(Reuters) – Gold prices rallied to record highs above $1,600 an ounce in Europe on Monday as investors spooked by the euro zone debt crisis and the threat of a U.S. default bought into the metal as a haven from risk. (more)
Chinese restrictions on exports of nine raw materials violate global rules and give the country’s manufacturers an unfair edge, a World Trade Organization panel said, backing a complaint by the U.S., the European Union and Mexico. (more)
WASHINGTON – For the first time in a year, Americans have stopped spending more. (more)
WASHINGTON — Businesses boosted their orders for machinery, electronics products and airplanes in May. The pickup suggests manufacturing is rebounding after the Japan crises made parts scarce and slowed production of some factory goods temporarily. (more)
In less than 40 years India will overtake the US as the world’s second-largest trading nation, pushing today’s superpower into third place and Europe in to the little leagues, according to a new report by Citi. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wary of a new surge in gas prices, the Obama administration said Thursday it is selling off 30 million barrels of oil from the country’s emergency reserves as part of a broader international response to lost oil supplies caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Libya. (more)
A YouTube video of Minister Louis Farrakhan taking President Obama to task over the war in Afghanistan and the bombing of Libya is making its way around the Web. In the video, Farrakhan admonishes the president for turning into someone else. Farrakhan says, “We voted for our brother Barack, a beautiful human being with a sweet heart, and now he’s an assassin. They turned him into them.” (more)
Earlier this week, after the State of the Union address, I wrote a piece explaining why Obama should be thanking Bush for bequeathing to him a set of defense and foreign policies that, by and large, have been successful, and which, for the most part, he has adopted. (more)
It’s a miracle that Gabrielle Giffords is alive. And it will be a miracle if she makes a full and complete recovery. (more)
Last Monday, cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall told MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan that the revolution is nigh. “A war is coming,” Rall warned. “Are you going to fight back? Will you do whatever it takes, including taking up arms?” (more)
Allen West is airing a new ad questioning incumbent Florida Democratic Rep. Ron Klein’s spending record in Congress. (more)
Fox News personality Glenn Beck called for a restoration of faith in the United States at his “Divine Destiny” event Friday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (more)
We have heard from the White House this week that we are living in a “teachable moment” – on race, as far as they are concerned. However, this presidential term – and perhaps, even, the term before it – has been one collective “teachable moment” for our nation. (more)
President Obama’s poll numbers last week in a variety of polls were portrayed by the media as foretelling a potential debacle for the Democrats in the November elections. Yet one positive data point was overlooked by most commentators: the president’s job approval rating was 49% and disapproval 48% — a statistical dead-heat. In other words, despite everything, Mr. Obama is just about where he was when he won the presidential election in 2008 with 53% of the vote and about half of Americans approve of the job he has done. Amazing. (more)
One of Obama’s hand-picked fiscal commissioners calls him a liar — Lad mag offers Democrats an econ lesson — Former health care execs cannot stop patting one another’s butts — If you smoke, shoot, or booze, the government robbed you good this year — Obama flunky is crushed that businessmen do not want to listen to her monotone nonsense all day — Why are Democrats punishing the poors who have no jobs? (more)
In its coverage of the Philadelphia voter intimidation case, conservative media has unfortunately chosen sensationalism over clarity. There are layers to this case to be explored that might highlight the idealism of the right and expose the pessimism of the left. Unfortunately, those layers of exploration are not as sexy as the continuous video loop depicting New Black Panther Party member King Samir Shabazz screaming about killing crackers. (more)
Last month, Louis Farrakhan, the “National Representative of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam,” sent a three-page letter to the leaders of 16 major Jewish organizations demanding reparations for alleged crimes Jews have perpetrated against African Americans. (more)
It was July 8, 1776 and founder Samuel Adams had just heard the Declaration of Independence read aloud in public for the first time. (more)
The United States’ Declaration of Independence may well be the most cited yet least read or understood document in American history. (more)
























