Mitt Romney will skip Trump-moderated debate, leaving only
Gingrich and Santorum RSVPed (Boston
Globe)
New York governor Andrew Cuomo cuts deal with legislature
raising taxes on higher incomes (Wall
Street Journal)
Washington braces for Occupy protests of lobbyists and others
(Politico)
Former Illinois governor Rod Blagoyevich faces sentencing today
(Chicago
Tribune)
Other countries complain that U.S. stance toward climate change
is handicapping the Durban negotiations on global emissions
(Businessweek)
Muslim Brotherhood claims victory in Egyptian elections
(Voice
of America)
Gov. Chris Christie is asked whether he plants questions at town
hall meetings:
Days of
Infamy, by Roger Kaplan: Marking the
70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, we cannot fail
to remember another day of treacherous attack.
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?