Pat Dollard

The Guardian: Barack Obama stepped into the chaotic final hours of the Copenhagen summit today saying he was convinced the world could act “boldly and decisively” on climate change. But his speech offered no indication America was ready to embrace bold measures, after world leaders had been working desperately against the clock to try to [...]

World Net Daily: Demand for the removal of homosexual advocate Kevin Jennings from his position as chief of the Department of Education’s Office of Safe Schools is growing, with the Washington Post saying the appointment was wrong and thousands joining a petition. WND reported efforts by the organization Jennings founded, the Gay, Lesbian Straight Education [...]

The Wall Street Journal: EDINBURGH — The expenses racked up by U.S. lawmakers traveling here for a conference last month included one for the “control room.” Besides rooms for sleeping, the 12 members of the House of Representatives rented their hotel’s fireplace-equipped presidential suite and two adjacent rooms. The hotel cleared out the beds and [...]

NASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) – Iranian forces took control of a southern Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, US and Iraqi officials told AFP. “There has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful diplomacy between the governments of Iraq and Iran,” [...]

Telegraph: When your attempt at recreating the Congress of Vienna with a third-rate cast of extras turns into a shambles, when the data with which you have tried to terrify the world is daily exposed as ever more phoney, when the blatant greed and self-interest of the participants has become obvious to all beholders, when [...]

The Hill: Rep. Peter DeFazio’s phone rang. On the other end was Rahm Emanuel. The White House chief of staff last month expressed frustration with DeFazio’s resignation calls for President Barack Obama’s top two economic aides — Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House chief economist Larry Summers — and appealed for cooperation, according to [...]

The Sun: HACKERS have broken in to social networking website Twitter leaving it disabled for hours. The site popular with celebrities and used by millions around the world was taken over by a group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army early this morning. They defaced the site with their own logos and images and even [...]

Politico: While the 2010 midterm elections are still about a year away, the two parties’ political narratives are already locked and loaded. Only the firepower of their respective messages remains in doubt. And this is where health care matters. How the current congressional debate unfolds won’t dramatically change the Republicans’ or Democrats’ underlying rhetorical strategies [...]

The Guardian: The climate change summit in Copenhagen was in jeopardy tonight with the complex negotiations falling far behind schedule as the climate secretary, Ed Miliband, warned of a “farce”. With just two days remaining, the inability to overcome disagreements about the shape of a deal to combat global warming led to hours of inaction [...]

NY Daily News: The planet may be saved after all, and it will only cost $100 billion. Just as the Copenhagen climate summit appeared to be on the verge of unraveling, the United States Thursday announced its support of an annual $100 billion climate protection fund, the Associated Press reports. “The US is prepared to [...]