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The Fat Diaries: Escaping the Summer Heat

As I hide from a code-red heat wave, I find myself wondering: why are we sending our kids to camp and football practice when it’s hot enough to cause fainting spells and brain damage? As I may have already stated, I’m not a huge fan of summer. Even as a kid I was one of those inert lumps …

Written by Monica Marier on Friday July 9, 2010

Our Big Screen Political Divide

Writing in the Examiner , Meghan Cox Gurdon details the trouble with planning movie night. Writing in the Examiner , Meghan Cox Gurdon details the trouble with planning movie night: What happens in a buffet culture when everyone -- and I mean a suburban Maryland neighborhood full of …

Written by Meghan Cox Gurdon on Friday July 9, 2010

The Perks of Working From Home

Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie helps a reader frustrated that his co-worker gets to work from home. Writing in the Globe and Mail , David Eddie helps a reader frustrated that his co-worker gets to work from home. Now … don’t get me wrong. I’ve spent a great chunk of my adult …

Written by David Eddie on Friday July 9, 2010

Brit Ambassador Praises Hizbullah Leader

Why has the United Kingdom failed to reprimand their ambassador to Lebanon after she praised Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah, a spiritual leader of Hizbullah? Following CNN’s sacking of Octavia Nasr for expressing admiration for the Lebanese Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah, who passed away recently, it has …

Written by Arsen Ostrovsky on Friday July 9, 2010

GOP Takes On Jesse Jackson Jr.

A strong showing in IL-02, where Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been plagued by scandal could give the GOP new credibility in urban districts. IL-02 is represented in Congress by Jesse Jackson, Jr. This district has not sent a Republican to Congress for decades. Yet the Republican party has a new …

Written by Fred Bauer on Friday July 9, 2010

Hezbollah Unveils Ghoulish "Theme Park"

Hezbollah Unveils Ghoulish "Theme Park" in Lebanon Foreign Policy magazine has published a truly ghoulish account of Hezbollah built "theme park" in Lebanon. The site glorifies war and death: On a hilltop overlooking Israel's former occupation zone in south Lebanon, Hezbollah has …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 9, 2010

Court Rejects Drilling Moratorium

Court Rejects Drilling Moratorium The Obama Administration's latest attempt to get an offshore drilling moratorium approved has been rejected: NEW ORLEANS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Obama administration's request to stay a lower court …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 9, 2010

York: Al Jazeera Learned About NASA Muslim Outreach First

York: How Al Jazeera Learned About NASA's Muslim Outreach Byron York writes about how many lawmakers were surprised to learn about NASA's new mandate to engage in outreach to the Muslim world: Lawmakers across Capitol Hill, both Democrats and Republicans, were surprised to learn …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 9, 2010

WV Gov. Likely to Run for Senate Seat

WV Gov. Likely to Run for Senate Politico reports that the Governor of West Virginia is very likely to throw his hat into the race to run for the late Senator Byrd's seat: BOSTON – West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D) said in an interview with POLITICO Friday that he would declare his …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 9, 2010

Playing to Palin's Base

David Frum suggests that Sarah Palin isn’t making much of an effort to reach urban voters. But why should she even bother trying? David Frum suggests that potential 2012 GOP contender Sarah Palin isn’t making much of an effort to reach out to urban voters. Let me play devil’s advocate on this …

Written by D.R. Tucker on Friday July 9, 2010

U.S. and Russia Hold Spy Swap

U.S. and Russia Hold Spy Swap The New York Times reports that Russia and the U.S. have conducted a Cold-War style spy swap in Vienna: VIENNA — In a seeming flashback to the cold war, Russian and American officials traded prisoners in the bright sunlight on the tarmac of Vienna’s …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 9, 2010

Canada Creates More Jobs than America

Canada Creates More Jobs than America The Huffington Post reports on Canada's surprisingly robust level of job creation: Stubbornly high unemployment rates got you down? Not sold on the economic recovery? Look no further than America's polite neighbor to the north, where jobs numbers …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 9, 2010

Must Read: The Quotes of General Mattis

Read: The Quotes of General Mattis The Atlantic Wire has compiled the best quotes of the new chief of CENTCOM, General James Mattis: Newly appointed chief of Central Command General James Mattis did not get where he is today by being polite and mild mannered. Mattis, who has been …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday July 9, 2010

The Media's Imaginary Gay Marriage Ban

In their analysis of Thursday's federal district court ruling on DOMA, the media forgot one important detail: there is no federal ban on gay marriage. Quality reporting on judicial decisions is hard to come by. The coupling of deadline pressures and a liberal inclination to view the courts as …

Written by Henry Clay on Friday July 9, 2010

Can Jon Huntsman Save the GOP?

While unlikely that Jon Huntsman would challenge Obama in 2012, the GOP can still learn from his leadership. While on a promotional tour for his new book, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter recently made some interesting comments on the 2012 presidential race. “Whether Obama wants to admit it or …

Written by Clifton Yin on Thursday July 8, 2010

Senators Press for Investigation Into Lockerbie Bomber Release

SENATORS WANT ANSWERS ON LOCKERBIE BOMBER Britain's Daily Mail reports that a group of American senators are pressing for an investigation into the release, last year, of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset Al Megrahi. Furious U.S. senators have demanded that Britain reinvestigates the …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 8, 2010

Judge Overturns Fed Gay Marriage Ban

JUDGE OVERTURNS GAY MARRIAGE BAN The AP reports: A U.S. judge in Boston has ruled that a federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define marriage. U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro on Thursday ruled in favor of gay couples' …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 8, 2010

Russian Spies Plead Guilty

ALL TEN RUSSIAN SPIES PLEAD GUILTY The Washington Post reports that the ten Russian spy suspects have plead guilty in federal court. Ten Russian spy suspects pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in New York and were promptly ordered deported to Russia as part of a deal under …

Written by FrumForum News on Thursday July 8, 2010

It’s Not Obama’s War – It’s America’s

Ann Coulter is simply wrong about Afghanistan. What happens there affects more than just the political fortunes of President Obama. Ann Coulter first led Michael Steele into temptation by arguing that Afghanistan is “Obama’s war,” which can’t be won and, therefore, should never have been waged. …

Written by John Guardiano on Thursday July 8, 2010

A New Scandal for Sarko

Sarkozy's government is embroiled in yet another scandal -- this time involving France's richest woman, a family feud and illegal campaign donations. Surprise, surprise, Sarkozy has found himself embroiled in yet another political scandal. Primary shareholder of multi-billion dollar cosmetics …

Written by Rachel Ryan on Thursday July 8, 2010