Michael Barone - Why NPR should urge Congress to end its subsidy
Let me offer what is intended as a helpful suggestion to NPR: Don't fight defunding. Instead work with Congress to get NPR and CPB off the public payroll.
It may be painful in the short run. But in the long run you'll be a better organization, and you won't have to worry about pleasing politicians.
Susan Ferrechio - Democrats: Obama 'failed to lead' on budget talks
"The president ought to play a much greater role," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., following a closed-door meeting of the Democratic caucus Tuesday that centered on the budget. "I think the president doesn't want to be engaged in this kind of fight, and it's not right. He has to step up."
Hayley Peterson - As troubles mount in D.C., Obama hits the road
President Obama flew to Boston on Tuesday to drum up support for greater investment in education, while back home in Washington the Senate toiled over budget-slashing proposals to stave off a government shutdown and defense officials monitored a renewed outbreak of violence in Libya.
Mark Tapscott - Would Salazar support $10-per-gallon gas today, as he did in 2008?
House Speaker John Boehner has a fascinating reminder today of a scene took place on the Senate floor in 2008 when current Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was a Democratic senator from Colorado and gas was $4-per-gallon in many areas of the country. Read More
Byron York - GOP leader amazed at 'condescension and arrogance' in NPR video, calls on Dems to support defunding
"I am amazed at the condescension and arrogance that we saw in the sting video," Lamborn told me. "They seem to be viewing themselves as elites living in an ivory tower, and they are obviously out of touch with ordinary Americans." Read More
Sara Carter - Pakistan embassy to honor slain Christian cabinet minister
Pakistan’s Ambassador Husain Haqqani will hold a special memorial service Wednesday in honor of slain Federal Minister for Minorities’ Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC. Read More
Philip Suderman - Is the U.S. the only nation capable of engaging Libya?
The U.S. controls the most powerful military force in the history of Earth. Its military dominates the globe and has troops operating in over 150 different nations. And the scope of this strength is not lost upon our civilian leaders. Read More
J.P. Freire - Harry Reid calls cuts to "cowboy poetry festivals" heartless
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is so upset about Republican spending cuts that he's brought out the big guns: Accusing the GOP of being so heartless they would de-fund the National Endowment for the Humanities, which underwrites a cowboy poetry festival in his state: Read More
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