I was rooting for Gwen Ifill. After George Stephanopoulos left ABC’s Sunday morning powerhouse “This Week” for the second anchor chair at “Good Morning America,” TV news junkies speculated on who would fill his formidable seat. Internal candidates like Jake Tapper and Terry Moran didn’t seem particularly exciting. With a resume that included covering the [...]
Today rioting broke out in East-Jerusalem between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. The police fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at protesters. The demonstration today was called “Day of Rage” by Palestinians over the reopening of a Synagogue in the old city, and the announcement made by the Israeli Interior Ministry last [...]
These are only a few examples from a fiscal ruble pile that privatization has made of America. There are thousands and thousands more. This is our productivity being used to undermine or stability and security.
This afternoon the House Budget Committee reported The Reconciliation Act of 2010 to the House of Representatives by a vote of 21 yays to 16 nays. Included in the release is a Public Health Insurance Option on page 116.
President Obama sent Congress his proposal to overhaul the nation’s school system, and it leaves teachers unions scrambling. Obama’s blueprint for education makes changes to No Child Left Behind created under the Bush administration. Under President Bush, NCLB created a federal system of student testing and accountability. President Obama’s proposal keeps the focus on testing [...]
