Gibbs Hedges On Whether KSM Will Get Civilian Or Military Trial
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:52 am PST
HuffingtonPost.com - White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted on Sunday that the administration remains committed to trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and securing a death sentence. But for the first time in the lengthy debate over what judicial rights should be granted to terrorists, Gibbs hedged about whether the 9/11 planner and others will be tried in civilian or military court. Full Story | Top |
Obama Should Try Populism
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:00 pm PST
RealClearPolitics.com - Populism has become a pejorative. It's said to be dangerous or dismissed with palpable condescension. But Americans indictment is not only spirited; it is also merited. And that indictment has awaited an executive who will take up the people's case. Full Story | Top |
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00 pm PST
RealClearPolitics.com - Wednesdays Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year commemorates the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, was marked by customary calls to combat anti-Semitism worldwide. Full Story | Top |
Obama’s new hardball with China, Iran
Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:01 am PST
The Christian Science Monitor - After a year of trying to talk softly with Iran and China – only to be perceived as weak – President Obama has now decided he must carry a big stick. Full Story | Top |
US high-speed rail to the rescue
Mon, 1 Feb 2010 06:57 am PST
The Christian Science Monitor - What if you could travel the 347 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco in a fraction of the time it takes to drive this distance and without the security checks, the clogged terminals, and flight cancellations that seem to plague air travel these days? What if you could also save money, substantially decrease pollution and the need to build expensive highways, and create American jobs while you were at it? Seem like a pipe dream? It's not. Full Story | Top |
Transaction Fee On Haiti Donation Leads College Student To Create Anti-Wachovia Facebook Page
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:02 pm PST
 HuffingtonPost.com - Several days after 21-year-old Heather Lynn used her Wachovia debit card to donate $10 to Yele Haiti's earthquake fund, she noticed on her online billing statement that the bank had deducted a 3% "international service fee" from the donated amount. Since the four major credit card companies had waived their transaction fees on donations to Haiti, Lynn says, she assumed that Wells Fargo, Wachovia's parent company, had done the same. Full Story | Top |
On board for fast trains
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:19 pm PST
The Christian Science Monitor - “There’s no reason that Europe or China should have the fastest trains,†said President Obama in his State of the Union speech. Full Story | Top |
IT'S A NEW GAME IN WASHINGTON
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:59 pm PST
David Shribman - How will we remember this month, with the recriminations over the failed Christmas bomber, the Massachusetts miracle wrought by Scott Brown, the frightening mid-month dip in the financial markets, the Supreme Court ruling that removed caps on corporate and union spending on political campaigns, the likely death of the massive overhaul of health care, the addition of Sarah Palin to the Fox News palette and the tax breaks and tough talk of the State of the Union? Full Story | Top |
EDMUND BURKE AND OBAMA 2.0
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:59 pm PST
Richard Reeves - LOS ANGELES -- First the news: Barack Obama is a hell of a speaker. His first State of the Union message will not change history, but it was a skillful balancing act between the winds of change he wants to ride and the sour and contradictory winds of discontent blowing across the United States. Full Story | Top |
Tebow Takes a Stand
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00 am PST
Brent Bozell III - The Super Bowl is a cultural phenomenon. It's not only watched by godzillions of people worldwide, it's the only televised broadcast where the audience tunes in not just for the game, but for the commercials. The top-dollar, high-profile advertising space has led to some unforgettable commercials over the years. Full Story | Top |
Failing Leadership
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00 am PST
Linda Chavez - President Obama failed a major test of leadership in his State of the Union address this week. Full Story | Top |
Carteresque
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00 am PST
Mona Charen - In 1960, Fidel Castro addressed the U.N. General Assembly for four-and-a-half hours. President Obama didn't hit that target last night — it only felt like it. The president had some things to get off this chest — and if it took 70-plus minutes, well, lucky us, we got to listen. Full Story | Top |
Courtroom Cirque du Jihad
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00 am PST
Michelle Malkin - Imagine this nightmare courtroom scenario: Unhinged Jew-bashing, open mockery of American soldiers, juror intimidation and coldly calculated exploitation of U.S. constitutional protections by a suspected al-Qaida defendant. Well, there's no need to wait for the Gitmo terror trial circuses. New York City is already getting a glimpse of the future. Full Story | Top |
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