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EDITORIAL: Fear and hope in 2012
The year 2012 is shaping up to be one to remember. Though there are many reasons for apprehension over what lies ahead, there's less to fear than the doomsayers would have us believe. President Obama and Congress have been racking up debt like there's no tomorrow, but that's no reason to credit particular prophecies of the end times. Published December 30, 2011
Inside Politics
The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for suspected laundering money on behalf of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels. Published December 29, 2011
EDITORIAL: The year ahead
Likely and not so likely news headlines of 2012 Published December 29, 2011
Tuning in to TV
If you need proof that Dick Clark still rules New Year's Eve, here it is. Published December 29, 2011
Inside Politics
Newt Gingrich says a luxury cruise he took through the Greek Isles earlier this year that prompted top aides to quit his campaign was designed to show he's "a different kind of candidate." Published December 28, 2011
EDITORIAL: Tehran’s moment of truth
The leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran continue to rattle their scimitars, threatening a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. Bring it on. Published December 28, 2011
EDITORIAL: The 2012 economy
Consumer confidence is at the highest level it's been since the recession officially ended in February. Many financial analysts share the optimistic outlook. An Associated Press poll of economists projected higher growth for the U.S. economy in 2012. The bad news is that the positive growth figure is contingent on Europe's economic situation remaining relatively stable - and that's not likely. Published December 28, 2011
EDITORIAL: Hands off the Internet
Congress once again is about to expand the ability of federal bureaucrats to censor the Internet. Earlier this month, the House Judiciary Committee began marking up the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill designed to force domain registrars and search engines such as Google to erase any mention of websites the attorney general declares "rogue." Published December 28, 2011
Taking Names: Did ‘Cheetah’ die?
A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at age 80. But other accounts call that claim into question. Published December 28, 2011
Tuning in to TV
It's official: AMC has renewed "Hell on Wheels" for a second season. Published December 28, 2011
Sports Briefs
Bucks forward Drew Gooden will miss Milwaukee's first home game for his flagrant foul in the season opener. Published December 27, 2011
EDITORIAL: The Pez-dispenser presidency
It was just over three years ago that Barack Obama echoed the words of great men in his much-ballyhooed speech on race: "We the people, in order to form a more perfect Union ... ." That occasion was guaranteed to chart a new course for the country, all to no avail. Despite being promoted as a "landmark" occasion, not even the most ardent liberal can recite a poignant line or concrete result from the event. That's because Mr. Obama dispenses supposedly momentous addresses like a Pez dispenser. Published December 27, 2011
EDITORIAL: Obama: Entangled by Islam
It's no longer news that President Obama's vaunted outreach to Islam has been a bust. Numerous polls over the past three years have shown that after a brief flurry of enthusiasm, regard for the United States among the world's Muslims has declined precipitously. In some key countries, dislike for America is even lower than it was at the end of the administration of George W. Bush, whom liberal critics deemed culturally illiterate. Published December 27, 2011
World Scene
A ballistic missile that is to be a cornerstone of Russia's nuclear arsenal has completed its rocky test program and will be commissioned by the military, President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday during a meeting with military officers. Published December 27, 2011
EDITORIAL: The dirty politics of clean energy
Disturbing revelations continue to emerge about how more than half a billion dollars of taxpayer dollars were shoveled into the Solyndra solar-panel boondoggle. It is becoming increasingly clear that the only "green" involved in this scandal is money. Published December 26, 2011
World Scene
Japan's response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems, including an erroneous assumption an emergency cooling system was working and a delay in disclosing dangerous radiation leaks, a report revealed Monday. Published December 26, 2011
Inside Politics
Vice President Joseph R. Biden reached out to Iraq's leaders to discuss recent violence there and the country's tenuous political climate. Published December 25, 2011
Briefly: Europe
Queen Elizabeth II has stressed the importance of family and friendship in her annual, pre-recorded Christmas message to the nation. Published December 25, 2011
World Scene
Authorities in Iran said Sunday they are again moving ahead with plans to execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning on an adultery conviction in a case that sparked an international outcry, but are considering whether to carry out the punishment by hanging instead. Published December 25, 2011
EDITORIAL: Being Christian is a death sentence
Persecuted Christians are fleeing from the Middle East in increasing numbers. The United States should open its doors to them as a guaranteed safe haven. Published December 22, 2011
