CBS: Gov. David Paterson openly criticized the White House on Monday, saying he thought it was a terrible idea to move alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists to New York for trial. “This is not a decision that I would have made. I think terrorism isn’t just attack, it’s anxiety [...]
The Washington Post: There is an air of absurdity to what is mistakenly called “health-care reform.” Everyone knows that the United States faces massive governmental budget deficits as far as calculators can project, driven heavily by an aging population and uncontrolled health costs. As we recover slowly from a devastating recession, it’s widely agreed that, [...]
New York Times: If President Obama happened to glance at “The Rachel Maddow Show†last Monday, he might have winced. Ms. Maddow pretended to celebrate the passage of a health care overhaul bill in the House, calling it “potentially a huge generational win for the Democratic Party†— but then halted the triumphant music and [...]
Wired: The Ft. Hood shootings were so gruesome and inhuman, even Osama Bin Laden’s former spiritual mentor is condemning them — calling the massacre that killed 13 “irrational†and “empty of thought,†according to a translation provided to Danger Room by the NEFA Foundation. Salman Al-Awdah, a Saudi cleric who played an influential role in [...]
The Guardian: She is a striking brunette with a decidedly outspoken attitude. She lambasts President Barack Obama as a socialist and has become the darling of America’s right-wing activists who flock to her appearances. She is hated by liberals and loved by conservatives. Sarah Palin? Not quite. Meet Michele Bachmann, a Republican congresswoman from Minnesota [...]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders on Sunday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, but European negotiators said the move did not imply weaker action. Some argued that legal technicalities might otherwise distract the talks in Copenhagen and it was better to focus on [...]
Reuters: A former prostitute whose memoirs were turned into the TV series “Secret Diary of a Call Girl” has revealed her true identity — Brooke Magnanti, a British research scientist.
(AFP) Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the “enemies” of his country’s nuclear program had been defeated ahead of the release of the latest UN report on the atomic drive. International attention focused on the report as US President Barack Obama said “time is running out” for Iran to respond to a UN plan [...]
