Bachmann
About two-thirds of Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachman’s statements PolitiFact have checked have been judged either false or “pants on fire,” according to Bill Adair, editor of...
View ArticleSteve Jobs resigns from Apple
Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a surprise move that ended his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage.
View ArticleLabor unions want Obama to be bolder
Labor Boss Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, appears to be losing patience with Obama. The President, according to Trumka, has been doing “little nibbly things around the edge that aren’t going...
View ArticleRon Paul
Eccentric. Unpragmatic. Quixotic. Those are the kinder words tossed around recently to describe Texas Congressman Ron Paul, whose libertarian campaign kicked off a new nationwide initiative on Sept. 8...
View ArticleObama channeling FDR?
President Obama’s much-anticipated jobs plan unveiled on Sept. 8 carried echoes of the New Deal work-relief programs of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration in the 1930s. He spoke of public works...
View ArticleCan Merkel Come to Greece’s Rescue?
Can German chancellor Angela Merkel engineer a rescue for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, as he faces EU leaders over his plans for a controversial referendum on the eurozone bailout. French...
View ArticleJoePa Is Out
Penn State University today severed ties with its two biggest figures — football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier — amid a child sex abuse scandal. Paterno, nicknamed “JoePa,”...
View ArticleRick Perry’s Motor City Meltdown
Some called it the Motor City Meltdown. In a span of just 55 seconds at last night’s GOP debate in Detroit, the Texas governor promised to eliminate three federal government agencies, and then searched...
View ArticleProtector of the rich
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected this week the insistence of some Democrats that federal deficit and debt issues be addressed in part with a tax increase on wealthy Americans, especially...
View ArticleA Northern Dynasty
Just 15 months after he was named as heir-apparent, Kim Jong Un was officially dubbed the “Great Successor” on December 19th, when state media finally reported his father’s death. Nominally, at least,...
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