Fox News and Google host a debate for the GOP candidates in
Orlando tonight at 9 (Youtube)
President Obama will use the Brent Spence bridge in between
Cincinnati and Kentucky as a setting for another stump speech for
his jobs bill today (Politico)
House Republican leadership suffered a defeat as their
continuing resolution failed yesterday evening, increasing the odds
of a government shutdown (New
York Times)
After his appeal for a stay of execution went all the way to the
Supreme Court, Troy Davis was put to death in Georgia last night
(CNN)
Rick Perry: Mitt Romney is Obama-lite:
On the main site:
Markets Shout at Operation Twist, by Ross Kaminsky:
Or maybe they shrieked, as the Fed yesterday confirmed it’s
helpless to prevent a double-dip recession.
The
David Norris Show, by Patrick Howley: Sex and intellectualism
mark the Irish presidential race. And one morally bankrupt
candidate is putting on a show for the ages.
Taking a Good Look at World War II, by Aram Bakshian, Jr.:
There’s no better one-volume history of the war than Andrew
Roberts’ latest masterpiece.
The
Labrador Doctrine, by Jed Babbin: Meet Bogey, who though much
like Gus isn’t Gus the Second.
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause
and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress
impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist
surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our
culture.
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it,
makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so
many people seem to be hostile to it?