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Two elite groups – the Wealthy, the Religious collude to dominate M'sia Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:26AMThe state of Malaysia’s political and economic democracy, as well as religious orientation, is affected by the dominance of two elite groups, not one as is commonly assumed.
State lawmakers create sea council Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:23AMNo project's been approved by the state legislature to restore the dying Salton Sea. And the billions of dollars such a project will take are nowhere in sight.
Coroner seals motions to expand probe of teen’s prison death Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:18PMIn life, Ashley Smith was a political football — moved from prison to federal prison until she killed herself. In death, bureaucrats, lawyers and now the coroner are still fighting over what drove her to suicide.
New climate change mitigation schemes could benefit elites rather than the rural poor Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:05PM( Burness Communications ) With governments across Latin America preparing to implement a new financial mechanism aimed at mitigating climate change by curbing carbon emissions from the destruction of tropical forests, experts gathering here today warned against a "one-size-fits-all" approach, calling instead for flexible, balanced solutions to the thorny dilemmas surrounding this new mechanism ...
McCully criticises Pacific aid organisation officials Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:34PMForeign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has launched a strong attack on Pacific aid organisation officials, saying they are not meeting the practical needs of the region.
House Dems tout August outreach to their constituents Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:39AMParty claims their members held 1,800 district events to promote their accomplishments and bash Republicans during the recess. Read more...
Differing views on spending, government, marriage Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:24AMDemocrats running for Congress in 2nd District show their policy disagreements in debate
CommerceConnect to open office in Pontiac Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:17AMU.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the opening of a permanent CommerceConnect office in Pontiac during his visit to ALTe in Auburn Hills Wednesday. He was joined by U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, and local business leaders.
Status update Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:00AMRory Reid didn't actually say whether he was in favor of deconsolidating the Clark County School District.
Only The Macros Matter Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:21AMNow is the time to be level-headed. Many stocks are trading at or near intrinsic value like MetLife, Peabody Energy and Goldman Sachs.
Australia Can Learn From NGOs About Improving Indigenous Health Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 3:41AMAMA Federal Councillor and AMA NT President, Dr Paul Bauert, said that the Australian Government could learn a lot from the experiences of non-government organisations (NGOs) internationally about how best to make real improvements in Indigenous health. Dr Bauert is this week attending the United Nations Advance Global Health Conference in Melbourne. Dr Bauert said that, despite best intentions ...
White calls for term limits Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:37AMAUSTIN - Democrat Bill White says Rick Perry's decade in the governor's office is too long, and he pledged to serve only two terms if elected.
Gates Talks Pentagon Reform with American Legion Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:55PMMILWAUKEE | Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates solicited support for his initiative to reform the Pentagon at the American Legion’s national convention here yesterday, telling a very friendly crowd...
Bill White calls for gubernatorial term limits Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:44PMTaking a page out of the Hutchison handbook, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White called for gubernatorial term limits today.
Bill White calls for term limits on governor's office Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:39PMThe Democratic challenger to Gov. Rick Perry says two four-year terms are enough.
Reaching out through sport: Plano resident co-organizes soccer-based program Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:39PMSubmitted Photo - Kathryn Aken poses with Nueva Hoja students during a children’s program in Costa Rica.
What Worked in Iraq: The Surge, or the Deadline? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:58PMA few hours before President Obama's Oval Office speech on Iraq, Brian Katulis and Larry Korb of the Center for American Progress are out with an interesting take on what's happened in that country since George W. Bush's much-debated 2007 troop surge
Should We Credit the Iraq Surge--or the Iraq Deadline? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 2:17PMA few hours before President Obama's Oval Office speech on Iraq, Brian Katulis and Larry Korb of the Center for American Progress are out with an interesting take on what's happened in that country since George W. Bush's much-debated 2007 troop surge. They argue, as others often do, that it wasn't a relatively minor boost [...]
As 3G licensing proceeds, a national R&D campaign arises Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 12:22PMNow that 3.9G spectrum is finally on its way, the real work begins: a roadmap for making broadband's impact meaningful.
