How are American newspapers and networks covering the Conclave? Poorly, if at all. Most of the stories are breathless horserace-style speculations about men they don't know. When American journalists venture into the issues facing the Roman Catholic Church they rightly mention the abuse scandals and then most stop, except for a few who go on about celibacy --which is not going to change no matter who emerges as the new pope. When you next spot an article talking about the slaughter of Christians in the world or the suppression of the Church in China, send me a link. The next pope has enormous issues to confront that most American journalists can't even begin to conceive of much less cover in depth.
The 60 Plus Association, which represents over 7 million senior citizens nationwide and almost 160,000 in Virginia, urges the Commonwealth's legislature to keep all tax hikes off the legislative table. Seniors, families and other vulnerable Virginians are already being driven into poverty by spiraling prices and a weak economy. Taking an even larger chunk of money in the form of increased sales taxes, gasoline taxes, and fees will only make their struggle worse.
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Bill Bennett
Bill spoke with Sen. Ron Johnson about the latest developments on sequestration and his dinner with Pres. Obama.
Mike Gallagher
Mike talks about the Left's reaction to the death of Hugo Chavez.
Dennis Prager
The Obama Administration wants to maximize the pain of the sequester cuts – for political gain…
Michael Medved
Michael discusses the reaction to Hugo Chavez's death.
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh covers Senator Rand Paul's filibuster. Then, Father Joseph Fessio talks about the conclave.
Greg Clugston
White House Correspondent
SRN Correspondent Greg Clugston keeps you informed about all the news coming from the White House.
Linda Kenyon
Capitol Hill Correspondent (Senate)
Reporting from Capitol Hill, Linda Kenyon has updates on what's going on in the Senate.
Wally Hindes
Capitol Hill Reporter
SRN Correspondent Wally Hindes reports the latest events from Capitol Hill.
The numbers are staggering. Out of 120,000 live births in New York City in 2010, more than 54,000 babies were born out of wedlock. The human toll behind the numbers is devastating. Children raised without two parents face much higher odds in every facet of life. It's as if they are forced to swim with one hand tied behind their backs. Some succeed, most don't. Now comes the good news. Mayor Bloomberg is trying to do something about this preventable tragedy.
"What we've learned through the course of this program is that this is really not a sensible way for the healthcare system to be run." That was Gary Cohen, director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, talking. He was specifically responding to the apparently surprising need to halt enrollments in a program designed as a temporary bridge for people with preexisting conditions who couldn't wait until the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) fully kicks in next year. The program was allocated $5 billion, but some estimate it will take $40 billion to fund the effort.
President Obama's most recent prescription for economic growth—more government stimulus spending, new social programs, higher taxes on upper-income earners, subsidies for some industries and increased regulation for all of them—is likely to have the same anemic results as in his first administration. Recall: The $825 billion stimulus program did little economic good at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars per job, even based on the administration's own inflated job estimates.
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