Revolutions everywhere–in the middle east, in the middle west. But there is a difference: in the middle east, the protesters are marching for democracy; in the middle west, they’re protesting against it. I mean, Isn’t it, well, a bit ironic that the protesters in Madison, blocking the state senate chamber, are chanting “Freedom, Democracy, Union” [...]
On Tuesday, President Obama took a victory lap on his handling of the crises in Egypt. “Without revisiting all the events over the last three weeks, I think history will end up recording that at every juncture in the situation in Egypt that we were on the right side of history,” Obama said in a [...]
By TIME’s Tony Karon The Palestinians are bridling against Washington’s insistence that they withdraw a U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlements? Better call Hosni Mubarak…. A few weeks ago, the U.S. had a reliable ally in Cairo when it came to strong-arming President Mahmoud Abbas to jump through diplomatic hoops against his better judgement. Time and [...]
President Obama talks with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg before a dinner with Silicon Valley executives in Woodside, California on Feb. 17. (White House/Pete Souza) –Madison schools are shuttered for a third day as public worker protests continue in Wisconsin. Republican lawmakers have vowed to move forward on the budget fix Friday, but Democrats remain in [...]
This morning, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) told George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America that the tax code needs to be changed – citing the example that the Internal Revenue Service recently deemed breast pumps a valid medical deduction. (This is related to Bachmann’s assertion that First Lady Michelle Obama’s encouragement of mothers to breast-feed in [...]
Shelly Moore, 37, has taught English and drama at Ellsworth High School, in a rural patch of northwest Wisconsin, for 13 years. Her base salary is $49,000. She’s unmarried and without kids, so in addition to her regular classes, she teaches AP literature, directs a fall musical and a spring play, and coaches the school [...]
The sheer joy that attends the beginning of spring training is tempered a bit this year, for me at least, by the messy situation in which the owners of my beloved New York Metropolitan Baseball Club have been entangled. The owners, Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz, did a great deal of business with Bernie Madoff [...]
House Speaker John Boehner today ruled out a short term extension of current levels of government funding, raising the prospect of a government shutdown. The House tonight or tomorrow is expected to pass funding for the government through the rest of the year. But both chambers of Congress are out next week for President’s Day [...]
