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Is the GOP ready for prime time? (The Week)
September 9, 2010
The Week - All signs point to big Republican gains in November, enabling the GOP to implement its agenda. But what agenda is that?
Florida Sept. 11 Koran-Burning Plan Spurs Debate (The Atlantic Wire)
September 9, 2010
The Atlantic Wire - A Florida church led by pastor Terry Jones has spent weeks publicizing
its plan to burn Korans on September 11. But now that hundreds of people
in Afghanistan and Indonesia are protesting the planned event and General David Petraeus has condemned it,
saying it will endanger his troops, the U.S. is starting to pay more
attention to this fringe but increasingly high-profile event. What does it mean for the U.S. struggle against terror? What are its moral
and legal implications? Should the U.S. government try to intervene?
Will Ex-CEO Mark Hurd Seek Vengeance on HP at His New Job? (The Atlantic Wire)
September 9, 2010
The Atlantic Wire - When Mark Hurd was fired as CEO of Hewlett-Packard following a mysterious
sexual harassment complaint, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison slammed HP's
board of directors saying they "just made the worst personnel decision
since the idiots on the Apple board fired Steve Jobs." Now Ellison is
putting his money where his mouth is, hiring Hurd as Oracle's
co-president. "Mark did a brilliant job at HP and I expect he'll do even
better at Oracle," Ellison said in a statement announcing the hire.
Intriguingly, Oracle is looking to compete in the same space as HP. Will
Hurd exact revenge on his former bosses?
A bank bailout for Afghanistan? (The Week)
September 9, 2010
The Week - A run on Kabul Bank — the nation's largest — is triggering fears of an Afghan financial meltdown. Should the U.S. step in?
How Old School Is George Clooney's 'The American'? (The Atlantic Wire)
September 9, 2010The Atlantic Wire - The options could hardly be starker for Labor Day movie-goers. On one hand, there's the blood-stained Machete, which seems to revel in the number of body-parts it dismembers for the pleasure of audiences. And, of course, there's also that European-tinged, art-house hitman movie with the relatively unassuming poster of George Clooney furrowing his brow. What's that one about, exactly? It appears that nearly half of our nation's finest critics lost their patience with the slow-burning film before trying to figure that out.
Why Are the Feds Suing Brash Arizona Sheriff? (The Atlantic Wire)
September 9, 2010
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Obama's new infrastructure plan: By the numbers (The Week)
September 9, 2010The Week - During his Labor Day address, President Obama announced a $50 billion proposal to rebuild American roads and rails
Bloggers Respond to Imam Feisal Rauf's NYT Op-Ed (The Atlantic Wire)
September 9, 2010The Atlantic Wire - Imam Feisal Rauf, the leader of the group planning the Cordoba Center, called the "Ground Zero Mosque" by critics, addressed the controversy over his work in a guest column today in the New York Times. Rauf has just returned from a trip abroad doing public outreach on behalf of the U.S. State Department, work he also did under the Bush administration. Here is an excerpt from his column and, below that, several of the reactions from bloggers. Most of the bloggers who responded to his column are critical of his project.
Newt's Faint Presidential Prospects (RealClearPolitics.com)
September 9, 2010RealClearPolitics.com - On Friday, at a town hall in small town Oklahoma, conservative Sen. Tom Coburn said Newt Gingrich is "the last person I'd vote for, for president." Gingrich is "a super-smart man but he doesn't know anything about commitment to marriage." Gingrich lacks, in Coburn's view, "the character traits necessary to be a great president."
Taiwan President Ma: Taiwan will not be Hong Kong (The Christian Science Monitor)
September 9, 2010The Christian Science Monitor - Ma Ying-jeou is the president of Taiwan. He was interviewed for the Global Viewpoint Network by Pacific Perspectives columnist Tom Plate last week.
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