Stories:

Krauthammer: Why Reading Constitution Was Important
Can Republicans create a new cultural of smaller, less intrusive government?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/06/AR2011010604379.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Environmentalists Exaggerate Wildly Again
You know that big plastic island of garbage floating in the Pacific the size of Texas? Huh, it’s barely there.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8241265/Great-Garbage-Patch-in-the-Pacific-Ocean-not-so-great-claim-scientists.html

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Even French Socialists No Longer Support 35 Hour Work Week
Another socialist experiment that didn’t work.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14750246,00.html

Local Fox Reporter Sues Station for Firing Him for Using the N Word.
PC distorts everything it touches — office life, the courts, the media. The last thing the Left believes in is free speech — except for themselves.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20110105_Trial_set_for_firing_over_use_of__n__word.html

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Your Column Made RCP
Still up on main page as of 8pm Tuesday. Worth revisiting, even though you talked about these ideas last week.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/01/04/from_yale_to_the_nfl_are_we_still_the_home_of_the_brave_108416.html
This WSJ Article Is on the Same Theme as Your Column (didn’t make RCP)
More news analysis than opinion piece. Don’t miss last two paragraphs.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703808704576061931478655322.html?mod=WSJ_hps_editorsPicks_3
FLASHBACK:NY Times Expresses Its Admiration for Justice Stevens’s Death Penalty Stance

But as they relate that stance, it doesn’t make much sense to me.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/opinion/12sun2.html?ref=opinion
FLASHBACK: Here’s the Stevens’ Argument
Stevens reviews Garland’s book. Long, dull and specious. I suggest starting with the last paragraph.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/dec/23/death-sentence/
WSJ: What the Republican Mandate Should Be
Some very valuable guidelines for the new Congress.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704723104576061922890057168.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

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Have Public Service Unions Finally Overplayed Their Hand
The backlash is coming. Now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/business/04labor.html?_r=1&hp
Here’s Another Way the Backlash Expresses Itself
Fighting back against absurd tenure rules.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576060122295287678.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond
Even Andrew Cuomo Talks about Budget Cutting and Lowering Taxes
These are all Republican ideas. After the Democrats go on a bender, who do they turn to?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/nyregion/02inaugural.html?scp=2&sq=cuomo&st=cse
And on the Left Coast…
Good luck, Jerry. You’re going to need it.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576060113511442584.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond
WSJ Comments on the Job Ahead of Cuomo and Brown
Can they buck the unions that got them elected? That’s pretty much what it comes down to.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059822394489608.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop
House Republicans Talk about Cutting Budget Back to 2008 Levels
Democrats are aghast. That would mean Pell grants would be reduced!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/us/politics/04fiscal.html?hp
Herbert: Republicans Only Care about the Rich
What fools we non-rich Republicans must be.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/opinion/04herbert.html
More Brits Converting to Islam
If it’s a trend, it’s a bad one.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-islamification-of-britain-record-numbers-embrace-muslim-faith-2175178.html
New Life Under the Sea
What they’re discovering is astonishing — in numbers and variety.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/science/04scibks.html?src=dayp
Alzheimers Patients Given Whatever They Want
Why is this so innovative? Isn’t it just plain common sense and decency? What a world we live in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/01/health/01care.html?src=me&ref=homepage
Borders Books Skating on Very Thin Ice
Could easily be gone by the end of the year, if not sooner.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704199504576060182112033172.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection
Stephens: Egypt Becoming a Nation of Idiots
He’s been very, very good lately.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704735304576058382591955692.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion

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Coptic Church Bombed
21 dead. Muslims have made clear that Christians are not wanted anywhere in Arab world.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/31/world/main7201972.shtml

Hillary and Hugo Have a Nice Chat

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Krauthammer: Obama By Fiat
We must remain at our post, tireless, ever watchful, ready to signal danger.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/30/AR2010123003047.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
WSJ: Job One
Repeal ObamaCare. That’s the ball game.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909904576051803529108190.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

