It really is about regime change in Libya (The Week)
New York – Ignore the president’s hysterical critics. Obama’s aim is to topple Gadhafi — and he knows the stakes are high The commentary on the president’s course in Libya has been instinctively adversarial. Much of the press may be compensating for its cheerleading or supine acquiescence in the fraud of the Iraq War.
Japan’s radioactive tap water and 3 other new risks (The Week)
New York – Japanese officials set off warning bells in Tokyo by reporting that the city’s tap water could imperil infants.
Libya intervention: US cannot afford to ‘go in search of monsters to destroy’ (The Christian Science Monitor)
New York – From Iran to Algeria and across the Middle East, a generation of young people has demanded that its voice be heard, calling for new or reformed governments.
Could Detroit disappear? (The Week)
New York – The population of the Motor City declined by an astonishing 25 percent in the last decade. Could it vanish altogether
Will Michele Bachmann wreak havoc on the 2012 presidential race? (The Week)
New York – The Tea Party favorite sends a strong signal Thursday that she’s serious about a White House bid. Cue the repercussions… On Thursday, CNN reported that Rep
Evangelical shift on gays: Why ‘clobber scriptures’ are losing ground (The Christian Science Monitor)
Atlanta – In 1987, Jim Bakker’s sex scandal shocked the evangelical world. The husband of mascara-laden Tammy Faye was a super-televangelist with an average viewership numbering over 12 million and ministry contributions estimated at $1 million per week.
Could the West’s anti-Gadhafi coalition fall apart? (The Week)
New York – Tensions are flaring as the U.S. and its allies debate who should take charge of the military mission in Libya Allied planes and warships continued to pummel Moammar Gadhafi’s forces with bombs and missiles on Thursday, but the coalition is showing signs of splintering.
The new oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (The Week)
New York – A miles-long slick contaminates a stretch of beach hit hard by last year’s massive BP spill.
For safer nuclear power plants, leave the ’70s era behind (The Christian Science Monitor)
There’s much to not like about nuclear power. In an ideal world people wouldn’t rely on it
Can Republican Scott Brown save Planned Parenthood? (The Week)
New York – The Massachusetts senator joins two GOP colleagues in opposing a House bid to strip federal funding from the family-planning group House Republicans’ hopes of stripping all federal funding from Planned Parenthood hit a big obstacle Tuesday, and his name is Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass). The junior senator from Massachusetts (and one-time Tea Party favorite) said the measure simply “goes too far.” Two other GOP senators, Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), had already voiced their opposition to the House plan
