Top Dem rejects calls for Obama impeachment over Libya  —  A key Senate Democrat on Tuesday tamped down the suggestion by some in his own party that President Obama could be impeached for launching military strikes on Libya.  —  Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), a supporter of the U.S. mission …

The Problem With Partners  —  These days we are all co-religionists in the church of multilateralism.  The Iraq war reminded everybody not to embark on an international effort without a broad coalition.  —  Yet today, as an impeccably crafted multilateral force intervenes in Libya, certain old feelings are coming back to the surface.

Libya: US fighter jet crash lands in field near Benghazi  —  A US warplane has crash landed in a Libyan field in the area around Benghazi, The Telegraph can disclose.  —  The two crew members on the F-15E fighter jet ejected to safety.  One has already been recovered by US forces …

7 Questions For Liberals About Obama's Libyan War  —  It seems like it was just yesterday when we had an “imperialist warmonger” in the White House who was going to be replaced by a peace-loving Democrat who promised “hope” and “change” instead.  It's funny how that worked out, isn't it?

Cost of military campaign in Libya could wipe out GOP's spending cuts  —  U.S. military operations in Libya could wipe out a significant chunk of the budget cuts won by congressional Republicans in recent weeks, defense analysts say.  —  GOP leaders have trumpeted enacted spending reductions …

Supreme Court debate focuses on rancor among current justices  —  Collective bargaining battle looms over race for Wisconsin's high court  —  In a further sign of acrimony on the state's highest court, Supreme Court Justice David Prosser said Monday that discord among the seven justices …

GOP leaders pledge to block deficit package that increases taxes  —  Republican leaders in the Senate and House will not agree to tax increases in the guise of reform measures, according to a prominent conservative advocate for lower taxes.  —  Conservatives have grown increasingly worried …

A Proud ‘Lobbyist’ and ‘Southerner’ Weighs ‘President’  —  DES MOINES — He became wealthy as a lobbyist, representing tobacco companies and foreign governments.  A former Republican Party chairman, he would seem the ultimate Washington insider.  A white Southerner, he has faced questions about his remarks on race.

Wisconsin's Radical Break  —  NOW that a Wisconsin judge has temporarily blocked a state law that would strip public employee unions of most collective bargaining rights, it's worth stepping back to place these events in larger historical context.  —  Republicans in Wisconsin are seeking …

AZ Senate President Russell Pearce Takes Tentherism To New Level: ‘You Are Not A Citizen Of The United States’  —  One of the most radical offshoots of modern conservatism in the United States is called “tentherism,” which invokes the Constitution's Tenth Amendment to claim that a whole host …

Sexually assaulted and told 'You'll die tonight'... but spared as she's American: Female journalist's horror at the hands of Gaddafi's men  —  A female war photographer from the New York Times revealed tonight how she was repeatedly sexually assaulted during her nightmare hostage ordeal in Libya.

Sen. Rand Paul tests presidential waters  —  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., visited Charleston Monday to talk about his possible presidential bid, how to rein in the national debt and the current military action in Libya.  —  Paul, a tea party favorite who won his Senate seat last fall …

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan To Destroy JP Morgan, Crash The Stock Market, And Redistribute Wealth In America  —  A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, is detailing a secret plan to “destabilize” the country.

Sexism Is Alive And Well At National Review  —  National Review's Mark Krikorian thinks it's just awful that women might play a role in making public decisions: … I don't know how much influence Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power had over the Obama administration's Libya policy, and neither does Mark Krikorian.

It's School Admissions Season in New York City  —  Does your 18-month-old have what it takes?  —  When T.S. Eliot wrote about the cruelest month “mixing memory and desire”, he might also have had in mind that this is the season of school admissions in New York City.

Starbucks CEO rethinks health law position  —  Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz says the health overhaul law's employer requirements will impose “too great” a pressure on small businesses.  —  Schultz supported the law as he watched his company's health insurance tab — $250 million as of last year — surmount its coffee bill.

GOP Presidential Contender Herman Cain: Muslims ‘Have An Objective To Convert All Infidels Or Kill Them’  —  Yesterday, GOP presidential primary candidate Herman Cain gave a wide-ranging interview to Christianity Today.  Cain discussed a variety of issues, mostly focusing …

DCCC targets 10 on Ryan plan - Meet candidate Pawlenty - Ohio GOP taps Darren Bearson - Election Day in Tampa - Sonny Perdue endorses Newt - Poll: Americans back Libya action  —  POLITICO SNEAK PEEK - DCCC VS. PAUL RYAN - The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hoping …

No Country Leans on Upper-Income Households as Much as U.S.  —  During my recent testimony before the Senate Budget Committee ( found here), I cited an OECD statistic that the U.S. has the most progressive income tax system among industrialized nations.  [1] This prompted one Senator to point …

Our World: America's descent into strategic dementia  —  What the US foreign policy fights regarding Egypt and Libya indicate is that currently, a discussion about how events impact core US regional interests is completely absent from the discussion.  —  Talkbacks (11)