Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs

Feb 23, 2010 - Even as the American economy shows tentative signs of a rebound, the human toll of the recession continues to mount, with millions of Americans remaining out of work, out of savings and nearing the end of their unemployment benefits. Economists fear that the nascent recovery will leave more people behind than in past recessions, failing to create jobs in sufficient numbers to absorb the record-setting ranks of the long-term unemployed. Call them the new poor: people long accustomed to the comforts of middle-class life who are now relying on public assistance for the first time in their lives — potentially for years to come. - 2 Comments

My boyfriend wants to spend the weekend with his ex aka three is a crowd

Feb 19, 2010 - Hey all, I have an almost perfect relationship with a foreign guy for 18 months now.In the beginning I wasn't sure he'd stay in my country for good due to his job, but soon the situation got stable and we both feel happy. Last year I bought a new apartment that needed lots of remodeling work and left my old one, we stayed living together, and so we are since July 2009.Now that the apartment is almost ready, we talked and agreed about moving in, because it seems like the logical step, we get along really well, travel a lot and almost never fight...almost, there's one ongoing unsolved problem that torments our relationship: his ex.He says they're just friends, and though I truly believe that he means that, I had the impression that she still loves him.The 3 of us met in September 2008, when she met me she was almost aggressive to me and made no effort to be pleasing.I could understand she didn't like the idea of being replaced, but I wasn't aggressive in any way. A few weeks later he went to work abroad for an entire month, and so when he came back he stayed at my place for 3 days.At the same time she came to our country to spend a few weeks in the sun, so she stayed at his place during his absence.Since she's not working for 2 or 3 years due to some kind of chronic disease, she has lots of spare time.She was offended he didn't meet her, she didn't understand we needed some time together after being apart for so long. - 9 Comments

My boyfriend wants to spend a weekend with his ex aka 3 is a crowd.

Feb 18, 2010 - Hey all, I have an almost perfect relationship with a foreign guy for 18 months now. In the beginning I wasn't sure he'd stay in my country for good due to his job, but soon the situation got stable and we both feel happy. Last year I bought a new apartment that needed lots of remodeling work and left my old one, we stayed living together, and so we are since July 2009. - 7 Comments

*A Possible* Non-Christian teacher suspended after Facebook comments. Right or wrong?

Feb 16, 2010 - Published: February 16, 2010 A Wake County middle school teacher has been suspended following complaints about disparaging comments she made about her class, Christianity and Southern culture on her Facebook page. Melissa Hussain, an eighth-grade teacher at West Lake Middle School in Apex, wrote on her Facebook page that it was a “hate crime” that students left a Bible on her desk and how she “was able to shame her kids” over the incident. Her Facebook page included comments from friends saying that the parents of Hussain’s students were “bigoted, stupid and uncaring.” Some parents were angry that she was allowed to stay in the classroom, leading them to complain to school board members on Friday. - 15 Comments

Forces Driving Obama on Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Feb 01, 2010 - President Obama and top Pentagon officials met repeatedly over the past year about repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the law that bans openly gay members of the military. But it was in Oval Office strategy sessions to review court cases challenging the ban — ones that could reach the Supreme Court — that Mr. Obama faced the fact that if he did not change the policy, his administration would be forced to defend publicly the constitutionality of a law he had long opposed. As a participant recounted one of the sessions, Mr. Obama told Defense Secretary Robert M. - 44 Comments

Profiling: Sketching the Face of Jihadism

Jan 20, 2010 - Profiling: Sketching the Face of Jihadism By Scott Stewart On Jan. 4, 2010, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) adopted new rules that would increase the screening of citizens from 14 countries who want to fly to the United States as well as travelers of all nationalities who are flying to the United States from one of the 14 countries. - 0 Comments

From Canada: Conrad Black: Incompetent Obama teeters on the edge

Jan 23, 2010 - Conrad Black: Incompetent Obama teeters on the edge Posted: January 22, 2010, 11:00 AM by NP Editor Conrad Black, U.S. Politics The burning question after the Massachusetts Senate election is whether the administration responds by making a course correction to survive politically by jettisoning its policy core and cleaning up its methods, or 'doubles down,' as President Obama has implied, and escalates the ideological and guerrilla war for direction of public policy. This was a referendum on the Obama administration, including health care, not just on health care. - 2 Comments

Brandon Darby foiled terror attack, but the men convicted of plotting against 2008 Republican Convention win recognition

Jan 14, 2010 - Brandon Darby foiled terror attack, but the men convicted of plotting against 2008 Republican Convention win recognition By Matthew Vadum - The Daily Caller 01/13/10 at 3:00 am (YouTube) You’ve probably never heard of Brandon Darby. The former community organizer who saved American lives by undermining a left-wing terrorist plot at the 2008 Republican convention used to be a proud member of the radical left. He called for the overthrow of the U.S. - 0 Comments

Brandon Darby foiled terror attack, but the men convicted of plotting against 2008 Republican Convention win recognition

Jan 14, 2010 - Brandon Darby foiled terror attack, but the men convicted of plotting against 2008 Republican Convention win recognition By Matthew Vadum - The Daily Caller 01/13/10 at 3:00 am (YouTube) You’ve probably never heard of Brandon Darby. The former community organizer who saved American lives by undermining a left-wing terrorist plot at the 2008 Republican convention used to be a proud member of the radical left. He called for the overthrow of the U.S. - 0 Comments