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Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
Jason Riley writing Tuesday in the Journal's Political Diary e-newsletter on the Hispanic vote and the GOP.


Hoist By His Own Picard

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
The Madoff-Mets case washes out in the minor leagues.


Birth Control Revisited

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
Nothing for money and the pill for free.


Oscar Biscet: A Cuban's Prayer for Pope Benedict

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
What will the Castro brothers hear during the first papal visit in over a decade?


Michio Kaku: No, You Still Can't Go Faster Than Light

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
A challenge to Einstein and a measurement error.


Armey and Kibbe: What Do Republicans Believe?

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
In 2004 the GOP establishment backed Arlen Specter, providing the 60th Senate vote for ObamaCare. Why are the bigwigs urging a similar strategy again?


Matthew Kaminski: Russia's Online Democracy

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
At least they can laugh at Putin.


Ron Johnson: ObamaCare's Costs Are Soaring

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
We already know the rosy budget estimates used to sell the law were wrong.


Jenkins: Worry About the Hackers You Don't See

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
'Hacktivism' falls victim to the ease of police infiltration and the Internet's telltale data trail.


Why Obama's apologies make sense

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
Republicans accuse the president of apologizing for the U.S., but LZ Granderson says it's crucial to admit mistakes
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Lori named archbishop of Baltimore

BALTIMORE — The leading voice among the nation's Roman Catholic bishops against the Obama administration's contraception mandate was named Tuesday as the 16th archbishop of Baltimore, the nation's first diocese.

Bishop William E. Lori, 60, comes from the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., and has testified before Congress several times in ...

Best of the Web Today: 'Nice Guys' Finish Last

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
Romney's condescending approach may be the best way to beat Obama.


House GOP budget raises 2012 stakes

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
House GOP leaders unveiled a 2013 budget blueprint Tuesday that has little chance of becoming law, but draws a clear contrast with Democrats on taxes, spending, and a host of hot-button political issues -- all of which could play a pivotal role in the 2012 campaign.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Once Upon A Time, a Radical

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
Before he became a beloved children's book author, Arthur Ransome went off to Russia and cheered on the Bolshevik Revolution. David Pryce-Jones reviews "The Last Englishman."


Florida Independent: "Scott signs latest random drug testing of state employees bill"

FourthAmendment.com - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25

Florida Independent: Scott signs latest random drug testing of state employees bill by Ashley Lopez:

Last night, Gov. Rick Scott signed into law the state’s second attempt to randomly drug test state employees.

A bill passed through both chambers of the Legislature this month that would allow state agencies to adopt policies for randomly drug testing all of their employees. Civil rights and labor groups spoke out against the bill, which was lobbied for by the governor’s office, as it made its way through the Legislature.

CA9 grants rehearing en banc in Cotterman

FourthAmendment.com - News - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25

The Ninth Circuit granted rehearing en banc in United States v. Cotterman, 637 F.3d 1068 (9th Cir. 2011), posted here.

Today we examine a question of first impression in the Ninth Circuit: whether the search of a laptop computer that begins at the border and ends two days later in a Government forensic computer laboratory almost 170 miles away can still fall within the border search doctrine. The district court considered the issue to be a simple matter of time and space. It concluded that the search of property seized at an international border and moved 170 miles from that border for further search cannot be justified by the border search doctrine. We disagree.

Energy secretary hammered on gas prices

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2024-11-28 20:25
A committee hearing Tuesday on the Department of Energy's use of stimulus funding kept returning to rising gas prices as Republicans hammered Secretary Steven Chu over the pain at the pump.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Fla. grand jury to investigate shooting of unarmed teen

Florida State Attorney Norm Wolfinger said Tuesday his office will convene a grand jury in central Florida to investigate the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager who was killed Feb. 26 in a gated community by a neighborhood watch captain.

Mr. Wolfinger, in a statement, said he shared the ...

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