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Defense Cuts Could Hurt DC Economy

Defense Cuts Could Hurt DC Economy The Washington Post reports: After surging in size and profits during the post-9/11 era, the defense industry in metropolitan Washington is bracing for a major contraction and significant layoffs that economists said could produce a drag on the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday September 12, 2010

Poverty Rate Has Record Increase

Poverty Rate Has Record Increase The AP reports: WASHINGTON — The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty. …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday September 11, 2010

Obama Hints at Appointing Warren To Consumer Bureau

Obama Might Appoint Warren To Consumer Bureau Ryan Grim reports: President Obama hailed his long friendship with Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren on Friday, crediting her at his new conference with the idea for what has since become the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, when …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday September 11, 2010

Murkowski Might Announce Write-In Campaign

Murkowski Might Announce Write-In Campaign Politico reports: Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski could announce a write-in campaign for her current seat as early as Monday, according to one of her top supporters and organizers. Andrew Halcro, a key Murkowski supporter and former …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday September 11, 2010

House Session May End a Week Early

House Session May End a Week Early Politico reports: House leaders are considering adjourning a week earlier than scheduled, underscoring how little Congress must do and how much members need to campaign for reelection. The House — coming back after its long summer …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday September 11, 2010

$4.2 Billion Spent on Political Advertising

$4.2 Billion Spent on Political Ads Adweek reports: The economy is still shaky, but that won't stop politicians from spending a record amount this year on advertising to sway mid-term election results. And the political advertising floodgates will open right after Labor Day spewing …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday September 11, 2010

The Myths of 9/11

Nobody would claim that the United States and its allies have gotten everything right. But nine years after 9/11, we are winning the war against Al Qaeda. Some Americans are in a debunking mood on this ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Ted Koppel has produced a new documentary for the …

Written by David Frum on Saturday September 11, 2010

Afghans Protest Koran Burning

Afghans Protest Koran Burning The New York Times reports: KABUL, Afghanistan — Numerous protests broke out in Afghanistan on Friday and two of them turned violent in response to plans by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Koran , even after the pastor announced he had …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday September 10, 2010

York: GOP Insiders Cast Doubt on Midterm Landslide

York: GOP Insiders Cast Doubt on Midterm Landslide Byron York writes: Things have gotten out of hand when it comes to predictions of a Republican victory in the upcoming midterm elections. In recent days, talk of a GOP edge has turned into talk of a GOP blowout. Prognosticator…

Written by FrumForum News on Friday September 10, 2010

Obama: We Knew Health Costs Would Rise

Obama: We Knew Health Costs Would Rise The Hill reports: President Obama on Friday defended the Democrats' healthcare law, saying the enormous expansion of insurance coverage made an increase in healthcare spending inevitable. "As a consequence of us getting 30 million …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday September 10, 2010

Westmoreland Warns of Government Shutdown

Rep. Warns of Gov. Shutdown Politico reports: A prominent Republican congressman raised the specter Friday of a government shutdown if the GOP wins control of the House. Speaking to hundreds of activists gathered at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington for the Faith and …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday September 10, 2010

Obama: Getting Bin Laden Still a Priority

Obama: Getting Bin Laden a Priority The Hill reports: During a White House news conference on Friday, President Obama reiterated his commitment to "capturing or killing" Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri. "I think capturing or killing [them] would be extremely …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday September 10, 2010

FBI Makes Arrest In Clinic Bombing Plot

FBI Makes Arrest In Clinic Bombing Plot The Charlotte Observer reports: A Concord man was charged with describing how to make explosives, in an effort to bomb an abortion clinic, after FBI agents found instructions on the man's Facebook page and caught him in a sting, officials said …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday September 10, 2010

Beck to Donate 9/11 Rally Fee

Beck to Donate 9/11 Rally Fee Politico reports: Fox News host Glenn Beck says he will donate his speaking fee for a pricey rally with former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Beck and Palin have drawn criticism over the planned …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday September 10, 2010

The Fat Diaries: Fighting the Freshman Fifteen

College was the first time I was responsible for taking care of myself. I learned how to survive on my own – chiefly, how to eat on my own. Correction: how to eat badly. I hope everyone had a nice three-day weekend. Of course, for many of us, it was spent loading and unloading boxes …

Written by Monica Marier on Friday September 10, 2010

Car Talk (for Kids)

With the start of the school year, Meghan Cox Gurdon finds herself back on the road carpooling, listening in on a car full of children. With the start of the school year, Meghan Cox Gurdon finds herself back on the road carpooling, listening in on a car full of children. Well, here we all …

Written by Meghan Cox Gurdon on Friday September 10, 2010

Leave History to the Old Guys

The publishing world is always looking for “bright young things” in literature, philosophy and history. But there is often no substitute for a lifetime of scholarship. I have been reading two books published at the turn of the century by men who lived through most of it. One by Jacques Barzun …

Written by John Vecchione on Friday September 10, 2010

Just Say No

David Eddie shares a two-letter solution with a reader worried that he cannot stop his friends from taking advantage of him. Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie fields a question from a reader worried that he cannot stop his friends from taking advantage of him. The reader writes: …

Written by David Eddie on Friday September 10, 2010

Cuccinelli Takes Climate Change to the Courts

Last week, a judge halted VA attorney general Ken Cuccinelli's probe into a climate scientist's funding. But will Cuccinelli continue trying to discredit climate science? “Protective cognition” is a social science term for the tendency of individuals to dismiss evidence of risks that contradicts …

Written by Jim DiPeso on Friday September 10, 2010

Obama Holds White House Press Conference

Obama Holds "Marathon" Press Conference The New York Times liveblogs: President Obama held his first full-scale White House news conference in three months and the first of the fall campaign season. He announced his promotion of the White House economist, Austan D. Goolsbee, …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday September 10, 2010