National Review Online:
Every once in a while, it’s nice to get back to the fundamentals: to know the differences between a free society and an unfree one. You may recall that, after Hurricane Katrina, the federal government came in for a bit of criticism -- President Bush, in particular. As this article tells us, “A Chinese court on Monday senten (Read More)
National Review Online:
Consider these six numbers: 62, 53, 54, 60, 60, 53.Those numbers are the percentage of voters who supported Barack Obama last year in Westchester and Nassau Counties in New York, Bergen and Middlesex Counties in New Jersey, Fairfax County in Virginia, and Bucks County in Pennsylvania, respectively.Now, here are the percenta (Read More)
National Review Online:
Rep. David Obey, the Democratic majordomo of the House Appropriations Committee, is proposing an income-tax hike, something that Democrats are congenitally disposed to do, with one familiar condition -- it’s only on the “wealthy” (wink, wink) -- and one slightly less common condition -- it’s presented as a dedicated surtax (Read More)
RedState:
Roll Call reports the Democrats intend to bring up immigration next year as a big fight leading into the 2010 elections. Their approach will be predictable — support extended family immigration, amnesty for all illegals, and no input from the GOP.Lindsey Graham is no doubt beside himself with delight over this one.This got (Read More)
National Review Online:
Touting what they call Eric Holder’s “reasonable decision” to transfer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 plotters to Manhattan for a civilian trial, my friends Jim Comey and Jack Goldsmith put themselves in a quandary. When their Washington Post op-ed makes a reasonable point, it presents their own reasoning, not A (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
LONDON — In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict.It is expected to consider (Read More)
Huffington Post:
More than five years ago, one of California's leading hospitals decided to leap into the future of medical care by digitizing its patients' health records. Despite a $50 million investment and countless hours trying to overcome persistent technical headaches, the system is still not fully up and running. This summer, the Un (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOWASHINGTON (AP) � President Barack Obama showered praise on India and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an elaborate welcoming ceremony Tuesday, declaring it was only fitting the Indian leader should be the first state visitor of his administration.Obama said the United States and India share the "bold e (Read More)
Reuters: International News:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Belgian man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the United States to Iran, the Justice Department said.
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ABC News Video: Politics:
Officials say President Obama could call for 40,000 troops as early as January.
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Politics As Usual:
As if the war in Afghanistan isn't enough, he's got a quagmire at home to contend with -- tied up with the other big forces pressing on his presidency.
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Politics As Usual:
Officials say President Obama could call for 40,000 troops as early as January.
Afghanistan - Barack Obama - Asia - United States - Society and Culture. (Read More)
Huffington Post:
As President Obama grapples with sending additional forces to Afghanistan he would do well to ponder the last time a superpower confronted the decision and how U.S. intelligence evaluated the odds of success. That country, of course, was the Soviet Union that found itself in a decade-long quagmire following its 1979 invasi (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
President Sarah Palin. To many pundits and late-night comedians, this sounds like a punch line, and to many die-hard Democrats it sounds like a reason to leave the country.Yet while the conventional wisdom has it that Palin is too badly damaged to make a serious run in 2012 -- and I agree that her success is not probable -- (Read More)