Anti-Earmark Amendment Cedes Power to White House
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 23rd, 2010 5:31 am by HL
Anti-Earmark Amendment Cedes Power to White House
The Day Margaret Thatcher Resigned
Charles Moore, The Telegraph
Twenty years ago this morning, having slept on the matter, Margaret Thatcher got up and decided to resign. At 7.30, she rang her principal private secretary and got the process rolling.At 9am, in a tearful session, she announced her resignation to the Cabinet. The news was put out at 9.25, and the Cabinet then turned to normal business. At 12.45, she went to see the Queen.And then, in great British parliamentary tradition, Mrs Thatcher had to continue almost as if nothing had happened. It was a Thursday, so the then twice-weekly Prime Minister’s Questions fell that…
For NBC Sale, Tensions Rise in Washington
The Politics of Avoidance
Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
WASHINGTON — America's budget problem boils down to a simple question: How much will we let programs for the elderly displace other government functions — national defense, education, transportation and many others — and raise taxes to levels that would, almost certainly, reduce economic growth? What's depressing is that this question has been obvious for decades but our political leaders have consistently evaded it. This includes and indicts Democrats, Republicans, conservatives, liberals and every president since Jimmy Carter, particularly Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, who…
The Liberal Crisis
John Podhoretz, Commentary
The defeat of Russ Feingold in the November 2 election has unexpectedly provided the most uncompromisingly left-wing Democrat in the U.S. Senate with a new job opportunity—that of candidate for the presidency of the United States. Feingold hinted in his concession speech on election night that he might challenge Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries. “It’s on to 2012,” Feingold said, “and it is on to our next adventure.”The next day, a spokesman said that Feingold had “no interest” in running for the…
