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Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:02 AM PDT

Today's Op/Ed: 4 signs Sarah Palin may be running for president The ophthalmologist dictator: Syria's Bashar al-Assad Pawlenty's Medicare bet: An 'unforced error'? THE 14-WEEK CHALLENGE ROMNEY TACKS HARD TO THE RIGHT AND MAY END UP SINKING Palin's possible 2012 run: Winners and losers Rise of 'missing girls' in India and China Why Is Obama Dragging His Heels on Appointing Elizabeth Warren to Head CFPB? Is your job making you fat? Is LeBron James really better than Michael Jordan? Mladic arrest: Has the West now learned not to be impartial on war crimes? Should female badminton players be forced to wear skirts? The big lie that Obama can't lead is crumbling Why didn't Japan send a thank-you note to Taiwan? One word: Beijing. Mark Zuckerberg's 'odd' new diet: Only what he kills Barack Obama: The least scandalous president in modern history? From Wisconsin to Florida, Strong Winds of Political Remorse Barney Frank's Friends with Benefits 4 signs Sarah Palin may be running for president Fri, 27 May 2011 01:00 am PDT The Week - The Mama Grizzly is launching a big bus tour this weekend. Is she revving up for a presidential campaign? Full Story Top The ophthalmologist dictator: Syria's Bashar al-Assad Fri, 27 May 2011 05:48 am PDT The Week - Until his troops fired on protesters, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was considered a moderate. What happened? Full Story Top Pawlenty's Medicare bet: An 'unforced error'? Fri, 27 May 2011 04:03 am PDT The Week - Badgered to take a stand, GOP presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty endorses Paul Ryan's unpopular plan to overhaul Medicare. Regrettable move? Full Story Top THE 14-WEEK CHALLENGE Sat, 28 May 2011 05:03 pm PDT David Shribman - This is Memorial Day weekend. Fourteen weeks from now is Labor Day weekend. In those 14 weeks -- a period roughly one and a half times longer than the general election season next year -- the Republicans have a lot of work to do. Full Story Top ROMNEY TACKS HARD TO THE RIGHT AND MAY END UP SINKING Sat, 28 May 2011 05:03 pm PDT Cynthia Tucker - WASHINGTON -- Poor Mitt Romney. I'm beginning to feel a bit sorry for the guy. Full Story Top Palin's possible 2012 run: Winners and losers Sat, 28 May 2011 09:42 am PDT The Week - It looks like Mama Grizzly might make a run at the White House after all. Who benefits, and who gets hurt, if she joins the race? Full Story Top Rise of 'missing girls' in India and China Fri, 27 May 2011 12:26 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Of all the world’s major ills – such as war, hunger, and natural disasters – none can quite compare to the millions of baby girls and female fetuses killed by parents who prefer boys. Full Story Top Why Is Obama Dragging His Heels on Appointing Elizabeth Warren to Head CFPB? Fri, 27 May 2011 10:43 am PDT The Nation - The Nation -- Elizabeth Warren’s problem is not with the Republicans—though they have worked hard to demonize her.  Her real problem is with the “boys” at the Treasury Department and Timothy Geithner, the head “boy” in charge of the president’s banking policies.  Maybe she also has a problem with the “boys” at the White House. Full Story Top Is your job making you fat? Fri, 27 May 2011 09:51 am PDT The Week - Junk food isn't the only cause of America's obesity epidemic, say researchers. Being chained to your computer is also a major danger. Is there any solution? Full Story Top Is LeBron James really better than Michael Jordan? Fri, 27 May 2011 09:34 am PDT The Week - Scottie Pippen, Jordan's longtime sidekick on the '90s Chicago Bulls, sets off a firestorm by saying James "may be the greatest player" ever Full Story Top Mladic arrest: Has the West now learned not to be impartial on war crimes? Fri, 27 May 2011 08:18 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - “I don’t curse anyone,” Kada Hotic told me, “not even those who caused me this pain.” In July 1995, Kada lost every grown male in her family to a massacre in the Bosnian mountain town of Srebrenica. Full Story Top Should female badminton players be forced to wear skirts? Fri, 27 May 2011 08:05 am PDT The Week - The Badminton World Federation's new dress code is eliciting outrage — and accusations of sexism Full Story Top The big lie that Obama can't lead is crumbling Fri, 27 May 2011 07:16 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it,” instructed the Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, “people will eventually come to believe it.” Full Story Top Why didn't Japan send a thank-you note to Taiwan? One word: Beijing. Fri, 27 May 2011 06:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - International political correctness on the China-Taiwan issue has perpetrated a sad injustice that signifies a larger problem. Full Story Top Mark Zuckerberg's 'odd' new diet: Only what he kills Fri, 27 May 2011 05:20 am PDT The Week - The geeky billionaire Facebook founder has chosen to eat only meat from animals he slaughters himself. Let the wisecracks begin Full Story Top Barack Obama: The least scandalous president in modern history? Fri, 27 May 2011 03:19 am PDT The Week - Obama's vulnerability has been mitigated by the number and magnitude of competing news stories. Just as slow news periods seem to encourage scandal coverage, my research shows that pressure from competing stories diverts attention and media resources that could have been devoted to negative coverage of the administration.... In Obama's case, it is clear that external events have consumed much of the news agenda over the last eighteen months, including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Arab Spring revolts, the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the killing of Osama bin Laden. The saturation coverage that these stories received left little room for scandal, particularly given the volume of debate over the merits of the president’s legislative agenda and his confrontation with the new Republican majority in the House. Full Story Top From Wisconsin to Florida, Strong Winds of Political Remorse Fri, 27 May 2011 12:00 am PDT Joe Conason - Still spinning in the vortex of the May 24 tornado in New York's 26th Congressional District, Republican leaders insist that Democrat Kathy Hochul's upset victory on their party's turf was meaningless. Full Story Top Barney Frank's Friends with Benefits Fri, 27 May 2011 12:00 am PDT Michelle Malkin - If you want to watch a corruptocrat start sputtering like Porky Pig with allergies, confront him with three simple words: conflict of interest. Asked this week about his role in securing an ex-lover's highly coveted job at government mortgage giant Fannie Mae, Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank retorted: Full Story Top

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