Obama discusses jobs, economy with African-American leaders The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama met with three prominent African-American leaders Wednesday on how to improve economic and employment opportunities for all Americans - not just minorities. | The White House meeting yielded no new ideas or initiatives, according to NAACP President Benjamin Tod...
Ex-eBay CEO defends strategy in Calif. gov's race The News & Observer | LAFAYETTE, Calif. -- Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman on Tuesday dismissed criticism that she is trying to buy the California governor's seat by spending millions from her personal fortune. | The Republican candidate responded to questions a...
Filmers of Iran protest death win Polk Award in NY The Examiner Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - The unnamed people who captured on video and made public the shooting death of an Iranian protester have been chosen as winners of a George Polk Award, the first time the journalism prize has honored work produced anon...
Obama discusses jobs, economy with African-American leaders The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama met with three prominent African-American leaders Wednesday on how to improve economic and employment opportunities for all Americans - not just minorities. | The White House meeting yielded no new ideas or init...
Obama, black leaders focus on economic hard times The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- Prominent African-American leaders pressed President Barack Obama on Wednesday to pursue an economic agenda that includes targeted help for blacks, whose unemployment rate is much higher than the national average and nearly twice that...
Four More Lies American Spectator | By John Samples on 8.15.08 @ 12:07AM | Both of our serious presidential candidates present themselves as mavericks willing to tell the truth to the American people. Here are four truths neither will ever let slip to voters: | 1. We can't do much ab...
Everywhere, Angst American Spectator | 8.13.08 @ 12:01AM | THROW IT IN BOSTON HARBOR | Re: W. James Antle III's Taxachusetts, RIP: | Thanks to Mr. Antle for shedding light on the craven treachery in which those Committee for Small Government types are engaged here in Massachusetts! How ...
Where's the Love? American Spectator | 8.8.08 @ 12:01AM | LEGACY MATTERS | Re: Mark Goldblatt's Bush Hatred: The Sequel: | Irony of ironies: Yet again, Northeastern liberals are Copperheads who recklessly demand expeditious defeat. | This war, however, Southerners fight to free former s...
Biden scolds Israel over settlement plan The Star | RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in the West Bank ci...
Will Japan preside over Iran sanctions at UNSC? Daily Yomiuri | As Japan prepares to assume the president of the U.N. Security Council in April, debate is already under way in various arenas regarding sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Against this background, Japan's management and coordination capabilities are set to be severely tested. | Beefing up sanctions against Iran is an inevitable step...
