For Iranian-Americans, Sanctions Can Be A Minefield

Members of the Iranian-American community maintain contacts with friends and family in Iran. But that means negotiating the confusing array of sanctions the U.S. government has imposed on Iran for more than three decades. One recent legal case highlights the issue.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/30/140742284/for-iranian-americans-sanctions-can-be-a-minefield?ft=1&f=1003

george w bush

Dems Need to Get Real About Energy Policy

Charles Ebinger, LA Times
Let me say upfront that I have always been a Democrat. However, I also vote my conscience and have supported independent candidates. Today, energy policy is one area where I think my party is wrong. I wasn't always a disillusioned Democrat. For decades, the party's policies ensured that the United States had adequate supplies of domestic oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric power and uranium to fuel our growing economy while providing good-paying jobs to the men and women who produced our energy and transported it. These policies helped create America's affluence of the...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/11/29/dems_need_to_get_real_about_energy_policy_268164.html

bill clinton

A Steel Town Looks At Its Future, And Sees Rebirth

The Great Recession hit the industrial Midwest especially hard in recent years. Now, though, local leaders in at least one small Illinois city believe the worst is finally behind them. But they need to diversify ? and attract new residents.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/30/142914799/a-steel-town-looks-at-its-future-and-sees-rebirth?ft=1&f=1003

newt gingrich

The Root Cause of Market Failure In Higher Education

Bill Frezza, RCM
A little noticed Associated Press news story last week reported that China now plans to phase out college majors that consistently produce unemployable graduates. Any program in which 60% of the graduates failed to find work for two consecutive years would face funding reductions until supply was brought back into balance with demand.This Chinese hand may not be invisible, but it would be one that Adam Smith would recognize. Isn't it amazing that even self-identified communists are figuring out that markets only work when adjustment mechanisms act to reduce surpluses and shortages?...

Source: http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_root_cause_of_market_failure_in_higher_education_99387.html

george w bush

Drone Pilots: The Future Of Aerial Warfare

The U.S. Air Force says that in 2011 it will train more drone pilots than fighter and bomber pilots combined. The distance between the pilot and the remotely controlled vehicle he flies is redefining what it means to be a pilot, and it creating some friction within the Air Force.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/29/142858358/drone-pilots-the-future-of-aerial-warfare?ft=1&f=1003

george w bush

Romney On Immigration: Sorting Through The Record

The former Massachusetts governor has been unofficially running for president for the better part of five years, and in that time, he has been asked about immigration over and over. Now some of his rivals are arguing that his answers to the question have been inconsistent.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/29/142862484/romney-on-immigration-sorting-through-the-record?ft=1&f=1014

harry reid

Bachmann's 'Conviction' To Fixing Government

After a meteoric rise, GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is now polling in the single digits. But she's still plowing ahead with her campaign, and this week she came out with a memoir. The Minnesota congresswoman talks with co-host Steve Inskeep about Core of Conviction and aiming to win the nomination.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/25/142730724/bachmanns-conviction-to-fixing-government?ft=1&f=1014

bill clinton

Syrian Troops Attack, Despite Arab Peace Plan

Syrian troops stormed a central town and a northwestern region in search of regime opponents on Saturday, activists said, a day after the government agreed in principle to allow the Arab League to send observers to oversee a peace plan proposed by the 22-member bloc.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/19/142544886/syrian-troops-attack-despite-arab-peace-plan?ft=1&f=1004

harry reid