Mar 8, 2013 – I think Obama felt the tide of public opinion turning and didn't want to make Rand Paul a national hero so he instructed Holder to … The latest bit of bad news for Obama comes from the good people at Quinnipiac University's polling unit. … But as he continues to try and execute on a strategy that will overcome historical political gravity by switching control of the U.S…

Mar 8, 2013 – I imagine many Americans following news of the filibuster, which lasted nearly 13 hours, were finding out for the first time that lawmakers … So long as the Obama administration continues to demonize its political opponents as potential domestic terrorists, as Paul says, the … There's not enough political pressure on him to do so.…

Mar 8, 2013 – party or is exploited to serve some political interests. … Background note: The MQM is the third largest political party in Pakistan. … position in the provincial and national assemblies.…

Mar 7, 2013 – EDITOR'S NOTE: "From the Seminaries" includes news releases of interest as written and edited from Southern Baptist seminaries. … Keith Collier is director of news and information for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas (www.swbts.edu … God is global, multi-national and multi-ethnic."…

Mar 7, 2013 – Consejo Evangélico de Venezuela (The Evangelical Council of Venezuela), a Venezuelan organization of evangelicals including the National … The statement urged Venezuelans to "avoid hatred, damaging language and confrontational attitudes" during this time of national grief … Alluding to political divisions and tensions that have plagued Venezuela during the Chávez administration, the statement encouraged…

Mar 7, 2013 – Let us remember the uncomfortable fact that Chavez's political enemies were known to suddenly vanish. … Yet has Penn ever been subjected to the kind of grilling about Iraq and Venezuela from mainstream news outlets the way Stephanopoulos … But Moore's stature is such that at one of the Democratic national conventions, Moore sat next to former President Jimmy Carter.…

Mar 7, 2013 – introduced by the White House to coax the Republicans and the Democrats into a deal in the summer of 2011 to raise the ceiling on the national … Recently, most news stories that I read laid sequestration to the White House as part of the 2011 debt ceiling deal. … Obama's political aide David Plouffe got personal, alluding to Woodward's age.…

Mar 7, 2013 – The emphasis in the news continues to be on the economic repercussions of Washington's meat-ax approach to reining in the federal debt … and Congress have reduced projected deficits by nearly $4 trillion over a decade -- the widely embraced goal for stabilizing the national … How far is this administration was prepared to go to make a political point?…

Mar 5, 2013 – The dysfunction in the national GOP was on display in Colorado over the weekend; and oh, boy, what a mess. … He is a long-time political ally and someone I consider a close friend. … This arrest had not been previously reported in the news media…after almost two years.…

Mar 4, 2013 – It is rarely a good thing for political leaders to jump into hand-to-hand combat with the press. … After four years of Fox News being the only ones investigating the Obama Administration and being bullied, the rest of the press is … The redeeming factor of this matter is that the national press may have finally come alive. They ignored Benghazi.…

Mar 3, 2013 – superficial the brouhaha the bigger its impact.What public figures say is more important than what they do, because cable TV and political … Without access, Woodward cannot write best-selling books.Why am I writing about what Ron Fournier, National Journal editor-in-chief … Obamaland's misinformation cookie is crumbling.By Thursday's White House news briefing, the mutual disdain between the press corps…

Mar 20, 2013 – Meanwhile, the New York Times headlined its story about the annual conservative political action conference "GOP divisions fester at … George Will, a man who actually knows a thing or two about conservatism, responded to the NYT's use of the word "fester" on ABC News … Fusionism was an idea hatched by Frank Meyer, a brilliant intellectual and editor at National Review.…

Mar 20, 2013 – The 80’s battle to cut marginal tax rates riveted the elite media and the imagination of the political leadership. … The headline battles of the era of “the tax revolt” dominated news cycles. … The Supply Siders failed to anchor in the political culture the imperative of good monetary policy.…

Mar 18, 2013 – EDITOR'S NOTE: BP Ledger carries items for reader information each week from various Southern Baptist-related entities, and news releases … News. "Why would we turn a law-abiding citizen into a criminal?" … For that to be permanent, it must turn into a peace process, a meaningful political dialogue that leads to a lasting political solution…

Mar 18, 2013 – "I congratulate the religious leadership for the manner in which it has continued to engage the political leadership in all matters … of national interest. … news organization reporting on instances of persecution or pressures facing the Christian church around the world.…

Mar 18, 2013 – officials arrested and imprisoned him last year, and a court sentenced him in January to eight years in prison for endangering Iran's "national … More than 80 congressional members from both political parties wrote Kerry in mid-February to ask him to take action to gain Abedini's … Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email (…

Mar 18, 2013 – of the black and the Hispanics in the labor market vie for their respective places in the sun - their share of jobs, contracts, political … The murder of fifteen-year-old Hadiya Pendleton in Chicago by Michael Ward and Kenneth Williams (also black) briefly made national … news because Pendleton had sung at President Obama’s inauguration.…

Mar 17, 2013 – I’m not sure what political point that you are trying to make is, but I’m of the opinion that self-dealing amongst our political class … Obama knew that Rezko was bad news, but he did the deal anyway knowing: 1) the hometown paper would give him a break, slapping him … They are more like the Stepford Wives of the political class, only a bit more ignorant.…

Mar 14, 2013 – Comrade Choe is a Vice Marshal who heads the General Political Department of the KPA. … The General Political Department ensures party loyalty and obedience in the KPA. … Distribution of emergency supplies is an important action in national civil defense preparations.…

Mar 31, 2013 – North Korea: The Korean Central News Agency ran an English language version of a "Special Statement." … "The government, political parties and organizations of the DPRK released the following special statement on Saturday: The moves of … The DPRK will never miss the golden chance to win a final victory in a great war for national reunification."…

Mar 31, 2013 – That doesn’t even quite jive with his incessant demonizing of the National Rifle Association and the supposedly all-powerful “gun lobby … In fact, 50 percent in that same CBS News poll question want gun laws “Kept as they are” or made “Less strict.” Last week, even … We must do so to symbolically pay proper homage to the dead, and to save Barack Obama and much of the Washington-ensconced political…

Mar 30, 2013 – If the tables were turned and the GOP controlled what you see on TV, in the news and what your kids are taught at school the same way … However, there is a heavy price to be paid for being totally tied to one political party. … It's bad enough that they have a jobless rate under Obama that's nearly double the national average, but he's running up the national…

Mar 28, 2013 – North Korea: The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) carried a statement from the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army (KPA) that … The start of the artillery and missile fires would be an act of national suicide and North Korean military leaders know it, even if … The entire national leadership could be decapitated in one strike. The danger of misadventure.…

Mar 27, 2013 – That resolution would be voted on by the national council in May. … Stemberger told Fox News that the new coalition supports the current policy in Scouting. … It does forbid open and aggressive promotion of homosexuality and political agendas.…

Mar 27, 2013 – Upon hearing the news, the children begin musing about all the wonderful sights their father will show them along the way. … Unless you are a faithful watcher of the Fox News Channel's "The Five," you probably missed co-host Bob Beckel's scathing monologue … There was a time when America was united by a shared sense of national pride and cultural identity.…