VOP letter: Public servants work for us, or is it the other way around? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:39AMSPRING ARBOR — It used to be that local, state, and federal employees were considered to be public servants or someone who serves for the public good, as exemplified by our Founding Fathers.The latest stats, reported on the Aug. 5...
Iraq Withdrawal: Amid Heat and Broken Promises, Only the Ice Man Cometh Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:35AMby Martin Chulov in Baghdad On a pot-holed backstreet in eastern Baghdad, Saad Turki is sweltering under a corrugated tin roof, manning a giant pulley. The grime of yet another merciless summer day has stained his shirt ochre and he is parched from the rigour of a Ramadan fast. read more
OBITUARY: Gilbert Erskine, New Orleans Jazz Club Founder, Dies at 81 Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:27AMBy c:Charles Suhor The last surviving founder of the New Orleans Jazz Club, Gilbert Erskine, died at age 81 in Malone, New York on December 5th last year, but his passing was unknown in New Orleans for almost nine months. Erskine's sole continuing contact from his New Orleans years, writer Charles Suhor, grew concerned after several months passed without contact. He learned in late August ...
Give educational choice to parents Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 7:52PM"While I breathe, I hope." It's one of South Carolina's mottos, and I've been thinking about it a lot lately. Like parents everywhere, I join South Carolina's parents in wanting the best for our children.
Health council’s network back-flip Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:40PMDubbo Health Council has done an about-face and is now supporting the city’s inclusion in the proposed Central West Local Health Network taking in 40 communities including Bathurst and Orange, nicknamed the “Westmead of western NSW”.
Analysis: La. higher education job a tough sell Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:45AM(AP:BATON ROUGE, La.) Wanted: Strong, well-educated and experienced leader who can guide at least $290 million in budget cuts, take repeated and angry criticism from state lawmakers and get paid less than the university chiefs you will oversee and coordinate.
Higher education a tough job to sell Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:20PMBATON ROUGE — Wanted: Strong, well-educated and experienced leader who can guide at least $290 million in budget cuts, take repeated and angry criticism from state lawmakers and get paid less than the university chiefs you will oversee and coordinate.
Plans and Benchmarks for Haiti Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:47PMA joint Haitian-international effort to effectively channel billions of dollars of reconstruction aid has been too slow off the mark, but projects announced this month sound encouraging.
NCAA Investigation Of UNC Reveals Much About Business Of College Football Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 5:27PMWilliam Friday is one of the most respected leaders in higher education. He is considered one of the most influential people in the state of North Carolina over the past half century and has long been a major advocate for reform in intercollegiate athletics. He was the founding co-chair of the Knight Commission. But I [...]
Why my kids are pop-culture illiterate Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 4:06PMAs parents who home-school, my wife and I shield our twins from mainstream kids' fare: No Dora, no Barney
Baldwin commissioners weigh stormwater coalition request Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 7:11AMBaldwin County Watershed Coalition organizer Roberta Swann asked commissioners last week to approve a memorandum of understanding agreeing to take part in the effort to address stormwater management in the county.
Despite the storm, New Orleans is still here: Jarvis DeBerry Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 5:09AMOn Earhart Boulevard near South Dupre Street Friday morning, a pink balloon was bouncing on the pavement. Susan Poag / The Times-PicayuneJune Sanchez places flowers near the Lower Ninth Ward Memorial at the intersection of N. Claiborne and Tennessee Streets...
Harold Meyerson: Scrambled deregulation Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:53AMWho’s afraid of a little egg? Of late, anyone who eats them, at least since the announcement of massive recalls of the salmonella-tainted spheroids.
Thomas Sowell: Obama administration plays us all for fools Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 12:44AM"We the people" are the central concern of the Constitution, as well as its opening words, since it is a Constitution for a self-governing nation. But "we the people" are treated as an obstacle to circumvent by the current administration in Washington.
