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Tea Party Activists Grow Disillusioned

Tea Party Activists Grow Disillusioned The New York Times reports : As Tea Party politicians prepare to take their seats when the 112th Congress convenes this week, they are already taking issue with Republicans for failing to hold the line against the flurry of legislation …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 2, 2011

Krauthammer: "No Chance" Palin Can Win in 2012

Krauthammer: "No Chance" Palin Can Win in 2012 The Daily Caller reports : On Friday’s broadcast of “Inside Washington, ” Krauthammer offered several reasons why Palin shouldn’t be considered the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2012 presidential election. “What do you mean …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 2, 2011

Public Sector Unions Face Fresh Opposition

Public Sector Unions Face Fresh Opposition The New York Times reports : FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Ever since Marie Corfield’s confrontation with Gov. Chris Christie this fall over the state’s education cuts became a YouTube classic , she has received a stream of vituperative …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 2, 2011

Why Corporate America Will Bounce Back in 2011

2010 saw many high-profile corporate bankruptcies. But many of those corporate failures could lead to good economic news in 2011. Borders Books, the once-demonized slayer of independent booksellers, appears headed for bankruptcy court: its stock trades at only a little more than a dollar a …

Written by Eli Lehrer on Saturday January 1, 2011

Was the Blizzard Christie's Katrina?

Did NJ Governor Chris Christie’s vacation during the recent Northeast blizzard clean-up seriously harm his political future? New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s vacation during the recent Northeast blizzard has garnered much national media attention. But did his decision not to return to directly …

Written by Brad Schaeffer on Saturday January 1, 2011

Bomb Attack Hits Egyptian Church

Bomb Attack Hits Egyptian Church The AP reports: A powerful bomb, possibly from a suicide attacker, exploded in front of a span style="color: #366388;"> Coptic Christian Muslim majority

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 1, 2011

Roberts to Senate: Confirm Judges

Roberts to Senate: Confirm Judges The New York Times reports: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. called on President Obama and the Senate on Friday to solve what he called “the persistent problem of judicial vacancies.” The plea, in the chief justice’s annual year-end report on …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 1, 2011

Christie: Wife Wouldn't Let Me Cancel Vacation

Christie: Wife Wouldn't Let Me Cancel Trip The Newark Star-Ledger reports: At his first public event since a blizzard slammed the state, Gov. Chris Christie praised state workers and his administration for their response to the storm and said he wouldn't have done anything …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 1, 2011

Obama: I'll Work with GOP in 2011

Obama: I'll Work with GOP in 2011 The AP reports: President Barack Obama says Democrats and Republicans must work together in the new year and share responsibility for moving the country forward. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama said Saturday that lawmakers must …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday January 1, 2011

The Health Care Revolution, 2011 Edition

The new Congress will stage an early vote on outright repeal of the Democrats' healthcare reform. After that vote fails though, the GOP's real work begins. Kaiser Family Foundation offers a helpful timeline of the portions of the federal healthcare law that go into effect in 2011. Among them: …

Written by David Frum on Saturday January 1, 2011

Taxing Our Way to a Green America

Democrats are committed to advancing the green agenda through regulation. But there's a better way that protects freedom... and raises money. The green agenda has imposed upon us the elimination of Thomas Edison’s incandescent bulb -- an invention so iconic that cartoonists use it as a symbol of a …

Written by John Vecchione on Friday December 31, 2010

The Prowl: When New Year's Goes Wrong

This year for New Year's Eve, I'm merely hoping that I can ring in 2011 without suffering any physical injury or memory lapse. Last year on New Year's Day, I woke up with a profound hangover and a patchy memory of the night before. The events of the night before were recapped for me over brunch …

Written by Vivian Darkbloom on Friday December 31, 2010

Can I Disinvite Friends from a New Year's Bash?

Socializing in general is a never-ending festival of “hurt feelings and awkwardness.” Why should New Year’s Eve be any different? Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie hears from a reader wondering if they can disinvite their friends from a New Year's Eve party. The reader writes: …

Written by David Eddie on Friday December 31, 2010

Assange: Arab Officials Spied for U.S.

Assange: Arab Officials Spied for U.S. Intel Foreign Policy 's WikiLeaked blog reports: The Internets are buzzing about an interview Julian Assange gave to Al Jazeera's Arabic channel Wednesday, in which the WikiLeaks frontman reportedly threatened to release cables showing that …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 31, 2010

Airports Look at Ditching TSA

Airports Look at Dumping TSA The Washington Post reports: Every spring, private security officers at San Francisco International Airport compete in a workplace "March Madness"-style tournament for cash prizes, some as high as $1,500. The games: finding illegal items and …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 31, 2010

Udall Proposes Filibuster Deal

Udall Proposes Filibuster Deal TPM reports: A handful of junior Democrats, including Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), have done an impressive job building momentum for a package of modest, but meaningful, changes to the Senate's filibuster rules . But their plan …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 31, 2010

Rattner to Pay $10M to Settle NY Case

Rattner to Pay $10M to Settle NY Case Bloomberg reports: Steven Rattner, a co-founder of the private-equity firm Quadrangle Group LLC, will pay $10 million to settle kickback allegations involving New York’s pension fund, less than half of the $26 million state Attorney General …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 31, 2010

Wehner: Social Cons Should Attend CPAC

Wehner: Social Cons Should Attend CPAC Peter Wehner writes : As reported in various outlets, several groups — including the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America — are boycotting the 2011 Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference because CPAC …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 31, 2010

Barone: There Already is a "Social Truce"

Barone: There Already is a "Social Truce" Michael Barone writes : Back in June, Indiana governor Mitch Daniels, who many think would be an attractive 2012 presidential candidate, was quoted by Andrew Ferguson in The Weekly Standard as saying the next president “would have to …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 31, 2010

Rand Paul Plans to Audit the Fed

Rand Paul Plans to Audit the Fed David Weigel reports : The new senator from Kentucky writes the Campaign for Liberty list on his 2010 plans. As I write you today, I'm preparing for my swearing-in on January 5 and putting the finishing touches on what will be an aggressive agenda …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday December 31, 2010