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Note to critics: Read (or reread) his books. Obama is doing just what he said he would do. by James T. Kloppenberg Every old-fashioned American amusement park had a fun house with mirrors that exaggerated your features. One mirror lengthened your legs, another widened your middle, a third made your face a wavy mask. If […]
via politico.com A conservative Maryland physician elected to Congress on an anti-Obamacare platform surprised fellow freshmen at a Monday orientation session by demanding to know why his government-subsidized health care plan takes a month to kick in. Republican Andy Harris, an anesthesiologist who defeated freshman Democrat Frank Kratovil on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, reacted incredulously when […]
The presidency has grown, and grown and grown, into the most powerful, most impossible job in the world. by Daniel Stone In 1936 Franklin Roosevelt felt overwhelmed. The New Deal had begun to spawn dozens of new agencies, and Roosevelt, fearful of the fragmentation of the executive branch, asked for help. The Brownlow Committee, an […]
by Julie Halpert “Locally made” is a popular term for budding entrepreneurs with romantic notions of taking a product in their community and turning it into a profitable business. But transforming a local gem into a cash cow takes more than a good idea. NEWSWEEK spoke to two successful local-goods entrepreneurs about what to […]
via cnn.com The founder and pastor of a Georgia megachurch said Saturday that the September suicide of a Rutgers University student was the tipping point for his decision to come out of the closet to his congregation. “For some reason, his situation was kind of the tipping point with me,” said Jim Swilley, who calls […]
Since the government began squeezing Western operators like Google, more domestic outfits have stepped in. by Isaac Stone Fish At the end of 2009, Google enjoyed a spot as the promising, second-largest player in China’s burgeoning online search industry. The Internet at that time lacked competition from government companies, which in China’s state-dominated business […]
Communication is often the underlying reason why many marriages disintegrate.
By: Bobby Marvin Filmmaker Janks Morton, director and producer of the critically acclaim films What Black Men Think and Men to Boys, now offers his latest project We Need to Talk: A Message for Our Daughters,a griping documentary detailing the traumatic effects of fatherless homes and strained relationships with men told by 10 African-American women from Chicago. One […]
Khaled Desouki / AFP-Getty Images Squabbling political parties have agreed to a power-sharing deal. It’s a big win for Maliki and a boost for his main patron, Iran. After a marathon seven-hour negotiating session Wednesday night, Iraq’s fickle politicians finally came up with a breakthrough deal to form a government, more than eight months […]
Keenan Cahill, a 15-going-on-5-year-old from the Chicago area, has something of a cult following on YouTube, where he lip syncs to pop songs. That’s basically it.
Free trade needs to grow even freer, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday as he and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held a joint news conference in Seoul. Obama spoke of weeks, rather than months, till a new free trade agreement is reached with South Korea. Lee has agreed to send a team to […]
by Christopher Dickey A century and a half after Abraham Lincoln was elected, some truths go marching on. Take heed, Obama. President Barack Obama loves to quote the lyrical closing lines of Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, calling on “the better angels of our nature” to overcome partisan hatreds and political divisions. Obama cited […]