Democrats Say Potential Medicaid Cuts Are Cruel
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 29th, 2011 4:31 am by HL
Democrats Say Potential Medicaid Cuts Are Cruel
Our Sons & Daughters in Libya – Fighting for France
Will Saletan, Slate
Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates went on the Sunday shows to defend the U.S. military intervention in Libya. They emphasized its “humanitarian” motives, noting repeatedly that Muammar Qaddafi had vowed to crush his domestic adversaries with “no mercy.” But under interrogation, Gates and Clinton exposed what's really driving our participation in the Libya campaign: the wishes of other governments.
The Threat of Cyber War Is Very Real
Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times
When a large Southern California water system wanted to probe the vulnerabilities of its computer networks, it hired Los Angeles-based hacker Marc Maiffret to test them. His team seized control of the equipment that added chemical treatments to drinking water "” in one day.The weak link: County employees had been logging into the network through their home computers, leaving a gaping security hole. Officials of the urban water system told Maiffret that with a few mouse clicks, he could have rendered the water undrinkable for millions of homes.
Give TARP a Break
Robert Samuelson, Newsweek
WASHINGTON — It isn't often that the government launches a major program that achieves its main goals at a tiny fraction of its estimated costs. That's the story of TARP — the Troubled Assets Relief Program. Created in October 2008 at the height of the financial crisis, it helped stabilize the economy, used only $410 billion of its authorized $700 billion and will be repaid most of that. The Congressional Budget Office, which once projected TARP's ultimate cost at $356 billion, now says $19 billion. This could go lower. You would hardly know. Receive news alertsAlmost…