O'BOYLE: Filling the Gap Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 4:26PMSocialism has a powerful philosophical appeal and an attractive, if larcenous, logic. It also features delicious irony.
Sept 11 terror attacks expand US bureaucracy Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 2:37PMAFP. WASHINGTON. The September 11 terrorist attack on the United States have spawned a huge US government bureaucracy, the exact size of which is unknown even by its creators, the Washington Post reported yesterday.
Reforming D.C.’s Juvenile Justice System: the Critics vs. What Really Works Saturday, August 28, 2010 @ 1:27AMEditor’s Note: NAM contributor David Muhammad, who helped reform Washington, D.C.’s juvenile justice system over the past four years, discovered that when it comes to criminal justice issues, change is not always welcome. America is addicted to incarceration, Muhammad writes,...
Luis V. Teodoro | P.I. Versus P.R. Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 11:33PMBy LUIS V. TEODORO BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com The designation of two cabinet secretaries to oversee the communication operations of the Aquino administration seems to be the result of Mr. Aquino’s attempt to accommodate, appease, calm, or whatever, the factions to which former broadcaster Ricky Carandang and former Transportation undersecretary Herminio Coloma belong. The existence [...]
Nurturing hockey’s roots Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:26PMTending to amateur game became the real challenge at this week's World Hockey Summit
Seaman who died in East Pass to be honored with monument Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:19PMDESTIN — Twenty-nine years ago, Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Lonnie Jones died in the line of duty after his boat capsized.
Meyerson: Scrambled deregulations failed to protect the public Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:48PMMeyerson: Scrambled deregulations failed to protect the public
Audit D.C. Notes: Maddow on Katrina, WaPo on Mystery Dems, What Dodd Didn’t Ask Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:50PMIt’s good to see all the coverage of New Orleans five years after Katrina. But Rachel Maddow’s show Thursday night stood out for its sharp focus on one angle of the storm’s aftermath: just how really difficult it is for low-income people to live in the city.
Questions of the week, Sixth Congressional District, Aug. 26 Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:36PMWould you support a Roosevelt-style works program to repair bridges and highways and put Americans back to work?
Sliced bagels and airport security Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:34AMState officials in Albany, New York recently decided to enforce an existing law that taxes bagels sliced in-store at a higher rate than unsliced bagels. Budget deficits often create novel ways to collect tax revenue, but this New York law perfectly exemplifies a dumb rule. If police officers enforced every law like this, South Carolinians would be [...]
Stepping Up Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:33AMLOCK HAVEN - "This is a happy day!" With those words, long-time STEP Director Janet Alling marked the beginning construction of a project that was a long time in the making.
ATA chairman: Driver issues top trucking’s concerns Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:12AMDALLAS —A recessionary shake up combined with sweeping new regulations will make for some big changes in trucking, but industry leaders say no one is sure what comes next for the industry.
Rory Reid's budget plan for Nevada: All ax, no new tax Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:04AMThe policy wonks’ criticism of Gov. Jim Gibbons is that he entered office assuming a bloated state government and proceeded to thrash around with a meat cleaver, indiscriminately ordering cuts.
Inhumane, Ineffective: Brazil’s Prison System Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 9:32PMSince its transition from dictatorship to democracy in the mid 1980s, Brazil has undergone an extraordinary transformation, becoming the political and economic leader of Latin America.But despite Brazil’s rise as a world power, willing on occasion to challenge the hegemony of the United States, a dark stain of human rights violations can still be found in the country’s prison system.
Rory Reid unveils budget plan Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:35PMDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid presented a plan to bridge Nevada’s $3 billion projected shortfall without raising taxes Thursday, although the much anticipated $2.48 billion plan falls about $600 million short of the deficit.
Medicaid bailout will hurt Georgia Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 5:23PMMedicaid bailout will hurt Georgia
Jim McClay's speech in full Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 11:05AMThe Rwandan Genocide of 1994 Sixteen years ago, between April and July 1994, Hutu extremists in Rwanda began a rampage that became one of the worst genocides of recent history.At the same time, thousands of miles away, in...