Editorial: Health reform reaches push-comes-to-shove time
The Republican Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:14 PM PST
The Associated Press President Barack Obama Last week’s health-care summit produced little substance and zero compromise. As expected, the Republicans demanded that President Barack Obama go back to the drawing board and come up with a less ambitious plan. As expected, the president said no. |
An open letter to President Obama
The Ithaca Journal Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:11 PM PST
Greetings from mainstream America. You are my president, not simply the first African-American U.S. president, but my president because you come from the middle-class of the American heartland. You were not born into riches and high status, as was President George W. Bush (Bush II). |
Obama's 1st presidential checkup reveals room for improvement
Honolulu Advertiser Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:07 PM PST
WASHINGTON â€" President Obama hasn't kicked the smoking habit, takes anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee and should eat better to lower his cholesterol, his team of doctors concluded Sunday after the 48-year-old's first medical checkup as commander in chief. |
Hendrik Hertzberg: Bipartisanship and your health.
The New Yorker Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:06 PM PST
Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, is a readerâ€"and something of a postmodern interpreterâ€"of the works of Albert Camus and George Orwell. A few days before President Obama’s big health-care “summit,†Gingrich addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference. He . . . |
US labor unions' agenda hits roadblock
WTOL 11 Toledo Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:05 PM PST
Labor's high hopes for major gains under President Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress have dimmed, raising fresh doubts about union leverage even in the best of political times. |
Oprah helps chef fulfill Michelle Obama wish
People's Daily Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:02 PM PST
&$ &$This Feb. 24, 2010 photo provided by Harpo Productions, Inc. shows Oprah Winfrey and Art Smith, in Chicago.[Agencies]&$ &$ When Oprah Winfrey recently asked her former personal chef what he wanted for his 50th birthday, Art Smith's first thought was a new treadmill. Aim higher, she told him. How about a check to help fund the sort of healthy eating programs for children called for by ... |
Senate Bank Panel Said to Agree to Scrap Obama Consumer Agency
BusinessWeek Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:56 PM PST
Senate Banking Committee negotiators, working through the weekend, agreed to drop the stand-alone consumer agency sought by the Obama administration and opposed by the banking industry, removing an obstacle that has stalled new U.S. financial rules. |
White House: Simple up-or-down vote on health care
WBTV Charlotte Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:52 PM PST
The White House called for a "simple up-or-down" vote on health care legislation Sunday as Speaker Nancy Pelosi appealed to House Democrats to get behind President Barack Obama's chief domestic priority even it if threatens their political careers. |
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