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Economy Briefs
Credit card issuers had a somewhat bumpy summer, but most of the top banks are reporting that their customers continued to make payments on time. Published September 15, 2011
EDITORIAL: Big Brother Obama is watching
Be careful, if you dare to criticize Citizen Obama, comrade. The Web is watching. This week, President Obama's re-election team launched "Attack Watch," an interactive website that allows the president's registered supporters to report instances of "attacks" against the commander in chief or his record. Citizen snitches are asked to detail who the attacker is, the type of attack, and whether the offending words were actually heard or passed along as second-hand rumors. The "Attack Files" section provides summary responses to some common smears. For example, the site explains that, "President Obama is a friend to Israel, despite unfounded claims to the contrary." For critics, it represents a handy list of the issues that most infuriate the White House. Published September 14, 2011
EDITORIAL: Obama’s poverty problem
America is a poorer country under President Obama. Since last year, the ranks of America's least well off grew by 2.5 million, according to the government definition of poverty, which includes a family with income of less than $22,314 a year or an individual making less than $11,139. One-sixth of the country, 46.2 million, met this standard, according to figures released Tuesday. That's the highest total since the Census Bureau began keeping track a half-century ago. Published September 14, 2011
EDITORIAL: Reid goes nuclear on waste storage
A Friday vote has left the fate of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository hang ing in the balance. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is deadlocked 2-2 over whether the Energy Department could withdraw the license application for Yucca Mountain. Published September 14, 2011
Tuning in to TV
Jack Black, Conan O'Brien and Larry King will honor Will Ferrell with the nation's top humor prize, along with Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon from his "Saturday Night Live" days, the Associated Press reports. Published September 14, 2011
EDITORIAL: Obama’s shady solar subsidies
President Obama is selling a repackaged "jobs" spending spree to the nation. Americans need assurance that blowing another half-trillion dollars on stimulus - the American Jobs Act - isn't a recipe for more crony capitalism. Published September 13, 2011
EDITORIAL: Obama’s latest tax proposal
The White House introduced a massive tax program on Monday that's supposed to create jobs. The big-government push ought to be called the American Higher Taxes Act. Published September 13, 2011
Inside Politics
Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano says the government will be rolling out a different airport pat-down policy for children under 12 in the coming months. Published September 13, 2011
Economy Briefs
Daily deal site LivingSocial hit a record-selling pace Tuesday with an offer at Whole Foods Market Inc., its first nationwide grocery deal. Published September 13, 2011
Inside Politics
Vanquished Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney on Monday, calling the former Massachusetts governor the candidate who "possesses the unique qualifications to confront our severe economic predicament." Published September 12, 2011
EDITORIAL: Fraying Mideast peace
President Obama's Mideast policy has been marked by his typical rhetorical excess. "There will be perils that accompany this moment of promise," he said in a major speech in May about the Arab Spring. "But after decades of accepting the world as it is in the region, we have a chance to pursue the world as it should be." Recent events have shown that the "world as it should be" is rapidly transforming into the world we never wanted. Published September 12, 2011
Economy Briefs
Tennessee Valley Authority ratepayers in October will get a break from lower fuel costs, with average residential bills expected to drop by as much as $3.50. Published September 12, 2011
EDITORIAL: The foreign-born candidate
Can a foreign-born citizen run for president? The Federal Election Commission thinks so. Published September 9, 2011
EDITORIAL: Toying with gun control
Nerf guns and water pistols are the latest target for the gun grabbers. Community activists in Buffalo, N.Y., started a toy-buyback program on Monday designed to instill a fear of firearms in the city's youth. It's also a way to accustom children to the real restrictions they're likely to encounter in adulthood. Published September 8, 2011
EDITORIAL: Ten years ago
The 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is a watershed event. It will be the first commemoration since U.S. special operations forces took out Osama bin Laden four months ago. It will mark the conclusion of an era that has not really closed. Published September 8, 2011
EDITORIAL: Football tonight! Also, Obama.
Democrats cried foul when Republicans chose not to hold a televised response directly after President Obama's joint-session speech. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco Democrat, said, "The Republicans' refusal to respond to the president's proposal on jobs is not only disrespectful to him, but to the American people." This is a strange claim; it clearly would be more disrespectful to Joe Six-pack to hold up the Saints-Packers game, which is certain to attract more viewers. Published September 7, 2011
EDITORIAL: Stimulus Jr.
President Obama can't shake his stimulus addiction. In his Thursday joint-session speech, he's expected to announce $300 billion in additional spending, adding to the $4 trillion he's already borrowed from future generations since taking office. Published September 7, 2011
EDITORIAL: USPS, R.I.P.
What would America do without its government-run postal monopoly? The U.S. Postal Service is set to go bust within a few weeks absent yet another multibillion-dollar bailout. If it doesn't get one, the postman threatens to cancel Christmas deliveries. This threat could safely be ignored if only we'd permit companies like DHL, FedEx and UPS to handle regular mail in addition to packages. The only thing we'd miss without USPS would be long lines and a careless postman losing our mail. Published September 7, 2011
EDITORIAL: What Obama should tell Congress - but won’t
President Obama has finally acknowledged what most Americans already know: Big government carries a price. That's the take-away from the not-so-coincidental White House decision Friday to delay imposing yet more "environmental" red tape on business. That same day, the Labor Department announced there was no net growth in jobs for the first time since World War II. Published September 6, 2011
EDITORIAL: Give ‘em hell, Barry
"Now is not the time for the people you sent to Washington to worry about their jobs," President Obama said at a Labor Day rally in Detroit. "Now is the time for them to worry about your jobs." In all honesty, the real job Mr. Obama will be speaking about this week is his own. Published September 6, 2011
