April 2010 Archives
A top administrator at Bob Jones University, one of South Carolina's most prominent conservative Christian institutions, plans to endorse a primary challenger to Republican Rep. Bob Inglis, POLITICO has learned.
There is much rhetoric about social justice but few frameworks for sustainable economic empowerment and liberation for the truly disadvantaged.
Before Republicans lock themselves into a strategy of portraying President Obama as an out-of-the-mainstream radical, they should confront an uncomfortable challenge:
Clinton's played the heavy with Iran, Russia, and even Israel--and her sometimes hawkish views are finding favor with the president.
Representative David R. Obey has won 21 straight races, easily prevailing through wars and economic crises that have spanned presidencies from Nixon's to Obama's. Yet the discontent with Washington surging through politics is now threatening not only his seat but also Democratic control of Congress.
Chris Dodd, Richard Shelby, David Brooks, Erin Burnett, Michele Norris, Evan Thomas
Chris Dodd, Richard Shelby, David Brooks, Erin Burnett, Michele Norris, Evan Thomas
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Noted Economics Writers Question Whether the Banking Industry Will Bow to Reform, and Whether Politicians Really Want It To
Dr. Lawrence Summers speaks on rewriting banking regulations and author Michael Lewis along with columnist Tom Friedman weigh in on the collapse of Wall Street. Bob Schieffer comments on the investigation of SEC employees who were downloading pornography eight hours a day.
Transcript: "This Week" with Austan Goolsbee, Sen. Sherrod Brown & Sen. Bob Corker
White House Economic Adviser Austan Goolsbee, Sens. Bob Corker, Sherrod Brown.
White House Economic Adviser Austan Goolsbee, Sens. Bob Corker, Sherrod Brown.
George Will, Cynthia Tucker, Paul Krugman and Alexis Glick.
The district attorney in Clackamas County has reached out to the Oregon City church where coupleshave been prosecuted for failing to get appropriate medical care for their children. Church members Carl Brent and Raylene Worthington, who relied on prayer for their sick 15-month-old daughter, were acquited of manslaughter charges last year.
It is nothing short of astonishing that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Friday signed a bill that could make it dangerous just to look Hispanic.
Interview With Senators Chambliss, Menendez; Interview With Governor Granholm
Here we go again. On April 15 a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that the National Day of Prayer, slated for May 6, was unconstitutional.
Illustration by John Ritter, photographs by Luke Sharrett/The New York Times (Obama), Carol Powers for The New York Times (Roberts)
Tim Geithner, Ed Rendell, Marsha Blackburn, Ron Brownstein, Jose Diaz-Balart
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Tim Geithner, Ed Rendell, Marsha Blackburn, Ron Brownstein, Jose Diaz-Balart
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) makes his Sunday television debut and Pulitzer winning columnist Kathleen Parker weighs in. And; Bob Schieffer on life before jet planes and volcanic ash.
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) makes his Sunday television debut on "Face The Nation" to discuss the economy and the war in Afghanistan.
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Mass. Senator Accuses Obama of Politicizing Bank Overhaul Bill; Says He Could Be the Democrats' 60th Vote - or the GOP's 41st
Former President Bill Clinton speaks during an interview at his home in Chappaqua, N.Y.
Former President Bill Clinton Discusses the Issues on 'This Week'
Interview With Mitch McConnell; Interview With Mark Warner; Is the U.S. Economy Improving?
The White House's faith-based office has survive-with its advisory council expired-as a low-priority part of Obama administration
There are conflicting polls about the tea party rank and file. A rally on tax day in New York City shows a wide demographic of the movement.
What Gov. Rick Perry's hard-right turn says about America in the age of Obama.
Why America's new baby boom bodes well for our future.
Such was our founder's belief in the preeminence of God that when the First Continental Congress convened in 1774, Massachusetts delegate Thomas Cushing suggested to the assembly that together they pray for divine guidance and protection.
It's kind of like that legendary stunt on the prime-time soap "Dallas," where we learned that nothing bad had really happened because the previous season's episodes were all a dream.
On April 5, 2010, the community of Montcoal, West Virginia was devastated when an explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine took the lives of 29 men.
