Obama's Honorary Degree Fallout: ASU Says "We Blew It," Alumni Rescind Donations

April 15, 2009

The Arizona State University community is expressing anger and embarrassment in response to ASU’s decision not to award President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he gives the commencement speech there next month. An ASU spokesperson now confesses, “we blew it,” and concedes that the university likely would have conferred the honorary degree, but once […]

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Malanga: Politicians Love the Tax Code We Hate

April 15, 2009

Every year at this time we seem to have two distinct conversations about our tax system: Whether it is fair or not, and whether it is too complicated. The first discussion is really an ideological debate about what’s equitable for government to take from us. Are we taxed too much, or too little? Are the […]

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Reynolds: Tax Day Becomes Protest Day

April 15, 2009

Today American taxpayers in more than 300 locations in all 50 states will hold rallies — dubbed “tea parties” — to protest higher taxes and out-of-control government spending. There is no political party behind these rallies, no grand right-wing conspiracy, not even a 501(c) group like MoveOn.org.

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As Coleman's Hopes Dim, Pursuit of MN Senate Seat Questioned

April 15, 2009

Even Republican strategists are beginning to admit that former Sen. Norm Coleman’s (R-Minn.) options to regain his seat are looking limited following his latest legal defeat. The ruling by a three-judge panel on Monday has emboldened Democrat Al Franken and national Democrats, who made their most overt claims of victory so far during the lengthy […]

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Ron Paul's Plan to Fend Off Pirates: Letters of Marque

April 15, 2009

A little-known congressional power could help the federal government keep the Somali pirates in check — and possibly do it for a discount price. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and a growing number of national security experts are calling on Congress to consider using letters of marque and reprisal, a power written into the Constitution that […]

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Barone: On Climate and Health, Beware of Easy Formulas

April 15, 2009

Beware of geeks bearing formulas. That’s the lesson most of us have learned from the financial crisis. The “quants” who devised the risk models that induced so many financial institutions to buy mortgage-backed securities thought they had reduced risk down to zero.

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They Found Oksana: Mel Gibson's New 24 Year Old Girlfriend Ensures Half-Billion Loss in Divorce

April 15, 2009

24-year-old Russian pop singer Oksana Pochepa (not to be confused with Russian musisician Oksana Kolesnikova) has told the Sun UK she is dating Mel Gibson, and she doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon.

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North Korea Expels Monitors, Aims to Restart Nuclear Work

April 15, 2009

SEOUL — North Korea said it has abandoned aid-for-disarmament talks and ordered international monitors out of the country, leaving the U.S. and others to figure out a new way to deal with Pyongyang’s pursuit of dangerous weapons.

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Joe Rospars: Obama's Geek Behind All Those Emails You Get From David Plouffe

April 15, 2009

Long after dozens of Obama For America campaign diehards had gone home, Joe Rospars and Sam Graham-Felsen were still staked out on the 11th floor of a nondescript Chicago office building one night in March 2007.

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Small, Energy Efficient Cars Get Poor Marks in Collision Testing

April 15, 2009

WASHINGTON – Micro cars can give motorists top-notch fuel efficiency at a competitive price, but the insurance industry says they don’t fare too well in collisions with larger vehicles.

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