Steele: ‘No hypocrisy’ on abortion
November 23, 2009
He says Monday that there is ‘no hypocrisy” in RNC staffers getting abortion coverage from their insurer.
Clinton says Iraqi election might be delayed
November 23, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding out the possibility that Iraq’s national election could be delayed beyond January because of a dispute over the allocation of seats in parliament….
More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported
November 23, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday….
Schumer and Hutchison argue over health care bill
November 23, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer says majority Democrats will push through a bill overhauling the health care system with or without Republican support….
Readers, comments, blogs and other headaches
November 23, 2009
I find myself spending more and more time dealing with the time-consuming task of administration, Spammers attempt to flood our comments and blogs with ads and self-serving crap, some readers push the limits of civility in both the comments and blog sections and 9 out of every 10 readers who attempt to register to post comments and/or blogs give a phony email address or hide behind anonymous, free email accounts.
Sometimes, I wonder if it’s worth all the hassle.
Obama is worse than Bush
November 23, 2009
In 2008, many Americans voted for Barack Obama hoping they were ridding Washington of eight years of abuses by George W. Bush.
Instead, especially when it comes to abuses in freedom, all those Americans got for their efforts was a new George W. Bush in black face.
When it comes to governmental abuse of power, spying on Americans by the National Security Agency and loss of freedom under the USA Patriot Act, Obama is worse than Bush.
Since taking office, Obama has increased the power of the NSA, broaded the scope of warrantless wiretapping of Americans and done nothing to scale back the many abuses of the Patriot Act. To the contrary, the Obama administration backs changes that would make the act more powerful and more intrusive into the lives of ordinary Americans.
It’s time to take up Kennedy’s mantle
November 23, 2009
In an Ideas piece, Kirk remembers Ted Kennedy’s call for quality affordable health care for all Americans.
Iran launches war games
November 23, 2009
A top U.S. official responds to the large-scale military exercise by urging Iran to return to the negotiating table.
Health care ‘reform’ leaves 12 million uninsured
November 23, 2009
For consumers, the health care bills taking final shape in Congress don’t rate close to a perfect 10.
The Democratic measures would leave 12 million or more eligible Americans uninsured. Many middle-class families who’d now be required to buy coverage would still find the premiums a stretch, even with government aid. A new federal fund to provide temporary coverage for people with health problems would quickly run out of cash.
For now, these bread-and-butter concerns take a back seat to more pressing issues for Democratic lawmakers trying to deliver on President Barack Obama’s signature issue.
The White House’s climate conundrum
November 23, 2009
In an Ideas piece, the authors say the health debate hurts chances of passing broad climate reform.