Recovery's Missing Ingredient: Jobs

June 22, 2009

Despite signs that the recession gripping the nation’s economy may be easing, the unemployment rate is projected to continue rising for another year before topping out in double digits, a prospect that threatens to slow growth, increase poverty and further complicate the Obama administration’s message of optimism about the economic outlook.

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Ex-Scientologists Speak Out on Intimidation, Violence, the Bizarre Nature of Their "Church"

June 22, 2009

Scientology leader David Miscavige is the focus of this special report from the St. Petersburg Times. Former executives of the Church of Scientology, including two of the former top lieutenants to Miscavige, have come forward to describe a culture of intimidation and violence under David Miscavige. These former Scientology leaders served for years with Miscavige.

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Bernard: No Shame From Government for Becoming Biggest Spender and Borrower

June 22, 2009

How do our elected officials sleep at night when the country is on a path to become the biggest spender and borrower of all time? We are drowning in red ink and it appears that no one with any legislative authority seems to recognize there’s no Noah’s Ark to save us from this flood of […]

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Gamer's Dream: XBox 360 on the Dallas Cowboy's 11,200 Square Foot HD Screen

June 22, 2009

The 72 x 160-foot LED wall at the center of the new Cowboys Stadium is certainly impressive enough when it’s showing game highlights or concert footage, but no giant screen ever truly earns its credentials until it’s been put to some real use: playing video games. Thankfully, Jonas Brothers video director Steve Fatone somehow pulled […]

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Lenzner: Stress Testing the Obama Plan

June 22, 2009

“The financial system is a creator of risk,” President Barack Obama’s economic guru Larry Summers said in a little-noticed speech given at the Council on Foreign Relations on June 12. Well put. The acid test of whether the new Obama plan for overhauling Wall Street will protect us from a repeat of the financial disasters […]

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Tehran Calm, Tense Before Another Storm to Come?

June 22, 2009

A tense calm prevails in Tehran. What will happen next? “Although Tehran was quieter Sunday, eyewitnesses reported gunshots and sirens in the central neighborhood of Abbas Abad. A large column of black smoke could be seen rising from the area. Eyewitnesses also reported unrest in central Haft-e Tir Square.”

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Neda's Revolution: In Iran, One Woman's Death May Have Many Consequences

June 22, 2009

Time provides commentary on the death of a young woman broadcast across the internet this weekend: “‘Neda’ is already being hailed as a martyr, a second important concept in Shiism. With the reported deaths of 19 people Saturday, martyrdom also provides a potent force that could further deepen public anger at Iran’s regime.”

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Isikoff on Obama's Openness Failures: Transparency Set to Lower Percentage

June 22, 2009

No, really? We can’t believe it. “After Obama’s much-publicized Jan. 21 “transparency” memo, administration lawyers crafted a key directive implementing the new policy that contained a major loophole, according to FOIA experts.” Sometimes the things you criticize during a campaign turn out to be different once you win.

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Thinning and Restoring the National Forests Stops Forest Fires, Mends Fences?

June 22, 2009

A win for rationality? The stimulus package funds thinning, restoring 890 acres of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, part of “not only to grappling with the growing threat of wildfire in a warming climate, but in healing rifts between environmentalists, the timber industry and the Forest Service that have left the national forests in limbo.”

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Federal Trade Commission Plans to Monitor Blogs for Pay for Play

June 22, 2009

Don’t screw up, Mommybloggers, Engadget or Gizmodo: the FTC may be coming after you. “New guidelines, expected to be approved late this summer with possible modifications, would clarify that the agency can go after bloggers—as well as the companies that compensate them—for any false claims or failure to disclose conflicts of interest.”

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