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Shake-Up on the Energy Committee
With Sen. Murkowski's defeat and three other retirements, the Senate energy committee will soon have four Republican vacancies. Senator Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) stunning defeat in her state’s GOP primary has left a lot of folks scratching their heads about the outcome and asking questions. Did …The Art of Writing History
David Frum's review of a new history of the 1970s raises an interesting question: what do readers look for in history books that they can't find on the internet? David Frum writes , of a book by historian Laura Kalman about the politics of the 1970s: As a work of history about the Ford and …Cutting the Cost of Healthy Eating
Cutting the Cost of Healthy Eating The Denver Post reports: As Revisha Martinez pondered the cost of peaches and watermelon at her local King Soopers recently, she became the last stop in a complicated food-production system that critics believe has turned healthy eating into …
U.S. Troops Help Repel Attack on Iraqi Army HQ
U.S. Troops Help Repel Attack on Iraqi Army The New York Times reports: Insurgents mounted a coordinated attack on one of the main military commands in Baghdad on Sunday, briefly drawing fire from American soldiers, an event that underscored the ambiguity of the American …
Vatican May Try to Stop Stoning
Vatican May Try to Stop Stoning The New York Daily News reports: The Vatican may reach out to help an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning. A statement by the Catholic Church criticized the "brutal" practice, and said the church was aware of the woman's plight. …
Obama: $50 Billion for New Roads & Rail
Obama: $50B for New Roads & Rail The AP reports: Vowing to find new ways to stimulate the sputtering economy, President Barack Obama will call for long-term investments in the nation's roads, railways and runways that would cost at least $50 billion. The infrastructure …
Senate Candidate Marco Rubio's Father Dies
Marco Rubio's Father Dies The Miami Herald reports: Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio temporarily suspended his campaign Sunday after the death of his father at Baptist Hospital in Kendall. Mario Rubio, who died Saturday night, had long battled emphysema and lung …
A Workers' Paradise? Not Exactly
The communists of Eastern Europe did not win over the support of artists by terror alone. They also seduced them. On my last day in Poland, I stopped by the National Gallery in Warsaw. The Gallery is a story in itself: built in the 1930s, destroyed by the Germans, badly rebuilt by the communists, …FBI Looks at Gulf Oil Leak Evidence
FBI Looks at Gulf Spill Evidence The AP reports: Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship. Engineers took 29 1/2 hours to lift the 50-foot, 300-ton blowout …
Suicide Bomber Hits Iraqi Army Base
Suicide Bomber Hits Iraqi Army Base Reuters reports: Five suicide bombers armed with rifles tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 29 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over. Two attackers blew …
Perry's Gaffes Keep Texas Gov Race Close
In red state Texas -- and in what should be a big year for the GOP -- Republican governor Rick Perry is in a surprisingly close race for reelection. Rick Perry has, perhaps due to the more-localized nature of state politics, not caught fire in the media as a tea party icon. But his eyebrow-raising …Obama's Poll Numbers Take Another Hit
Poll: Obama Gets Thumbs Down on Economy CNN reports: Just four in ten Americans say they approve of the job President Barack Obama's doing on the economy, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national survey. The 40 percent who give Obama a thumbs up is a new low …
Unhappy Days
Laura Kalman has penned a new history of the late 1970s. But the book raises a question: What’s the point of this kind of history in the age of the internet? Laura Kalman has penned a new history of the late 1970s, Right Star Rising , which I reviewed for The New York Times . Art …Can Christie Stop the Tea Party's Next Upset?
NJ Gov Chris Christie's endorsement of Delaware Senate candidate Rep. Mike Castle could further boost Christie's national profile -- if Castle can pull out the win. The blogosphere's been buzzing for the past few days about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's endorsement of Mike Castle . This is …Obama: Economic Policies Stopped the "Bleeding"
Obama: Economic Policies Stopped the "Bleeding" Reuters reports: President Barack Obama, previewing a big push on the U.S. economy next week, on Saturday defended policies that he said "have stopped the bleeding" and put the middle class on the road to recovery. Obama, …
Blackwater Created Shell Firms to Win Government Contracts
Blackwater Used Shell Firms to Win Govt Contracts The New York Times reports: Blackwater Worldwide created a web of more than 30 shell companies or subsidiaries in part to obtain millions of dollars in American government contracts after the security company came under intense …
Tony Blair Hit With Eggs at Book Signing
Blair Hit With Eggs at Book Signing The BBC reports: Eggs and shoes have been thrown at the former prime minister Tony Blair as he attended a book signing in Dublin. It happened as he arrived at Easons on O'Connell Street in the city to sign copies of his autobiography. The …