US Special Forces Ordered To Leave Critical Afghanistan Province
Hamid Karzai has ordered all US special forces to leave a beleaguered province bordering Kabul, accusing them of murders and disappearances.
Entries by Joe Miller
Paroled Sex Offenders Disarming Tracking Devices
Thousands of high-risk parolees are removing GPS monitors, often with little risk of serving time, because jails are too full to hold them. Some have been charged with new crimes.
Liberal Astroturf Group Offering $9 To $11 Per Hour To Join Its Gun-Control Campaign
ProgressNow has funded numerous front groups to influence elections in disparate regions. The group’s advisers include Media Matters founder David Brock, MoveOn.org board president Eli Pariser, and Center for American Progress chairman John Podesta.
The Case Of The Phantom Ballots: An Electoral Whodunit
Six months and a grand-jury probe later, there still are few answers about the phantom requests, which targeted Democratic voters in a congressional district and Republican voters in two Florida House districts.
Bloomberg’s Ban Prohibits 2-Liter Soda With Your Pizza And Some Nightclub Mixers
The city Health Department last week began sending brochures to businesses that would be affected by the latest ban, including restaurants, bars and any “food service” establishment subject to letter grades.
It’s Time to Stand Up for Alaska’s Children
If you’re interested in education in Alaska, read this article. And please get involved.
Frederick Douglass Society President: ‘Direct Correlation Between Gun Control and Black People Control’ (+video)
Swimp compared the call for universal background checks for gun purchase to the time when blacks were required to register with the government.
Wash. Post: Senators Near Deal on Background Checks for Most Private Gun Sales
Democrats say that keeping records of private sales is necessary to enforce any new law.
Britain’s Credit Rating Downgraded by Moody’s
Moody’s pointed to “continuing weakness in the UK’s medium-term growth outlook, with a period of sluggish growth which [it] now expects will extend into the second half of the decade”.
HHS Study: Head Start Kids Have More Problems with Math, Social Interactions
While Head Start students averaged better in reading/language arts by third grade, math scores were poorer for children who participated in the program. Parents of Head Start children also reported a significantly lower child promotion rate than parents of children who did not participate in the federal program.