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Although Fox News legal analyst and former New Jersey district judge Andrew Napolitano is usually a reliable right-wing voice for the network, he has often criticized President Bush and his national security policies. When the law authorizing Bush’s wiretapping program expired in 2008, Napolitano railed against the [...]

On March 4th, the House passed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act by a vote of 217-201 to encourage employers to hire workers who were previously unemployed or only working part time. The President signed the legislation into law on March 18th. The bill provides:

A [...]

From Robert Vitale in The Columbus Dispatch:

The Columbus City Council voted last night to end tax breaks for three companies that didn’t live up to promises that they’d keep and add workers to local payrolls.

Taxpayers didn’t lose a dime on the deals, Development Director Boyce Safford III said. The [...]

Just wanted to share that myself, Breakfast with Nick, and two Columbus restaurants will be featured in a two-part national PBS documentary “Breakfast Special”. The documentary is produced by Rick Sebak of WQED Pittsburgh. Sebak is famous for his previous documentaries on hot dogs, amusement [...]

In a interesting and lengthy (1850 words) blog, Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Labor, warns of “deep-seated anxiety and frustration” growing in the population — particularly the middle class. He says anger is caused by the glaring inequalities in the system, and that our democracy is so corrupted [...]

An outraged electorate has just handed Japan’s ruling party its hat in elections for half of the seats in the upper house of that country’s parliament in a direct reversal of election results from a year ago. Opposition parties made major gains.

The results constitute a resounding rejection [...]

To pile on to this storyline which I picked up over at Plunderbund, I wonder if Vitter's new primary challenger has anything to do with the fact that he's now a birther?

 Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana says he supports conservative organizations challenging President Barack Obama's citizenship in [...]

"When it comes to fishing, size matters."

Holy carp that is embarrassing:

In the annual Governor’s Fish Ohio Day today Gov. Ted Strickland and company were outfished by an-all women team that included his wife, Frances.

Even though Strickland reeled in a walleye on his first cast his [...]

Millions of Americans are losing their unemployment benefits each day because the GOPers and conservative leaning Democrats in the U.S. Senate don't want to add another $30 Billion to our deficit.

And yet Sen Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is perfectly willing to add $678 Billion to the deficit...by extending George W. [...]

I get more excited every day about what’s happening in Cleveland. Downtown residency rates are way up, we have downtown farmer’s markets, chefs create innovative eateries, and downtown is no longer a ghost town at night. And now [...]