Dec 14, 2012 – though Bernanke's plaintive pleas for changes in fiscal policies have fallen on deaf ears at the White House, he tried again at a news … The National Federation of Independent Business index of small business optimism has sunk to one of its lowest levels in a quarter … And national retail sales were up by only 0.3 percent last month, half of what forecasters predicted.…

Dec 14, 2012 – Ordinarily, the news that a long overdue memorial to an historic American leader has been put on hold still again would come as … Or maybe he just appeared simple, a much more valuable political talent. It disarmed even his critics. … And of an America that has grown suspicious of greatness or any national celebration of it.…

Dec 13, 2012 – state after months of criticism over her Benghazi comments, she told NBC News on Thursday. … If Obama's political team is responsible for nudging Rice out of the running, does that make them sexist racists?   … This will expose their ongoing category error; they see Benghazi as a political football.  …

Dec 13, 2012 – though Bernanke's plaintive pleas for changes in fiscal policies have fallen on deaf ears at the White House, he tried again at a news … The National Federation of Independent Business index of small-business optimism has sunk to one of its lowest levels in a quarter … And national retail sales were up by only 0.3 percent last month, half of what forecasters predicted.…

Dec 13, 2012 – This leaves us short about $930 billion per year -- just for the annual deficit, never mind paring down the ever-growing national debt … Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, appearing on MSNBC, said: "The only problem is -- and this is, a little, … In 1900, government spending at all three levels -- local, state and federal -- amounted to about 10 percent of national income.…

Dec 12, 2012 – Most of that time in a community (first a township, then a city) called Taylor—a place in the news recently for having closed its public … He remarked to someone, “I have just committed political suicide.” … Of course, he actually became a nationally known political leader. Michigan’s Governor, Richard Snyder, should be encouraged.…

Dec 12, 2012 – North Korea: The Korean Central News Agency announced an extension of the launch window for its long range rocket until 29 December … The precise date is a function of the pace of technical repairs and political decisions not knowable. Egypt: For the record. … However, many news commentators were more successful.…

Dec 11, 2012 – were subjected to torture by jail administration sometime in November,” Jamil Afridi, the brother of the jailed doctor, told Fox News … has been barred from receiving visitors ever since a cell phone was smuggled into his prison cell, allowing him to speak with Fox News … goals, especially as Islamist extremism and militancy there have increased, the civilian government remains unstable, and the national…

Dec 11, 2012 – The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported earlier in the day Pyongyang was considering postponing the dates of its rocket … The next step is to meet with representatives from the opposition's newly reorganized political leadership. … Egypt's opposition National Salvation Front rejected Mursi's compromised and announced it will not participate in the referendum on…

Dec 11, 2012 – galvanizing speech, deemed by many on the left to lay out the best argument for re-electing President Obama, at the Democratic National … Old news? … That's good news for Mitt Romney. If he lives long enough, maybe Seamus won't make his obituary.…

Dec 11, 2012 – You hear about it on the local news. … If Republicans are looking for an example of how this works out practically, they can rewind to the 1988 Republican National Convention … Hope and a positive attitude are the keys to anyone's success, including a political party.…

Dec 10, 2012 – Republicans told reporters at a Dec. 4 news conference their party needed to change tactics. … This is his time to prove that wasn't an act of political expediency but rather he is wholeheartedly committed," Rodriguez said. … He must be the moral and the national spokesperson for comprehensive immigration reform."…

Dec 8, 2012 – the American media, starting with Fox News" as hurtful to collaboration between differing political interests. … "Twenty-two percent of Americans say their primary news source is Fox News," Kennedy told HuffPost Live. … Yes, Fox News has a right-leaning tilt, but the day to day national news cycle is clearly overwhelmingly controlled by -- and favorable…

Dec 8, 2012 – If it weren’t for WORLD, the National Association of Evangelicals would probably still be taking money from the National Campaign to … That’s providential technology at work at a time when many news organizations prefer orating to original reporting. … , and cultural news, what could we do with additional resources?…

Dec 8, 2012 – The network also features liberal anchor Brian Williams as host of the NBC nightly news program. … In fact, ratings for the network news program continues to drop and MSNBC is regularly far behind Fox News in total viewership. … If Costas wants to start a career as a political commentator, he should host a program on MSNBC.…

Dec 7, 2012 – Another step towards bringing knowledge and values of Gita even more prominently to the American political landscape so that it becomes … part of the everyday vocabulary in applying the moral principles in our political arena," Bhargava said. … Planned Parenthood of South Central New York voted unanimously Nov. 26 to break away from PPFA, according to YNN, a local cable news…

Dec 7, 2012 – millionaire actor Ed Asner: Man up and take responsibility for lying to America's schoolchildren.Confronted by a producer for Fox News … teachers unions to file proper federal reporting and IRS statements regarding their hidden political expenditures. … purposes, it's clear this is the tip of Big Labor's tax-evasion iceberg.In addition, the national parent organizations of the CFT…

Dec 7, 2012 – One has to do with the political makeup of the House of Representatives, the other with the dreary growth rate of the recession-leaning … It is all about growth economics -- something Obama and the national news media in general do not understand. … The bitter political polarization that is self-evident in this battle is one we've fought many times in our history.…

Dec 25, 2012 – professor who co-wrote the Congressional Budget Office's May 2011 analysis of options for the charitable giving deduction, told ABC News … Gone are the days when presidents such as Ronald Reagan fought for churches and charities and celebrated the Christian faith in a national … Whitehouse.gov, and then call or write your representatives and tell them all to stop penalizing givers and charities to appease their political…

Dec 24, 2012 – President Obama and the law's Democratic authors planned it; they conveniently pushed the dislocations and unhappy consequences of national … The political results could be deeply painful for Democrats. … There will be more stories with headlines like this, from Bloomberg News recently: "Aetna CEO Sees Obama Health Law Doubling Some Premiums…

Dec 23, 2012 – In the wake of the Newtown massacre, Senator John Rockefeller has “called for a national study of the impact of violent videogames … They noted that, “Despite how the news media [continue] to portray the effects of media violence, the research is clear: youth who … Years ago, while in Rome, I read the stories of some political terrorists who spoke of the trauma they experienced after murdering…

Dec 23, 2012 – Both rate an Oscar even if their script deserves a great big national yawn. … This might come as news to a lot of owners of small businesses who file as individual taxpayers, but the president says they're filthy … They even have a category of their own in political adspeak: the Low-income, Low-information audience.…

Dec 22, 2012 – Well, on that cold December day in 1987, the National Mall was packed. … Americans from all over the country, of all faiths and political persuasions, united by a common belief in freedom, had poured out … The news of the great demonstration in Washington cheered Russia's refuseniks, those Jews who had been denied exit visas for years…

Dec 21, 2012 – "Pray the news," another Christian worker serving in the Middle East urged. … "As you watch the news, write down the names and places, then turn the TV off and pray...." … As you watch the news, write down the names and places, then turn the TV off and pray the news.…

Dec 20, 2012 – The sad passing of an early star of right wing talk radio highlights some of the profound changes in news broadcasting and the conservative … avuncular hosts generally kept their distance from political candidates or major office-holders and mixed their political posturing … markets boasted only one, or at most two, viable news talk stations.…