New Republic: The Meltdown That Japan Really Fears

In the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis spawned by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country two weeks ago, R. Taggart Murphy of The New Republic argues that radiation isn't Japan's biggest concern. It's a meltdown of the country's institutions.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134817857/new-republic-the-meltdown-that-japan-really-fears?ft=1&f=1057

Joe Scarborough Victor Davis Hanson Erick Erickson Chris Ruddy

Optimism Won't Fix America's Fiscal Problems

Peter Suderman, Reason
President Barack Obama is a budgetary optimist. When heannounced his budget proposal last month, he framed it hopefully,as a welcome return to fiscal sanity and a path towards a bettertomorrow. It was time that Washington acted "responsibly,"� hesaid."After a decade of rising deficits, this budget asks Washington tolive within its means, while at the same time investing in ourfuture. It cuts what we can't afford to pay for what we cannot dowithout."�If you ask me, what we could do without is misleadingpresidential rhetoric on the budget. Obama's spending plan...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/03/24/optimism_won039t_fix_america039s_fiscal_problems_252604.html

Frank Luntz Jeff Flake Huma Abedin Justin Amash

Women In Spotlight As U.S. Debates Libya Policy

The international intervention in Libya has drawn attention to several women in the Obama administration who are proponents of a principle known as the "responsibility to protect." But others question this idea that U.N. member states need to step in when civilians are at risk.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/22/134765048/women-in-spotlight-as-u-s-debates-libya-policy?ft=1&f=1014

Sarah Huckabee Ben Jealous Bobby Jindal Mike Johnston

Gov. Rick Perry to visit California businesses, GOP groups (Houston Chronicle)

Gov. Rick Perry leaves Texas today for meetings Friday with top officials from Facebook and Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto, and eBay in San Jose, said spokesman Mark Miner.
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MARCO RUBIO Michelle Bachmann Lou Dobbs Meg Whitman

Fox Hunts For More Than Just Game As 'Rio' Hooks Up With 'Angry Birds'

The game Angry Birds is one of the most popular apps you can get for your smartphone. It's also teaming up with a new movie as 20th Century Fox tries out a partnership with game creator Rovio.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/03/23/134743113/fox-hunts-for-more-than-just-game-as-rio-hooks-up-with-angry-birds?ft=1&f=1057

TOM DELAY MIKE MURPHY MARC THIESSEN R. EMMETT TYRRELL

Obama Faces Criticism Of Mission In Libya

There's a tradition in which politicians try to hold back criticism of the president while he's on foreign soil. President Obama had not even stepped off Air Force One Wednesday when Speaker John Boehner released a letter listing pointed questions on the administration's plan for Libya.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134814105/Obama-Faces-Criticism-Of-Libyan-Mission?ft=1&f=1014

Rachel Kleinfeld Mike Lee Patrick McHenry Kristi Noem