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42% of Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage

42% of Americans Support Same-Sex Marriage Politico reports: A growing number of Americans favor allowing same-sex marriage, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Forty-two percent of respondents said they favor same-sex marriage, up 5 percentage points from …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 8, 2010

Sarah Palin at 22% Favorability Rating

Sarah Palin at 22% Favorability Rating Politico reports: Fewer than one in four Americans have a favorable view of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a standing that would present a considerable hurdle if she were to jump into the race for president in 2012, according to a CBS …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 8, 2010

US Money Ends Up With Taliban

US Money Ends Up With Taliban The Washington Post reports: The U.S. military has only minimal knowledge of - and exercises virtually no control over - the thousands of Afghans it indirectly pays to guard its installations, including "warlords and strongmen linked to murder, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 8, 2010

Lieberman Trails in 2012 Polling

Lieberman Trails in 2012 Polling Talking Points Memo reports: A new survey of Connecticut by Public Policy Polling (D) provides a fascinating look into the possible future of independent Sen. Joe Lieberman. To be exact, the former Democrat is incredibly unpopular with most …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday October 8, 2010

Angle's Pastor: Mormonism is a "Cult"

Angle's Pastor: Reid is in a "Cult" Reno News and Review reporter Dennis Myers interviews Pastor John Reed of Sharron Angle's church: The LDS church, in fact, pushes one of Pastor Reed’s buttons, and the fact that Harry Reid is a member seems to be only a part of the reason. …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

French Court Approves Burka Ban

Court Approves French Burka Ban BBC News reports: France's constitutional court has approved the law set to ban wearing the Islamic full veil in public. It approved it almost in its entirety, making one small change: the law will not apply to public places of worship where it may …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

Bin Laden Okayed Euro Terror Plot

Bin Laden Okayed Euro Terror Plot ABC News reports: The claims of a captured German al Qaeda recruit about a multi-city plot against Europe have been bolstered by other "highly reliable" sources of information, US and German intelligence officials said Thursday. The captured …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

Christie Kills NY-NJ Tunnel Project

Christie Kills NY-NJ Tunnel Project The New York Times reports: Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Thursday that he has decided to terminate the construction of a commuter train tunnel between northern New Jersey and Manhattan because of escalating estimates of the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

Obama to Pocket Veto Foreclosure Bill

Obama Won't Sign Foreclosure Bill ABC News reports: ABC News has learned that President Obama will not sign – or “pocket veto” -- a bill that sailed through Congress that consumer groups warn would make it easier for banks to foreclose on homeowners. The purpose of the “Intersta…

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

Cameron's Budget: More Radical Than Reagan

Cameron's new-look Conservatives have proposed radical budget cuts that go far beyond what any Republican is offering. American conservatives often dismiss David Cameron's rebranding of the Conservative party. But, as my latest column for The Week points out, it was Cameron's decision to expand …

Written by David Frum on Thursday October 7, 2010

Send Voters Back to Civics Class

When one in four Americans believe Obama is a Muslim or think that former President Bush had advance knowledge of 9/11, we have a serious problem. To date, the 2010 midterm elections have offered very little reason for optimism on the part of those of us who consider ourselves centrists. …

Written by Les Francis on Thursday October 7, 2010

Is Britain Moving to a Negative Income Tax?

In Britain, the Tories are looking to revive an old idea of Milton Friedman's: the negative income tax. But will the plan still work today? Click here for all of David Frum’s blogposts from the 2010 Conservative Party conference. Like school vouchers, the negative income tax was an …

Written by David Frum on Thursday October 7, 2010

Ahmadinejad Plans Visit to Israel's Border

Ahmadinejad to Visit Israeli Border The Guardian reports: Lebanon looks set to allow the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to make a highly controversial visit to its border with Israel next week. The US has been leading diplomatic efforts to persuade the Beirut …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

New Subpoenas in Edwards Case

New Subpoenas in Edwards Case The AP reports: Federal prosecutors have issued a fresh round of subpoenas for a probe into John Edwards' campaign finances, an attorney for the two-time presidential candidate said Wednesday. Lawyer Wade Smith said he has learned from other …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

Toxic Sludge Hits Danube

Toxic Red Sludge Hits the Danube CNN reports: Toxic red sludge that leaked from a reservoir in Hungary reached the Danube, Europe's second largest river, on Thursday as emergency officials worked to contain as much of the leak as possible. "It is a huge tragedy for the whole …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

Turkey Drops College Headscarf Ban

Turkey Drops College Ban on Headscarves The Wall Street Journal reports: Turkey is quietly resolving an issue that has come to symbolize the country's bitter divisions and nearly toppled its government two years ago: Slowly, women are being allowed to wear Islamic headscarves on …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

Bloomberg: No Food Stamps for Sodas

Bloomberg: No Buying Sodas With Food Stamps The New York Times reports: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg sought federal permission on Wednesday to bar New York City’s 1.7 million recipients of food stamps from using them to buy soda or other sugared drinks. The request, made to the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday October 7, 2010

Remembering Joe Sobran

I sympathize with the desire to honor the memory of a departed friend. But I wish more of Joe Sobran's friends would not ignore his undeniable antisemitism. In her valedictory to Joe Sobran today, Ann Coulter credits him with the following witticism: It was Joe who came up with the apocrypha…

Written by David Frum on Thursday October 7, 2010

Obama Can't Stop the Coming Dem Defeat

Obama is zipping across the country trying to rally support for his plans. But although he is still well-liked as an individual, the public just isn't buying his policies. During the 2008 U.S. Presidential election campaign I, as both a commentator and one interested in the fate of the nation …

Written by Peter Worthington on Thursday October 7, 2010

Gender Gap Could End GOP's West Coast Hopes

Despite a set of high-profile female candidates, Republicans in the West are still losing the fight to win over women voters. Scott Rasmussen has fresh data in Nevada, Washington and California covering four important statewide contests: Reid-Angle, Murray-Rossi, Boxer-Fiorina and Whitman-B…

Written by Brent R. Orrell on Thursday October 7, 2010