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Being a leader is about more than reading off a teleprompter By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times 8:10 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2011 When King George VI gave his Sept. 3, 1939, war message to the people of the British Empire, it was a time of great moment. It was a “grave hour,” he [...]
Government power grab harms low-income students By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times 8:10 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2011 The Obama administration’s default position always happens to amass more power for big government. An example is the White House’s proposed set of new regulations for higher education. An ideologically diverse coalition is fighting the Education Department’s [...]
Latest report shows oceans are not rising By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times 8:10 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2011 Eighteen years ago, Al Gore warned that Florida’s coastal regions would one day be wiped off the map. “Because of the rising sea level, due to global warming, in the next few decades … up [...]
By Patrice Hill The Washington Times 9:05 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2011 Congressional Republicans are moving to shut down President Obama’s $30 billion program to help struggling homeowners pay their mortgages, but the White House appears to have already found a substitute plan. The administration has proposed requiring the nation’s largest banks to spend $20 [...]
By Kevin McCullough Published March 29, 2011 FoxNews.com Monday night President Obama took to the airwaves to rebut the criticism and confusion surrounding his decision to send U.S. troops to Libya. It was an interesting speech, but a lame attempt to make the Libyan circumstances seem unique to his presidency. Let me be clear: I [...]
By Peter Morici Published March 28, 2011 FoxNews.com The economy picked up in the first quarter. After adding 175,000 jobs in February, economists expect the Labor Department will report on Friday that the economy added 188,000 jobs in March. However, events in Japan, Libya and the wider Middle East, and the European sovereign debt crisis [...]
By Michael Goodwin Published March 28, 2011 New York Post As the first Tomahawk mis siles rained on Libya, armchair generals rushed to define “The Obama Doctrine.” Most assess ments focused on Obama’s antiwar statements as a candidate and decisions by past presidents to take military action in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. All fair game [...]
By KT McFarland Published March 28, 2011 FoxNews.com President Obama will no doubt give an eloquent speech tonight announcing the Obama version of “mission accomplished” in Libya. He will avoid the word “war,” and say we have established a no-fly zone, prevented a slaughter of the innocents, and are turning things over to others. He [...]
Published March 28, 2011 Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria’s cabinet has resigned Tuesday amid the country’s worst unrest in decades, according to Syria’s state television. This comes as hundreds of thousands of supporters of Syria’s hard-line regime poured into the streets of the capital Damascus and at least four other major cities, waving pictures [...]
By Shannon Bream Published March 28, 2011 FoxNews.com Millions of Americans may be disabled and not even know it, according to some legal experts. That’s because sweeping new regulations from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offer new guidelines on the issue of how to define “disability” under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The ADA, originally [...]