ALBERT MOHLER
The wonder of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is this -- not one of us is worthy of adoption. In our sinfulness, not one of us has any claim on the Father's love, much less a right to adoption. But, the infinitely rich mercy of God is shown us in Christ, in whom believers are adopted by the Father. And this adoption, thanks be to God, is eternal and irreversible.
How should we respond to the loss of confidence in the government?
Of the many unflattering caricatures of Sarah Palin that litter the political landscape, the notion that she is a dummy or a puppet -- a mere figure for manipulation by a superior brain -- is probably the most prevalent.
The country is in a bad place at the moment. As Evan Thomas and Eve Conant report this week, we are seeing a disturbing number of threats against lawmakers, a grim manifestation of the inchoate political and cultural anger on the American right.
Will the U.S. accept youth unemployment levels like Europe's?
"Who told you were naked?" That was the Lord's question to Adam after he gave in to temptation. Adam's fig leaf covered his nakedness better than the fig leaf President Obama gave to Congressman Bart Stupak.
Patrick Leahy, Jeff Sessions, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, David Brooks, Harold Ford Jr., Kathleen Parker, David Sanger
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Patrick Leahy, Jeff Sessions, Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates, David Brooks, Harold Ford Jr., Kathleen Parker, David Sanger
The Obama administration has shifted their focus to the life or death issues of nuclear weapons; Also, who might fill Justice Stevens' spot in the Supreme Court.
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Transcript: "This Week" with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
U.S. Military Has a "Very Positive Relationship" With Afghan President
Interview With Haley Barbour; New Orleans After Katrina
CHANGE: Justice John Paul Stevens and Justice Sonia Sotomayor in 2009.
THE HERMIT POPE: Celestine V was pope for five months before resigning in 1294.
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking Republican Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) listens to the testimony of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor at committee confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington July 14, 2009.
Republicans applaud Rep. Ron Paul, shown on the monitor, and other luminaries at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, a showcase for potential nominees for president in the 2012 election. Despite high spirits, party divisions were apparent.
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Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
Will no one utter a word in defense of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele? With attacks pouring in from both the left and the right, won't someone at least pretend to take his side? Sigh. Must I do everything around here?
After 15 months in office, why hasn't Obama even nominated a candidate for the position of ambassador at large for international religious freedom?
The Candie's Foundation debuts a television and print Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign featuring Bristol Palin for the prevention of teenage pregnancy. Palin appears with her son Tripp in the campaign. The PSA campaign will begin airing in May to coincide with National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month.
I'm no expert on American politics, but I do know something about holes. And watching the way the Republican Party is reacting to the passage of health care, it seems to me the G.O.P. is violating the first rule of holes: "When you're in one, stop digging."
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In a reporter roundtable, CBS News' Jan Crawford, Nancy Cordes, Bob Orr, NYT's David Sanger and Georgetown's Michael Eric Dyson discuss what President Obama faces next. Plus; the Catholic Church's real problem.
CBS News' Jan Crawford, Nancy Cordes, Bob Orr, NYT's David Sanger and Georgetown's Michael Eric Dyson discussed the top issues facing President Obama now that the health care battle is over.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Rep. Michelle Bachman (R-Minn.) spoke with Bob Schieffer on Face The Nation and discussed his frustrations over health care reform and how it "mocks Americans".
On this Easter Sunday, the Catholic Church faces more scandal surrounding child sex-abuse. As Bob Schieffer notes, the Church's problem is not PR but it's cover-up.
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Christian romance novelist, Vanessa Miller, reminds us that the steps of a man, or a woman, are ordered by the Lord, no matter what plans they may make, in her upcoming release, Yesterday's Promise.
The perplexing irony of Barack Obama's presidency is that even as conservatives attack him as a crazed socialist, many on the left are frustrated with what they see as the president's accommodationist backtracking from campaign promises.
I can remember asking my mom as a kid, "Why is it called Good Friday?" It completely baffled me. I'd gone to Sunday school long enough to know that Jesus died on the cross on Good Friday.
It doesn't seem right that the Catholic Church is spending Holy Week practicing the unholy art of spin.
Modern 'Little Platoons'
You've heard a lot lately about the Tea Party movement. But I am going to tell you about another kind of tea party that can be just as important.
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