Good morning, everybody. The Dude was the best actor, Annie was the best actress, and The Hurt Locker was the best picture. Now, please enjoy your morning constitutional:
Iraqis voted in large numbers Sunday, according to the New York Times, despite mortar and rocket attacks, a hopeful sign that the insurgency\’s strategy is wearing thin and obsolete.
President Obama is expected to announce his choice of retired Army Gen. Robert Harding to lead the Transportation Security Administration today, according to the AP. Harding served in the Army for 33 years, and had been the top human intelligence officer at the Defense Department before retiring to start his own consulting company.
From the Economist, we\’re creating an amazingly large amount of digital information and producing it more rapidly than ever before, but is there such a thing as too much information?
Defectors of the Sea Organization, the elite group responsible for running the Church of Scientology, claim to have been regularly beaten, pressured into having abortions, among many other abuses. The Church of Scientology unsurprisingly calls the defectors liars.
In Fairfax, Virginia, a battle between affordable housing and development.
Should the Internet be fundamental right? Almost four out of five think so, at least, according to a recent BBC World Service poll.
While Republican leaders seem to be trying to run away as quickly as they can from the leaked PowerPoint presentation containing images skewering the president and Democrats, some agree with the presentation\’s assertion that Obama and Democrats are leading the country to socialism.
Finally, a more upbeat story: a new Parade Magazine poll shows that Americans—especially young Americans—are as committed to compassionate public service as ever.
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