New fall shows finally reflect the recession

These days, once thriving CEO “Hank” has been downsized, a financially squeezed but “Hung” teacher uses his asset to make a buck and the car dealer momma in “The Middle” better sell an auto before she loses her job.

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Maverick Specter's toughest vote could be ahead

Twenty-nine years into his U.S. Senate career, Arlen Specter cast what he calls his most difficult vote — a "yes" on the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that made him the only Republican facing re-election in 2010 to support it.

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Solana: Unity govt in Israel good for peace talks

The European Union's foreign policy chief says a new unity government of Israel's Kadima and Likud political parties would help Mideast peace talks.

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AP Analysis: Qatar at heart of Mideast `cold war'

During back-to-back summits in recent days, tiny Qatar displayed some big mood swings.

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UN nuclear meeting indirectly criticizes Israel

A U.N. nuclear conference indirectly criticized Israel on Saturday for refusing to put its atomic program under international purview, but the Jewish state evaded a Muslim-led attempt to link it to nuclear proliferation in the Mideast.

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Analysis: Obama's turn to middle on surveillance

Sen. Barack Obama's vote in favor of anti-terrorist surveillance legislation on Wednesday marked an about-face on the issue that left him comfortably in the bipartisan middle, no matter the criticism from John McCain nor the discomfort among liberal Democrats.

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A look at the political center

A recent AP-Yahoo News poll shows that 15 percent of the electorate — people who call themselves moderates and aren't solidly supporting a candidate — make up the persuadable middle. More than half are independents and, judging by history, many probably don't vote party line. The center of the electorate is where the White House is all but certain to be won or lost. Both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are aggressively going after these voters, the most prized group but also the most difficult to reach.

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Candidates courting the center

A look at what Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are doing to appeal to the "mushy middle."

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The 'mushy middle' hard to reach for Obama, McCain

They're the most fickle voters, and potentially the most powerful. Thus, with party nominations secure, John McCain and Barack Obama now are pushing toward the center to win them over.

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Method for AP-Yahoo News Poll on 'mushy middle'

The AP-Yahoo News Poll is a unique study that will track the moods and opinions of a group of people throughout the presidential election campaign. The fifth wave of this study included re-interviews of 1,759 people between June 13-23 who were originally interviewed in November or early December. The extensive national survey was conducted by Knowledge Networks of Menlo Park, Calif., under the direction and supervision of AP's polling unit.

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Answer Desk: The consumer squeeze

Is an extra couple of hundred dollars at the gas pump enough to break the budget of the average American? By itself, maybe not. But rising gas prices are just the latest in a series of blows that have consumers tightening their belts.

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High food costs hit school lunch trays

When America’s schoolchildren return to class in the fall, they will learn a painful lesson in economics: Higher food and fuel prices are forcing up the price of school breakfasts and lunches across the country, by as much as 50 percent in some districts.

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GOP Candidates: Protect Israel

Israel's security must be safeguarded in the coming talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, GOP presidential contenders told the Republican Jewish Coalition on Tuesday.

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Golden Dome of Shiite Shrine Destroyed

A large explosion Wednesday heavily damaged the golden dome of one of Iraq's most famous Shiite religious shrines, sending protesters pouring into the streets. It was the third major attack against Shiite targets in as many days.

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War on Drugs? Yeah Right.

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A few seconds of exuberant finger-flipping cost Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams a quarter of a million dollars Monday"

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A Good Rap For Crap

What do we, the human race, have in common? Not much... which becomes evident if you toodle around on this website for a while.

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What if.....

Is there any particular time during difficulties that "Eureka moments" occur? Is it time for logic to win the moment? What would Americans have done if peoples of Arabic/Middle eastern persuasion had come to America to help US with our Civil War? Maybe a more current example woul …

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This week, the U.S., Germany, and members of the UN Security Council will meet with Iran to try to resolve outstanding issues. This article lists a number of things people tend to think they know about Iran, but for which the evidence is shaky.

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"The apple is rotten to its core. The international community must turn the cries of "shame" back on Israel and its human rights record. And the U.S.

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Iran has no intention to limit or alter its nuclear program.

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The Iranians have been actively deceiving us all along and simply cannot be trusted - the only soluion, therefore, is to initiate a series of escalating sanctions, up to and including military action.

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The national security adviser for former President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, suggests that President Obama should make it clear to Israel that if they should make an attempt to attack Iran's nuclear weapons sites, the U.S. Air Force will stop them.

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Citing a meeting between Britain's MI-6 chief, Sir John Scarlett and Mossad chief Meir Dagan, The Daily Express claims that Saudi Arabia is "ready to allow Israel to bomb Iran's new nuclear site.

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Gilder's book is a unique and necessary contribution to the current international debate about the Middle East. Rather than concentrate solely on Arab claims from Israel as most writers do, Gilder turns his attention to what the nations of the region create.

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Unless Tehran responds to by late September to international proposals on its nuclear program, history strongly suggests the Israelis will act alone.

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A 100 people who took part in the protests, including some big time reformist leaders, are to be put on trial by Iranian authorities. There's also allegations that confessions were coerced. This part of the article below was extremely intriguing.

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Frank Luntz takes his tactics to the Zionist. Using "Words That Work" Frank Luntz who brought Bush the "Clean Skies Initiative" to "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques " now sets out to help convince Americans of the righteousness of Israel's expansionist anti-peace policies.

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George Stephanopoulos' exclusive interview with V.P. Joe Biden. Very interesting stuff from the vice president.

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Critic of Islam says he can't understand why President Obama and the United Nations are not expressing more outrage over the execution-style murder of three Christian missionaries in Yemen...

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Obama could score a key foreign policy success in the Muslim world...

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West Point graduates of 2009 are concerned that they will not be able to engage in war with Iraqis, actively advocating war over peace regardless of justification.

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Greatness

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The controversial idea - though not new - could still undermine Netanyahu and erode Israel's relations with moderate Arab countries.

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Is goal-setting more important than homework?

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A Song Dedication to my Conservative and Liberal Friends (who have knives in their backs)

I was thinking about doing this article only a few hours ago. I have not really thought the whole thing through even now, but a friend of mine here on the vine has a similar article posted that I stumbled across, and that kind of lit a fire under my bum.

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Obama is creating a receptive atmosphere for world terrorism.

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