Sunday, November 16, 2008

Headlines: November 16, 2008

Bloated benefits for unions are sinking automakers

The world has never seen such freezing heat

"The reason for the freak figures was that scores of temperature records from Russia and elsewhere were not based on October readings at all. Figures from the previous month had simply been carried over and repeated two months running."

Calls grow to overhaul 401(k) retirement plans: The financial crisis, which has caused a dramatic decline in the value of the average worker's account, has undermined confidence in the system.

Breaking: Obama Will Split Jerusalem In Exchange For "Peace"

1,200 protest California's gay-marriage ban at Dallas City Hall

Is liberalism political madness?

Going backwards on indefinite detention, too?

“You can’t be a purist and say there’s never any circumstance in which a democratic society can preventively detain someone,” said one civil liberties lawyer, David D. Cole, a Georgetown law professor who has been a critic of the Bush administration.

Bail Me Out, Please!

Christine Todd Whitman and Robert M. Bostock: GOP can't afford to remain hostage to social fundamentalists

Back to the Future: If the Republican Party wants to be modern, it has to go back. Return to fiscal conservatism and ease up on social conservatism.

GTT: Memo to fiscal conservatives: You can't have fiscal conservatism without social conservatism.

There are 7.7 million poor families in the United States and 4.8 million of them are headed by single parents. Children raised by single parents are also more likely to use drugs and commit crimes. If you want less government, you need more personal responsibility. You need to restore the family and sexual morality. Social conservatives are the only ones who understand these things. The goal of fiscal conservativism cannot be reached ubless the vision of social conservatives prevails.

Across U.S., Big Rallies for Same-Sex Marriage

Saving Buffalo’s Untold Beauty

The liberals who did so much to destroy the family must share the blame for Baby P

Letter from Iceland

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