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Docs Upgrade Giffords' Condition

Docs Upgrade Giffords' Condition The Washington Post reports : Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was upgraded from critical to serious condition Sunday after doctors determined that there were no complications from having her ventilator removed a day earlier. In a statement released …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Schumer: Close Gun Sale Loopholes

Schumer: Close Gun Sale Loopholes Politico reports : Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday he was going to ask the Pentagon to inform law enforcement agencies when candidates for military service are rejected for "excessive drug use." Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Loughner Trial May Move to San Diego

Loughner Trial May Move to San Diego The Washington Post reports : Federal authorities are planning to move the trial of the alleged gunman in the Jan. 8 mass shooting in Tucson to San Diego because of extensive pretrial publicity in Arizona, federal law enforcement sources said …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 17, 2011

Pawlenty: Don't Raise the Debt Ceiling

Pawlenty: Don't Raise Debt Ceiling The Huffington Post reports : WASHINGTON -- Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty urged congressional Republicans on Sunday to not vote to raise the debt ceiling when the matter is considered in the spring. But in a sign of how knotted the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Senate Tea Party Caucus Plans First Meeting

Senate Tea Party Caucus Plans First Meeting Roll Call reports : Sen. Rand Paul on Friday announced the launch of the Senate Tea Party Caucus, making good on an idea he floated during last year's campaign. GOP Sens. Jim DeMint (S.C.) and Mike Lee (Utah) will join the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

GOP Governors Take on Teacher Tenure

GOP Govs Take on Teacher Tenure ConservativeHome USA reports : This week, in pursuit of improvements to state education systems, three Republican governors announced their aims to eradicate teacher tenure. In "State of the State" addresses in New Jersey and Idaho , and at …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Frum: Paranoid Narratives are the Real Problem

Frum: Paranoid Narratives are the Real Problem Footage courtesy of Media Matters for America:

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Rhetoric Doesn't Kill but Does Cause Harm

Rhetoric Doesn't Kill but Does Cause Harm Karen Hughes writes : U.S. support for Israel, along with the suffering of the Palestinian people, they told me, had spawned the resentment and anger that resulted in the attacks on our country. No, I always answered, you cannot blame …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Jeb Bush: the GOP Must Reach Hispanics

Jeb Bush: the GOP Must Reach Hispanics The Wall Street Journal reports : If Republicans were to run a classified ad for their 2012 presidential candidate, it might read something like this: GOP seeks popular former two-term governor of a large state for executive …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Giuliani Calls for Better Mental Health Treatment

Giuliani Calls for Better Mental Health Treatment Politico reports : Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) by a gunman many view as deranged should prompt more muscular efforts to force individuals with mental …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Coburn "Disgusted" With the Media

Coburn "Disgusted" With the Media Politico reports : Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) on Sunday accused the media of creating a "false premise" in raising the issue of whether incendiary political rhetoric is at fault for the Jan. 8 shooting in Arizona, calling the question a "false …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

One Thing Carter Got Right

An overlooked law from the Carter administration actually had an unsung role in boosting the American economy. This chart was found courtesy of Scott Sumner's blog . A story in the July 22, 2010 Economist discussed America's freight trains and their unsung role in boosting the American …

Written by Noah Kristula-Green on Sunday January 16, 2011

Will Obama Get Tough on China's Rights Record?

When Hu Jintao arrives in Washington this week, Obama has a remarkable opportunity to return attention to China's human rights record. As Chinese president Hu Jintao descends on Washington next week for a full state visit, with all of the trappings that entails, let us think for a moment of a …

Written by Ethan Epstein on Sunday January 16, 2011

Applebaum: After Tucson, Obama Matters Again

Applebaum: After Tucson, Obama Matters Again Writing in The Daily Telegraph , Anne Applebaum looks at the effect of the Tucson massacre on Obama's presidency: “Bad things happen,” [Obama] told mourners at a memorial service in Tucson, “and we must guard against simple explanation…

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Solar Power's Subsidy Addiction

The solar power industry is using fears about jobs heading to China to push for even more subsidies. Have you ever seen a story more nakedly dictated by self-seeking industry sources than this morning's piece in the NYT on the need for bigger subsidies to manufacturers of solar panels? …

Written by David Frum on Sunday January 16, 2011

"Helen Thomas Award" Discontinued

"Helen Thomas Award" Ended The AP reports : INDIANAPOLIS — The board of directors of the Society of Professional Journalists has voted to retire a lifetime achievement award named for longtime journalist Helen Thomas, who has made a series of controversial statements in recent …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Maine Gov: NAACP can "Kiss my Butt"

Maine Gov: NAACP can "Kiss my Butt" The Huffington Post reports : Paul LePage, Maine's new Tea Party-backed governor, will reportedly not attend an NAACP event to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and if the NAACP doesn't like it, LePage said , they can "kiss my butt." …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Giffords Able to Breathe Unassisted

Giffords Able to Breathe Unassisted The Los Angeles Times reports : Surgeons at Tucson's University Medical Center removed Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from a ventilator Saturday and inserted a tracheotomy tube into her neck to assist her breathing, according to the center. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Stuxnet Reported Tested at Dimona

Stuxnet Reported Tested at Dimona The New York Times reports : The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel ’s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal. Over the past …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011

Did Reagan Have Alzheimer's as President?

Did Reagan Have Alzheimer's as President? Yahoo! News reports : NEW YORK – Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's disease while he was still in the White House. The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 16, 2011