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(New York) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should promote respect for and better implementation of human rights obligations during his visit to Central Asia, Human Rights Watch said today. The woman who helped Republican Scott Brown take the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s seat is jumping ship to help another long-shot candidate in New Hampshire. Governor Jim Gibbons is now considering his options to move forward with legal action on behalf of the State of Nevada against the Reid/Obama nationalized health care plan. It’s the last call for people pondering a run for public office in Missouri. The end of business Tuesday marks the deadline to file for a federal, state or local office in this year’s party primary elections. Good morning. President Barack Obama meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 28, 2010. Photo by Pete Souza. This week, America’s Representatives are back in their home districts to talk to their constituents about the issues that matter most to them. For Democratic Members of Congress, that means an opportunity to trumpet hard-won health care and educational benefits for middle class families. And when it comes to legislative victories, Democrats have [...] This morning, President Obama traveled to Northern Virginia Community College where he signed the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, authorizing the largest-ever investment in higher education. In 1996, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, ruled in Hopwood v. Texas that using racial preferences in college admissions to achieve “diversity” was unconstitutional. Consequently, the second largest state in the Union adopted the so-called Ten Percent Plan to get around the law. Texas high school students who graduate in the top 10 [...] Based on a handful of incidents by a handful of idiots, the University of California is considering lowering admissions standards to increase “diversity” on campus, otherwise known as “holistic review.” In a new report, Death Sentences and Executions in 2009, released today, Amnesty International challenged the Chinese authorities to reveal how many people they execute and sentence to death annually. |
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