From the Associated Press: Florida decided Friday to hold its Republican presidential primary on Jan. 31, snubbing a party rule against fast-track delegate-selection for 2012 and triggering angry responses from traditional early voting states which will now likely rejigger their
From USA Today: Retirement programs for former federal workers — civilian and military — are growing so fast they now face a multitrillion-dollar shortfall nearly as big as Social Security’s, a USA TODAY analysis shows. The federal government hasn’t set
Many are called, few are chosen. Isn’t that what they say? Reports of the rise of Herman Cain can be found, in between the GOP establishment’s calls to the Governor of New Jersey. Almost lost amid the buzz this week
From Reuters: A key recommendation for medical coverage standards under President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul will be released on October 7, according to the organization preparing the report. The Department of Health and Human Services has asked the influential Institute
From NPR: Amy Myers Jaffe of Rice University says in the next decade, new oil in the US, Canada and South America could change the center of gravity of the entire global energy supply. “Some are now saying, in five
Hugo Chavez’s health is failing. We normally wouldn’t mention this, as its a personal thing, but f%^k it, he is an autocratic scumbag.
From the Associated Press: So much for pushing back the start of primary season. Despite efforts by both political parties to avoid a repeat of 2008 by delaying early presidential primaries and caucuses, states trying to increase their influence are
Competition and market forces at work in Tech. This is one of many reasons behind why it’s bad for government to try and pick winners and losers. (Reuters) – Asian technology companies came under pressure on Thursday to slash prices
From The Washington Times: The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog said Wednesday the Obama administration cut corners in evaluating the science it used to back up its finding that carbon is a dangerous pollutant that can be regulated under existing
From Politico: Lawmakers are asking the FTC to investigate Facebook following reports that the social network has been collecting data even from users logged out of their profiles. The concerns from Capitol Hill came Wednesday in a letter by Reps.
From the Associated Press: States and a business group opposed to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday for a speedy ruling that puts an end to the law aimed at extending insurance coverage to
Today is the first full day of Rosh Hashana.
From the Associated Press: Chris Christie isn’t running for president but says he’s listening to those who want him to. Donald Trump opted out of a bid for the Republican nomination but hasn’t ruled out running as an independent. Rudy
What could go wrong? From The Hill: The Energy Department announced Wednesday that is has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two separate solar energy projects. The decision comes several weeks after Solyndra, a California-based solar manufacturer
From Rasmussen Reports: Herman Cain did well in last week’s GOP debate and won a decisive straw poll victory in Florida, but his numbers in a general election match-up against President Obama are little changed. A new Rasmussen Reports national
NewsObserver.com: Gov. Bev Perdue’s off-the-cuff remark about suspending Congressional elections to focus on the economy went viral. Her aides tried to walk it back, calling it “hyperbole” and suggesting she was joking. Was she? You decide. If that was a
From Investors Business Daily: President Obama faces head winds from independents, an important voting bloc for re-election in 2012. Many of them think well of him personally, but they are disenchanted. They don’t like his policies, and they see him
NJ Gov Chris Christie is in the race for 2012, no wait, he’s out. It seems to depend on whom you ask. Judging from his remarks at the Reagan Library, he does enjoy being asked, if nothing else. Speculation continues
Today, in 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Yet another world-changing innovation brought to the world by an individual.
From The News & Observer: Speaking to a Cary rotary club today, N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue suggested suspending Congressional elections for two years so that Congress can focus on economic recovery and not the next election. “I think we ought
Richard Epstein in Hoover’s Defining Ideas: What is so striking about Obama’s shopworn rhetoric is its juvenile intellectual quality. His explanation for how the AJA will create jobs is a non-starter because he does not explain how we get from
From The Detroit News: As part of a campaign featuring “real people” explaining their decision to buy the Blue Oval, a guy named “Chris” says he “wasn’t going to buy another car that was bailed out by our government,” according
Obama is on a swing through the West, promoting his ‘save my job’ jobs bill. Yesterday, he “randomly” picked a guy in the audience for a question. The guy just happened to be a rich dude who wants the government
From the Associated Press; A bitterly divided and poll-battered Congress has nearly worked its way out of a nasty fight over disaster aid, but only by abruptly abandoning efforts to immediately refill almost empty federal disaster relief accounts. Instead, with
Today, in 1979, the Department of Education received final Congressional approval, becoming the 13th cabinet agency. And…the state of public education has so improved from those days…oh wait…
