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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top Story DOJ praised attorney it later fired
One of the U.S. attorneys fired by the Bush administration after Republican complaints that he neglected to prosecute voter fraud had been heralded for his expertise in that area by the Justice Department, which twice selected him to train other federal prosecutors to pursue election crimes. What Now!
The WorldIraq attacks show insurgent resilience
BAGHDAD - Sunni insurgents, resilient despite the five-week security crackdown in the capital, killed at least six more U.S. troops over the weekend. A Sunni car bomber hit a largely Shiite district in the capital Sunday, killing at least eight people.
Suicide attack on US embassy convoy in Kabul
KABUL (AFP) - A suicide attacker rammed an explosives-filled car into a US embassy convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul Monday, wounding some embassy staff and guards and at least three Afghan passers-by, officials said.
Chavez presses to unify socialists
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged some of his political allies who are resisting his plan to form a single socialist party to leave his movement and go their own way, saying he hopes the split will be amicable even if they defect to the opposition.
Beware, Venezuelans. Dictators can come from the right or the left. —Caro
Top American resigns from UNESCO
The highest-ranking American at UNESCO has resigned before a key audit of contracts that his office awarded, saying opponents thwarted his reform drive at the U.N. organization — and even threatened to kill him. Peter Smith, a former Republican congressman from Vermont, sent a letter to UNESCO director Koichiro Matsuura saying that fierce opposition to his reforms and the "negative climate" forced him to quit.
His malfeasance in awarding contracts was the fault of people who opposed reform? Did Republicans invent the word chutzpah? They certainly have more of it than anyone else. —Caro The NationFour years on, war costs Bush at home and abroad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four years after he began the Iraq war, a diminished President George W. Bush has sacrificed much of his domestic agenda and eroded U.S. credibility abroad in pursuit of the sort of nation-building he once scorned, analysts say.
Standoff over Iraq war funding looming
WASHINGTON - White House leaders warn that House Democrats' plan to pull troops from Iraq is unlikely to become law and sure to threaten national security if it did. Despite those bleak warnings, the House seems ready to approve its bill this week.
GOP wants answers on prosecutor firings
WASHINGTON - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee say the Bush administration needs to be more straightforward about the White House's role in the dismissals of eight federal prosecutors.
Senate may subpoena White House aide Karl Rove
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House political strategist Karl Rove will face a Senate subpoena this week if he does not agree to testify in a dispute over fired prosecutors that has put pressure on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to quit, a Senate committee head said on Sunday. MediaPlame shows theatrical side of Congress
WASHINGTON - Just like a Broadway play, congressional hearings have many acts.
Why does the AP insist on belittling the public’s right to know about lawbreaking at the highest levels of government? Its article on Saturday was just as bad as this one. —Caro
Bartlett: Newspapers' left-wing tilt has mostly disappeared
Bruce Bartlett says major newspapers like the Washington Post and New York Times are now "fairly evenhanded" in their news coverage. "If, as I believe, the major media tilted left and have moved toward the center, then this means they moved to the right. It is this movement that the left has picked up on and is complaining about. But the idea that the media now tilt toward conservatives is absurd."
All you have to do is read Media Matters for America frequently to see how right-wing talking points proliferate in our media. A typical case in point is below. —Caro
Myths and falsehoods in the U.S. attorney scandal
In December 2006, the Bush administration fired seven U.S. attorneys… In reporting on the scandal, media figures have advanced several false, misleading, or baseless claims about the attorneys' dismissals.
Blogs can top the presses
Talking Points Memo drove the U.S. attorrneys story, proof that Web writers with input from devoted readers can reshape journalism. Technology & ScienceStates push online fitness programs
With obesity worsening across the nation, a growing number of states like Indiana are launching online initiatives to combat residents' expanding waistlines. Proponents say online programs reach a vast audience, are relatively cheap and a quick way to let people know about upcoming fitness events and local resources.
Memory workouts beat other computer games in study
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Training the brain with a computer workout program may be better than classic computer games at staving off age-related mental decline, scientists reported on Friday.
Fertility Planning Makes Male Chimps Fight
Female chimps manage how available they are, as a group, for sex. This leads to fights among males and also more fit offspring, scientists say.
Laughter May Boost Altruistic Behavior
A good laugh may not only lift your mood, but can make you more cooperative and altruistic towards strangers, according to a new study. Laughter, a universal human behavior, has been shown in previous studies to act as a “social lubricant” and promote group cohesiveness.
Right wingers will work to prohibit laughter any day now. —Caro EnvironmentBird species showing up farther north
More bird species in the USA are ranging farther north and even staying there for the winter in a possible sign of adaptation to global warming, ornithologists and conservation groups say.
Smoke, mirrors eyed to combat warming
What if we could engineer Earth to combat global warming? Some researchers, and entrepreneurs, are looking at some far-out ideas that include smoke, mirrors, artificial trees and a Geritol fix.
I’ve been wondering why we can’t spread big sheets of a thin reflective material, especially at the poles, where the loss of ice causes more absorption, rather than reflection, of the sun’s rays. —Caro For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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