Philippine’s former president Corazon Aquino has died, she was 76. Aquino gained world recognition after becoming the first woman president in that country, ending the oppressive regime led by Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. She was a leader in Philippine’s People Power Revolution.

With the $700 billion TARP to focus on, it can be easy to forget about the massive taxpayer bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Right now, the combined total is at $84.9 billion—more even than AIG. In the next week or two, that number will continue upward when Fannie and Freddie report their second quarter results. Every quarter since their bailout,

Today, the UN mission in Afghanistan released its mid-year report on civilian casualties. In the first 6 months of 2009, the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan ( UNAMA) recorded 1,013 civilian deaths compared with 818 for the same period (1St of January to 30TH of June) in 2008. This represent a 24 percent increase [...]

The Washington Times notes with a certain amount of glee that immigrants and advocates for immigration reform are growing impatient with the Obama administration and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano’s extension of Bush-era immigration enforcement policies. The flagship conservative newspaper representing the wing of the GOP that

Barack Obama was elected with a strong mandate for change. Despite unprecedented conservative attacks and obstructionism, with the executive and legislative branch under Democratic control, the progressive movement that brought them to power needs to see some tangible results.