Herman Cain clarified and amended his 9-9-9 tax plan today, addressing concerns that it would raise taxes on the poor, who currently pay no income tax. Cain said he wouldn’t change that. “If you are at or below the poverty level, your plan isn’t 9-9-9, it is 9-0-9,” Cain told…
Continue reading …At Jon Bon Jovi’s new restaurant, you can get “cornmeal crusted catfish with red beans and rice” or “grilled salmon with soul seasonings” without paying a cent. The restaurant aims to feed the hungry—but that doesn’t mean the meal is totally free, the Christian Science Monitor reports. You can…
Continue reading …President Obama’s “Mr. Cool” approach worked like a charm in Libya, writes David Ignatius. Recall that Obama took heat for doing too much (pushing for military action instead of a mere no-fly zone) and for doing too little (allowing the US to take a back seat to the UN coalition…
Continue reading …House Republicans claim that to create jobs, we need to loosen environmental regulations. To that end, they’ve “averaged roughly a vote every day” in session to weaken the rules—and have already cut back the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other laws, writes EPA chief Lisa Jackson…
Continue reading …All five of Michele Bachmann’s New Hampshire staffers have quit, complaining that she hadn’t paid enough attention to the state, ABC News reports. Bachmann visited New Hampshire for a debate last week, but before that hadn’t set foot in the Granite State since June. Among those leaving: longtime Bachmann pal…
Continue reading …Another Energy Department loan guarantee is coming under scrutiny. ABC News has discovered that the Obama administration doled out a $529 million guarantee to Fisker Automotive to build its new state-of-the-art luxury hybrid, only to see Fisker build the car in a factory in Finland. Fisker says there were simply…
Continue reading …Reviewers are divided over the third Paranormal Activity installment, which once again aims to frighten with low-budget footage. In the newest film, “the sense of dread that permeated the first Paranormal Activity is gone,” writes Joe Neumaier in the New York Daily News . We’re seeing the series “succumb to self-parody,…
Continue reading …After getting burned badly by Iowa in 2008, Mitt Romney has generally been keeping his distance from the state this time around. But with no other single candidate gathering the support that Mike Huckabee won in the last election, Romney’s strategy might be changing, reports the Wall Street Journal . “I’ll…
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Paul McCartney is the latest celebrity to issue a wedding portrait. Jess Cartner-Morley looks back at other officially sanctioned snapshots and wonders what they all mean Jess Cartner-Morley Paddy Allen Giulio Frigieri
Continue reading …Felipe Calderon delivered a scathing speech at an immigration conference yesterday accusing the US of foisting criminals off on Mexico instead of prosecuting them itself. “The American authorities have gotten into the habit of simply deporting 60 (thousand) or 70,000 migrants per year to cities like Ciudad Juarez or…
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