February 8, 2010
- The unraveling of the congressional debate over health care reform is already renewing calls to abolish the Senate filibuster. As many have argued, the filibuster undermines the democratic principle of majority rule and compounds the unrepresentative character of the Senate's design. The health care debacle suggests that the filibuster may also be rendering our country ungovernable. So why not just do away with it?
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In a satirical article on January 12 and on the morning of 2 February we mistakenly referred to Broadmoor hospital as a prison and suggested in the first story that it had padded cells.- Last September, South Hadley High School in Western Massachusetts hosted a workshop on bullying for parents and anyone else interested. Attendance was low. As the school year progressed, a 9th grader who'd recently arrived from Ireland, Phoebe Prince, got caught in a torrent of mean-girl taunting. In school, girls who didn't like the way she was talking to their boyfriends called her a slut. Someone scribbled Prince out of a student-body photo hanging in a classroom, one student said. Outside...
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday.
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- Concern about mounting debt in Europe has pushed the Dow Jones industrials below 10,000. The Dow closed below the psychological barrier for the first time in three months.
... - In Interview with Katie Couric, President Says Poll Numbers behind Criticism, Says "People Understand What Motivates Me"
- A man pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Haiti's capital may have been trapped since the January 12 quake that leveled much of the city, doctors reported Monday.
- Super Bowl-Winning Team Greeted in New Orleans after 31-17 Win over Indianapolis Colts
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- Selloff in Financial Sector Leads Key Index to Close at 9,908, Its Lowest Level in Months
