Daily Archives: January 5th, 2010 «

 

Daily Mail

Posted by: ST on January 5, 2010 at 7:19 pm » Comments Off

France to introduce new law banning ‘psychological violence’ in marriages

 

MM

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Airline security idiocy of the day: Milblogger Michael Yon handcuffed, Joan Rivers blocked

 

David Brooks

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I still really like Barack Obama. Tea Party “Teens”? Not so much

 

Breaking: Dem Senator Byron Dorgan (ND) set to retire at the end of his term this year

Posted by: ST on January 5, 2010 at 6:49 pm » 7 Comments

A pick-up opportunity in the Senate has just landed in the laps of the GOP: Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) announced this evening that he’s retiring at the end of his term, a shocking development that threatens Democratic control of his Senate seat next year. Dorgan was up for re-election in 2010, but the third-term senator [...]

 

C-SPAN to Obama, Congress: Honor your ‘open legislative negotiations’ promises

Posted by: ST on January 5, 2010 at 6:33 pm » 9 Comments

Fox News reports: The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves. C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb wrote to leaders in the House and Senate Dec. 30 urging them to open [...]

 

The “poverty is the root cause of crime” theory: Busted?

Posted by: ST on January 5, 2010 at 11:30 am » 15 Comments

City Journal’s indispensable contributing editor Heather Mac Donald has an interesting piece published in the WSJ today in which she debunks the 60s-era rush to blame crime on poverty and “social injustice” by analyzing crime data from last year. Snippets: The recession of 2008-09 has undercut one of the most destructive social theories that came [...]

 

The Hill

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Grayson: Satan should write foreword to Cheney book

 

WaPo

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Secret Service confirms third crasher at White House state dinner

 

LAT

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Swing states may be on the move – away from Democrats

 

NYT

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How Visa, Using Card Fees, Dominates a Market