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NY Budget Deficit ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the state’s current deficit is nearly $1 billion, three times larger than projected by Governor David Paterson. Paterson’s budget office says the comptroller’s new estimate isn’t outlandish. But his administration doesn’t agree with it, at least not now. The Legislature is expected [...]
Politics isn’t broken; it’s working just as planned
WASHINGTON — Of all the endlessly repeated conventional wisdom in today’s Washington, the most lazy, stupid and ubiquitous is that our politics is broken. On the contrary. Our political system is working well (I make no such claims for our economy), indeed, precisely as designed — profound changes in popular will translated into law that [...]
Come to a complete STOP
DEPUTY SHERIFF vs LAWYER A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy. He thinks that he is smarter than the deputy because he is a lawyer and is certain that he has a better education then any cop from Nowhere. He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun [...]
CT Politics for iPhone
From Tribune Interactive: All the latest Connecticut political news, blogs, tweets and photos, brough to you by the Hartford Courant.* See What You Want, When You Want It *When you open up the Courant Connecticut Politics app, content is made available to you by section. But what if you want National Political News to show [...]
CT Politics for iPhone
From Tribune Interactive: All the latest Connecticut political news, blogs, tweets and photos, brough to you by the Hartford Courant.* See What You Want, When You Want It *When you open up the Courant Connecticut Politics app, content is made available to you by section. But what if you want National Political News to show [...]
Washington Post Politics app for the iPad: An introduction
The Washington Post Politics App for the iPad opens with a an edited selection of news and analysis, presented in a highly visual way. The Washington Post Politics App for the iPad provides the deepest, best and most engaging coverage of this year’s elections. The app tells you everything you need to know about the [...]
Statehouse battles shaping future of politics
Charles Krauthammer The magnificent turmoil now gripping Statehouses in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and soon others marks an epic political moment. The nation faces a fiscal crisis of historic proportions and, remarkably, our muddled, gridlocked, allegedly broken politics have yielded singular clarity. At the federal level, President Barack Obama’s budget makes clear that Democrats are determined [...]
Albert Einstein: God vs Science
I wanted to share a piece about where the student argued the point of God vs Science with his professor. ‘Let me explain the problem science has with religion.’ The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand ‘You’re a Christian, aren’t you, son?’ ’Yes sir,’ the [...]
Politics and Islam top religion stories for 2011
SALT LAKE CITY — Questions about faith in presidential politics, especially Mormonism, was one of the two biggest religion stories of 2011, according to the Pew Research Center. The center’s annual review of religion in the news shows the other top story involved tensions over Islam. Still, the largest single storyline involving religion was the [...]
Politics in centrestage as land war heats up
Politics over land has heated up with opposition leaders wasting no time in lapping up the Supreme Court verdict. Former minister and BJP leader Nawab Singh Nagar, said, “We stand vindicated. But it’s just the beginning. The Bahujan Samaj Party will pay heavily in the next assembly election.” Leaders recently alleged the state had gone [...]
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