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Monday, May 23, 2011 12:01 AM PDT

Today's Op/Ed: Did Obama's Mideast speech crush hopes for peace? Why are Floridians praying for Osama bin Laden? Should Ronald McDonald be forced to retire? REPUBLICANS ARE OFF TO A SLOW START REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW HOSTAGE TO THE CRANKS ON ITS FRINGE Affairs Receive Too Much Media Attention How Rep. Ryan is Courting Gini Polls: Majority of Americans Now Support Gay Marriage Zombie Preparedness: Your CDC Tax Dollars at Work Massey Energy Probe Makes Case for Government Intervention The World Fails to End--Again John Logsdon Wrestles with a Broken Space Policy Republicans Looking to Sweep Newt Gingrich Under the Rug Quickly Despite GOP Rhetoric, Obama's Call for Two-State Palestinian-Israeli Deal Not a Shift Salvation, Reputation on the Line for Harold Camping's Latest Judgment Day I'm Not Letting the Rapture Ruin My Weekend The Trouble with NOAA Predictions Obama's bold move on 1967 borders for Israeli-Palestinian talks Did Obama's Mideast speech crush hopes for peace? Fri, 20 May 2011 03:13 am PDT The Week - Israeli and Palestinian leaders take turns lashing out at the president's proposals to revive Mideast peace talks. Now what? Full Story Top Why are Floridians praying for Osama bin Laden? Fri, 20 May 2011 02:41 am PDT The Week - A Catholic priest will comply with a Florida man's request to include Osama bin Laden's name on a prayer list at Sunday Mass Full Story Top Should Ronald McDonald be forced to retire? Fri, 20 May 2011 03:43 am PDT The Week - Healthy-eating activists say the 48-year-old "spokesclown" hooks kids on junk food, and are calling on Ronald to hang up his floppy shoes Full Story Top REPUBLICANS ARE OFF TO A SLOW START Sat, 21 May 2011 05:02 pm PDT David Shribman - CONWAY, N.H. -- Four years ago this week the old Kennett High School gym was rocking. Full Story Top REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW HOSTAGE TO THE CRANKS ON ITS FRINGE Sat, 21 May 2011 05:02 pm PDT Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- For the crime of attempted compromise, Sen. Full Story Top Affairs Receive Too Much Media Attention Sat, 21 May 2011 03:18 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | We've seen a lot of affair coverage in the media recently. Full Story Top How Rep. Ryan is Courting Gini Sat, 21 May 2011 03:18 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - No, this is not the latest congressional scandal. Corrado Gini was an Italian statistician who, in 1921, published a method of measuring income inequality (UMass Tales of Statisticians). The Gini index has since become a standard used by economists (see The Economist) and public policy and geopolitical analysts (see CIA World Factbook). More about Gini later. Full Story Top Polls: Majority of Americans Now Support Gay Marriage Sat, 21 May 2011 01:32 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - A Gallup poll released on May 20 indicates that for the first time in the polling organization's history, more Americans now support same-sex marriages than do not. Full Story Top Zombie Preparedness: Your CDC Tax Dollars at Work Sat, 21 May 2011 01:32 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used a unique way of getting the public's attention this past week. Full Story Top Massey Energy Probe Makes Case for Government Intervention Sat, 21 May 2011 01:32 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | An independent investigation lays the blame squarely on Massey Energy for the deaths of 29 miners in April. Full Story Top The World Fails to End--Again Sat, 21 May 2011 01:06 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The latest predicted day and date of the end of the world has come and gone, with the world persisting in remaining. Harold Camping, the Christian broadcaster who predicted the event, is wrong -- again. Full Story Top John Logsdon Wrestles with a Broken Space Policy Sat, 21 May 2011 12:30 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Speaking at a panel on how space policy gets made at the International Space Development Conference in Huntsville, Ala., John Logsdon appeared to suggest the way space policy gets made is broken Full Story Top Republicans Looking to Sweep Newt Gingrich Under the Rug Quickly Sat, 21 May 2011 10:32 am PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | It appears those in the right-leaning media outlets are taking up a concerted effort to sweep Newt Gingrich under the rug before he gathers any steam in his quest to run for president. The early announcements of candidates jumping into the fray for president have been taking on the appearance of a vetting process for the Republican Party. Full Story Top Despite GOP Rhetoric, Obama's Call for Two-State Palestinian-Israeli Deal Not a Shift Fri, 20 May 2011 07:10 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | President Barack Obama said Friday that he supported a two-state deal in the peace talks between Palestinians and the Israeli government, a move that is causing considerable consternation among conservatives. Full Story Top Salvation, Reputation on the Line for Harold Camping's Latest Judgment Day Fri, 20 May 2011 02:10 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The end of the world predictions from Harold Camping will be put to the test Saturday. If he is right, then all life as we know it will collapse over 24 hours from now. If mankind is still left standing after May 21, then the Christian Family Radio president will officially go down as a laughingstock, if most don't see him that way already. Full Story Top I'm Not Letting the Rapture Ruin My Weekend Fri, 20 May 2011 02:10 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | What will I be doing for the rapture Saturday? Full Story Top The Trouble with NOAA Predictions Fri, 20 May 2011 02:10 pm PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Atlantic basin is set to see some major action this hurricane season, according to the latest from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Of the 6-10 hurricanes forecasters predict will form, NOAA anticipates the development of three to six major hurricanes this year. Full Story Top Obama's bold move on 1967 borders for Israeli-Palestinian talks Fri, 20 May 2011 01:21 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - It takes uncommon grit for a US president to tell Israelis and Palestinians how to solve their differences rather than merely mediate between them. Full Story Top

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