shows no …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 27, 2011

Obama Pushes Mubarak to Reform

Obama Pushes Mubarak to Reform Bloomberg reports: The White House is prepared to step up its criticism of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a key Middle East ally, if his government intensifies its crackdown on protesters, said an administration official. President Barack …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 27, 2011

GOP Pushes for DC School Vouchers

GOP Pushes for DC School Vouchers The Washington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- GOP House Speaker John Boehner and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced legislation Wednesday to revive a school voucher program for District of Columbia students nearly two years after Congress …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 27, 2011

Ron Paul Wants to Audit Fed, Again

Ron Paul Wants to Audit Fed, Again The Daily Caller reports : Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Republican, reintroduced his “Audit the Fed” legislation on Wednesday, with 56 cosponsors. Paul’s span style="color: green;"> office government

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday January 27, 2011

Palin on SOTU: 'WTF'

Palin on SOTU: 'WTF' Politico reports: Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin said Wednesday night that President Barack Obama’s call for “winning the future” during his State of the Union address is best framed by the acronym it shares with a much different phrase — “wtf.” “That …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Preventing Prison Rape

Seven years after Congress passed a bill to stop prison rape, the DOJ finally came out with preventative guidelines. Sadly, they won't do much to help. Seven years after Congress passed legislation mandating new federal standards to prevent prison rape and several months after the official …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Color-Coded Terror Alerts Gone by April

Color-Coded Terror Alerts Gone by April The AP reports: By the end of April, terror threats to the U.S. will no longer be described in shades of green, blue, yellow, orange and red, The Associated Press has learned. The nation's color-coded terror warning system will be phased …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Kucinich Sues House Cafeteria

Kucinich Sues House Cafeteria Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Rep. Dennis Kucinich has sued a U.S. House of Representatives cafeteria for selling him a sandwich wrap that caused dental damage when he bit into an olive pit, according to a Jan. 3 lawsuit filed in Superior Court for …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Clinton Urges Egypt to Allow Protests

Clinton to Egypt: Allow Protests Bloomberg reports: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today urged the Egyptian government to allow peaceful protests to continue and not to block social media sites like Twitter Inc. and Facebook used by anti-government demonstrators. “We call …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Obama Takes the Lead on Malpractice Reform

Obama's call for medical malpractice reform is being met with skepticism by the left and right. But this time the president's right. During his State of the Union address, President Obama announced that he was willing to consider the possibility of medical malpractice reform as part of his …

Written by Stanley Goldfarb on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Loughner Researched Lethal Injection

Loughner Did Research on Lethal Injection Washington Post reports: In the weeks and days before the shooting rampage in Tucson, suspect Jared Lee Loughner surfed the Internet on his computer in what investigators believe was an effort to prepare for his alleged assassination …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Marshall McLuhan Speaks

Here 's a wonderful new site launched for the McLuhan centennial with clips of the guru speaking. …and he agrees with me. I think. That's what Woody Allen promised anyway. But why not see for yourself? Here is a wonderful new site launched for the McLuhan centennial with clips of the guru …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Dow Crosses 12,000

Dow Crosses 12,000 The New York Times reports: Stocks on Wall Street broke through a psychologically significant level on Wednesday that markets have not seen for two and a half years. The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 12, 000 points on Wednesday, fueled by President …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Moscow Bombers Trained in Pakistan

Moscow Bombers Trained in Pakistan The Daily Telegraph reports: Russian security services warned in December that there were two attack teams primed to carry out attacks, sparking fears there could still be terrorists at large who were prepared to carry out another attack. …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

How Does Talk Radio Help the Right?

How Does Talk Radio Help the Right? At Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish, Conor Friedersdorf writes: To listen to [conservative talk radio hosts] talk, you'd think that the conservative movement hadn't a hope of accomplishing anything until Rush Limbaugh became a nationally syndicated …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Poll: SOTU Gets High Marks

Poll: SOTU Gets High Marks CBS News reports: An overwhelming majority of Americans approved of the overall message in President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, according to a CBS News poll of speech watchers. According to the poll, which was conducted online …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Obama's SOTU: Hit or Miss?

In Obama's State of the Union address conservatives can find much to like, as well as much to be wary about. What to like in Obama's SOTU: The gracious congratulations to the Republicans and John Boehner. His reminders of the country's positive accomplishments, including the country's …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Giffords' Condition Upped to 'Good'

Giffords' Condition Upped to 'Good' The Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will be moved to a rehabilitation facility Wednesday morning after doctors upgraded her condition from serious to good, according to the hospital overseeing the Arizona congresswoma…

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

Egypt Braces for New Protests

Egypt Braces for New Protests The New York Times reports: A day after tens of thousands of people marched in opposition to the nearly 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak , the Egyptian authorities on Wednesday outlawed any new gatherings, saying protesters faced “immediate” …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011

GOP Rep to Obama: 'You Believe in Socialism'

GOP Rep to Obama: 'You Believe in Socialism' The Hill reports: GOP Rep. Paul Broun (Ga.) rebuked President Obama using perhaps the sharpest language among his Republican colleagues following the State of the Union address Tuesday night. Broun took to Twitter during the …

Written by FrumForum News on Wednesday January 26, 2011