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President Obama on Thursday sought to deflect criticisms from some minority and teachers groups.

By JACKIE CALMES

The procedural blockade underscored how determined Republicans are to deny Democrats any further victories.

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

The prospect of an exit from Iraq and Afghanistan has sparked rumblings on Capitol Hill that it's time to cut the defense budget. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, says, "I'm pretty certain cuts are coming -- in defense and the whole budget." Defense Secretary Bob Gates is already pushing to cancel some big-ticket programs and to wring savings out of the existing budget.
Max Boot

"They [the United States and Israel] have decided to attack at least two countries in the region in the next three months."Charles Krauthammer

Senator John F. Kerry reported 16 years ago that he was living on his Senate salary and a trust fund worth no more than $100,000. He sometimes lodged at a friend’s home and had to watch his spending carefully.



John Kerry - United States Senate - Government - United States - PresidentBrian C. Mooney and Matt Viser, Globe Staff

Stimulus money sometimes goes to private companies to hire workers, instead of funding public projects.

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

The state will begin sending unemployment checks tomorrow to residents whose benefits were cut off during the long congressional stalemate over whether to continue federal extensions through November.



Unemployment - United States - Business - Employment - GovernmentRobert Gavin, Globe Staff

"With each reference to a ‘three-way’ gubernatorial race, my confidence in the Globe’s journalistic integrity and professionalism drops a notch." -- M.K. Merelice



Journalism ethics and standards - Business - Apple - United States - Arts(author unknown)

The Notre Dame economist Philip Mirowski explores the post-crash reckoning, or lack of same, within the economics profession, in the Summer 2010 issue of The Hedgehog Review. While general-interest publications, “previously cheerleaders for the economics profession,” suddenly turned hostile, searching for economist villains and heroes, Mirowski writes — and while economists themselves began throwing brickbats at each other — the ...



Economic - Philip Mirowski - Hedgehog Review - Social Sciences - PeopleChristopher Shea

Most of us probably assume that people who are trapped in repressive regimes like Cuba or North Korea really want to get out. A new study suggests instead that it’s the very fact of being trapped that helps people defend the system. When Canadians were led to believe that it would be harder to emigrate in the future, they became ...



Cuba - North Korea - Social sciences - Catholic Church - PrisonKevin Lewis

At a news conference last week in Montreal, members of the Committee for the Reimbursement of the Indemnity Money Extorted from Haiti said that they have not yet begun to prank.By ROBERT MACKEY

Talking small business with a small-business owner in Congress.

By ROBB MANDELBAUM

Memories of the record-breaking cold and snowstorms of last winter, including Snowpocalypse, Snowmaggedon and Snoverkill, have probably faded, as eventually will be true of memories of the record-breaking heat this summer. Unless, that is, the extreme winter and summer weather prove to be just a ...


Environment - Climate change - Opposing Views - Climate Change Skeptics - Global warmingSteve Tracton

Peter Orszag, who steps down Friday, tried to wrest budgeting responsibility from Congress.

By MATT BAI

A report by the Center for American Progress says confidence in the federal government is at an all-time low. What can federal workers do to improve the view of government in the eyes of the American public?



Arts - Literature - Washington Post - World Literature - SportsPost

President Obama's message to voters this election year is simple and full of populist zeal: Democrats are on the side of the little guy, not the Wall Street brokers, celebrities and chief executives.


Barack Obama - United States - President - Government - ElectionsMichael D. Shear

It's getting ugly out there. In Florida, Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek unveiled his first TV ad Monday, a disco-themed portrait of primary opponent Jeff Greene as a billionaire carpetbagger and Wall Street hustler who "helped to fuel the economic meltdown." Brad Ellsworth also rolled ...


Negative campaigning - Politics - Campaigns and Elections - Election Reform - RepublicanShailagh Murray

As President Obama and his adversaries look for winning themes in the run-up to the November congressional election, both sides are noisily clamoring to prove their support for a critical constituency: America's small-business owners.



Small business - United States - Democratic - Politics - RepublicanLori Montgomery and Michael D. Shear

Who killed the climate bill? Democrats who supported climate legislation in the House feel betrayed, The Post reports; after they approved a controversial cap-and-trade bill, Democratic leaders failed even to hold a vote on similar legislation in the Senate, and GOP challengers are on the attack. A few environmentalists blame lawmakers who led the effort for compromising some good policy out of the legislation.Stephen Stromberg

As political missteps go, Senator John F. Kerry’s yacht issues may ultimately be considered just a minor stumble. But in a state that has just elected a new US senator with the carefully crafted image of a pickup-driving, barn jacket-wearing common man, Kerry now seems likely to be perceived as ever more out of touch, political analysts said yesterday.



John Kerry - Politics - Rhode Island - United States Senate - GovernmentSarah Schweitzer and Marissa Lang, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent