Tim Cavanaugh from the October 2010 issue Government workers get more powerful as they grow less popular. “Many state and local governments have made the mistake of courting the votes of public employees by fattening salaries and benefits, all the time imagining that pension-fund investments could only go up,” the tirade warns us. With...
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Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, US Army (Ret) It appears while our State Department and White House are asleep at the switch; the Iranians have been busy and fastidious in resetting the chessboard in the Middle East to their liking. What has Iran been doing in addition to moving their nuclear program forward, becoming the...
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(Xinhua) Updated: 2010-09-30 18:07 BEIJING – China firmly opposes legislation passed by the US House of Representatives on Wednesday to penalize countries that allegedly manipulate their currency values for trade advantages, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Thursday. China urged US lawmakers to fully comprehend the importance of Sino-US trade and resist...
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By ANDREW TAYLOR and LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON (AP) – A deeply unpopular Congress is bolting for the campaign trail without finishing its most basic job – approving a budget for the government year that begins on Friday. Lawmakers also are postponing a major fight over taxes, two embarrassing ethics cases and other political hot...
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U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Sander M. Levin (front) speaks to the media after passing the bill in Washington, the United States, Sept. 29, 2010. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the proposed Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, to allow the United States to seek trade sanctions against...
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Posted by Jamie Glazov on Sep 29th, 2010 and filed under FrontPage FP: Michael A. Ledeen, welcome back to Frontpage Interview. I would like to talk to you today about how Iran is killing our troops and why nobody is really doing anything about it. Share with us what is going on. Ledeen: They...
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September 30, 2010 Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticized Japan’s condemnation of a plan for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to visit the disputed Kurile Islands, saying the remarks by Japanese officials were “inappropriate and unacceptable.”Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on September 30 that “the president of Russia himself determines the itinerary of trips...
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BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — China and the European Union (EU) are forging a reliable partnership as one’s stability, growth and prosperity are in the interests of the other, said an EU envoy on Thursday. Serge Abou, EU Ambassador to China, made the remarks before Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attends the eighth Asia-Europe Meeting...
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On September 24, about 20 FBI agents spent most of the day searching the Logan Square residence of Chicago activists Stephanie Weiner and her husband, Joseph Iosbaker, reports the Chicago Tribune. Working for Willie Delgado In 1998 the duo worked as leaders of the Chicago New Party, alongside Frankie Torres, Deborah McCoy, Jose Kader,...
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MEXICO CITY – Two people were hurt Wednesday when unknown assailants hurled a grenade at municipal government offices in the northern border city of Matamoros, Mexican authorities said. A number of people were inside city hall at the time of the 10:00 a.m. attack. Two other unexploded grenades were found at the scene and...
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