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Yesterday was President Barack Obama's 100th day in office. Few men have entered the office of the presidency under anything like the dire circumstances that the nation faces today. Only Lincoln at the time of the Civil War and F.D.R. during the Great Depression of the 1930's confronted national crises that exceed the problems - foreign and domestic - that President Obama has faced from his first day in office. The President's first order of business is the sinking economy, which has had a multiplier effect - job losses, loss of health insurance coverage, housing foreclosures and homelessness, and threats of hunger. We know from our research at the Community Service Society and from our annual survey, "The Unheard Third," that low-income New Yorkers are suffering multiple hardships duri...
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So what's the good news for President [Barack Obama]'s second hundred days-Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation will be a shoo in. The biggest hurdle she has faced was about a remark she made during a speech saying, "A Wise Latina woman would make better legal decisions that a White man." That statement did not go over well with the group of White male Republicans who questioned her about her judicial impartiality despite her sterling legal credentials and qualifications to be the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice. However, Senator Charles Schumer, a ranking Democrat from New York predicted, "Judge Sotomayor would be approved by a large margin. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seems to be the most troublesome issue of Obama's campaign rhetoric which led to the observation that candidates...
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by Adam Cohen Penguin * 2009 * 384 pages * $29.95 hardcover; $16.00 paperback Reviewed by Roger W. Garrison History buffs who focus on the world between the wars will find plenty to ponder in Adam Cohen's Nothing to Fear. [...] the views he imparted to Perkins could hardly be described as "theoretical.
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One hundred days ago, I had the great privilege of taking office as Virginia's 71st governor. We faced the most difficult economic situation in generations, the previous administration's proposal for the biggest tax increase in Virginia history, an historic budget shortfall and a politically divided legislature. Many wondered openly how these obstacles could be navigated in 60 days. The most common statement I heard was it's a tough time to be governor. I said then that every challenge is an opportunity. We just happen to have a lot of opportunities! Fourteen weeks later, I am pleased to report that with bipartisan cooperation we have achieved a number of positive outcomes for Virginia. We rejected that massive tax hike and balanced the budget through the implementation of tough but nec...
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Speedy trialtrial court properly concluded that state failed to bring defendant to trial within two hundred seventy days when defendant spent one hundred sixty-six actual days (and four hundred ninety-eight speedy trial days) in jail before court scheduled hearing at which defendant failed to appear
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On Tuesday, President Barack Obama delivered his first address to a Joint Session of Congress and outlined in detail some of his vision for the country relative to his stimulus package. Though it had all the earmarks of a State of the Union address, it was billed as a "frank talk" with the people. He has been in office barely over 30 days and the critics are already placing the burden of the fiscal crisis on his one-month old administration. However, the president seems to be focused with a direct plan of action, which he knows will benefit the country in the end. He has boldly said, "The day of reckoning has arrived; but we will recover. The weight of this crisis will not determine the destiny of this nation. Since the economy is item number one on his agenda because the masses of the...
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Kristen Hagan of Democracy 21, +1-202-429-2008
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In addition to the stimulus bill that was recently passed, on Tuesday, Congress passed another $410 billion package. This time to fund the government-to keep the government operating-and they have sent it to President [Barack Obama] for his signature. As expected, the Republicans have denounced as reckless spending. The Senate approved the package by voicing their votes and it was cleared by a 62-35 vote, two votes over the debate-proof margin, (Senators are waiting with baited breaths for the Minnesota Senate race, between Al Franken and Norm Coleman, to be resolved. A Franken win will inch the Democrats, and indeed President Obama, closer to a filibuster-proof position.) A Franken win will inch the Democrats, and indeed President Obama, closer to a filibuster-proof position. Signaling...
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They call it "craft beer" these days. A hundred years ago when little local breweries made it, it was just beer, and Roanoke had its own mighty little suds machine.
