Feb 02 Remembering Nancy Reagan's Crucial Role as Husband's Centennial Nears As we approach the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth on Feb. 6, 1911, there will be some re-thinking of his presidency and the role he played in history. But no examination of him is complete without a… Continue reading
Feb 02 As Recession Lingers in Evangelical Epicenters, How Will Voters React? Nixa, Mo.'s Main Street; Creative Commons photo courtesy Casey Spivey NIXA, Mo. | By most standard measures -- gross domestic product, consumer spending and the like -- the United States is in the midst of a… Continue reading
Feb 02 Senate to Vote on Repeal of Health Care Reform Law People demonstrate against the health care reform bill last year in Washington. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. As most of official Washington keeps its eyes on the streets of Cairo, the Senate on Wednesday will continue its ongoing… Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch Kerry: U.S. Needs New 'Egyptian-People-Centric Policy' Ray Suarez speaks with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., about the situation in Egypt and the U.S. government's fine line between the longstanding alliance and supporting democratic reforms. In a New York Times editorial, Kerry called on… Continue watching
Feb 01 Senators Introduce Spending 'Straightjacket' A Republican and Democratic Senator introduced a bill Tuesday that would force Congress to make difficult long-term spending cuts by capping the amount of money the federal government could spend relative to the country's Gross Domestic Product. Sen. Bob… Continue reading
Feb 01 Brown Looks to Spend Political Capital on Fixing California's Budget Mess Jerry Brown -- California's new Democratic governor -- is getting away with something that most politicians these days can only dream about. He has plunged into California's huge budgetary mess -- the state is short $25.4 billion --… Continue reading
Feb 01 Mini-Slide Show: Kennedy Center Shows Off VSA Commissions By Molly Finnegan Three installations, "Diverse Design," "Finding the Way to Balance" and "Sticky Situations," are on show through February 13, 2011 at the Kennedy Center. Continue reading
Feb 01 Democrats Select Charlotte to Host 2012 Convention By Terence Burlij View of Charlotte, N.C.; Creative Commons photo courtesy Willamor Media In 2008, President Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win North Carolina in more than two decades, and with Tuesday's announcement that the 2012 Democratic National… Continue reading
Feb 01 Players in Egypt's Opposition Movement By Talea Miller Tens of thousands of protesters are filling the streets in Cairo today, responding to the call for a one-million strong demonstration against President Hosni Mubarak. While the massive uprising over the last two weeks has occurred largely without strong, centralized… Continue reading
Feb 01 Judge's Health Care Ruling Sparks Political, Legal Debate A man protests the health care reform law at a rally in Washington, D.C., last year. Photo by Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images. In the most sweeping denouncement of the law to date, a federal judge in Florida ruled… Continue reading