ObamaCare Monster, Part 12
Every day and in every way its getting worse and worse. Kill it dead, Congress.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/30/AR2010123005032.html
“Denglish” Verboten in Deutscheland
Don’t think this will work.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denglish-now-verboten-2171795.html
We Already Know Cap and Trade Is a Bureaucratic Nightmare
The harsh truth from Der Spiegel
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,736798,00.html
More Attacks on Christians in Iraq
This is a terrible trend. If Iraq has any future, it must end soon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/world/middleeast/31iraq.html?_r=1
Good for Nikki Haley
Shame on Oprah.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/dec/30/haley-wont-grant-oprahs-request-interview-susan-sm/
Great Global Warming (Cooling) Predictions over the Decades
Sick fun.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/12/30/botched-environmental-forecasts/
Klein: Constitution Confusing and Old
Well, it’s a couple hundred years old, that’s true. But is it confusing?
http://www.breitbart.tv/liberal-star-blogger-ezra-klein-constitution-has-no-binding-power-on-anything-confusing-because-its-over-100-years-old/

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Big Apple Snowed Under

And the famously prickly populous has to blame someone. News flash New Yorkers: Snow storms happen. Get over it.

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“Death Panels” Return
They couldn’t get want they want written into the legislation, so they just wrote it into the regulations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/politics/26death.html?_r=1&hp
Global Warming Update
Europe freezes through Christmas. Many spend their holiday in the airport.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-europe-travel-woes-20101225,0,6621483.story
Of Course, the Cool Winter Is Explained by Global Warming
That is until you get to the last few paragraphs when scientists admit they really don’t know.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/expect-more-extreme-winters-thanks-to-global-warming-say-scientists-2168418.html
Here’s Another Explanation
But this guy is certain it’s the snows in Siberia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/opinion/26cohen.html?src=me&ref=general
Established Authors Going Own Way
Shelf space at Barnes and Noble is less important than access to Amazon and author’s own reputation.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gatekeepers-20101226,0,7119214.story
Australia Starts Trial of Would Be Terrorists

These wanted to kill as many Australians as possible.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8221279/Islamist-fanatics-plotted-Australias-worst-terrorist-attack-on-army-base.html
Dutch Arrest 12 to Prevent Terror Attack
What is it with these Somalis?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/world/europe/26dutch.html?scp=3&sq=dutch&st=cse
5 of 12 Released
Dutch authorities have til Tuesday to proceed against the remaining seven.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/26/AR2010122601028.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Muslims Killing Muslims, Part 156
Female suicide bomber in a burqa murders 45 people at a UN Food Distribution Center. And here’s the bonus: thousands more may now starve to death. Now that’s a job the worshippers of death can be proud of.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/afghanistan/sns-ap-as-pakistan,0,6050564.story

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START Passes
A lot of sound and fury signifying squat. But if it makes Democrats feel better, then, hey.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/world/europe/23treaty.html?_r=1&hp
Hospital Insists on Nicotine Test for Employees
A drinking test? A test for drugs?  Weight? How about not getting enough sleep? Where does it end?
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2010/12/21/smokers-need-not-apply/
Savage Sues
He wants to leave Talk Radio Network.
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Michael-Savage-Sues-Talk/2010/12/22/id/380753
Bad Bulbs
They’re green so they’re okay.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1340938/Eco-bulbs-health-hazard-babies-pregnant-women-mercury-inside.html
Hero: Jewelry Store Owner Kills Three Robbers
Sounds like they needed some killing.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7350690.html
No Christmas in Iraq
When you can get murdered for it, probably a good idea. But very disturbing.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101222/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq;_ylt=A0LEapclkxJNWA0Azgms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFocWV1bXNwBHBvcwMyNwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNpcmFxaWNodXJjaGU-

UK May Upgrade Palestinian Status
Why can’t the Brits see the obvious: that this idea is stupid, counterproductive and dangerous.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/british-move-on-palestine-20101222-195la.html
Europe Has Faster Drug Development Track than US
The FDA is killing people.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704034804576025981869663212.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion
NYT: Barbour Is an Insensitive Racist
This says a lot about the Glitteratti of the Upper East Side, and very little about Barbour.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/opinion/22wed2.html?hp
Small Cameras with Big Sensors
Might be time to get serious about one of these.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/technology/personaltech/23pogue.html?src=dayp
Narco State Heartbreak
A mother pursues justice for her murdered daughter and then is murdered herself.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703814804576035791419284246.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond
Obama Struggles with Same Sex Marriage Question
So, why isn’t he a homophobe?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/12/22/obama_on_struggle_with_allowing_gay_marriage.html

N East loses seats. California static.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Census-shows-slowing-US-apf-939635687.html?x=0&.v=2

Americans Vote with Their Feet
We move toward opportunity. And opportunity exists most where the government is least.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704851204576034071534144888.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop