Topics  —  When PUBLIC UNION workers decide to “screw” those that are actually paying their salaries it's time for a change.  —  BOMBASTIC  —  People died.  The union officials should all be charged with manslaughter.  —  Either that.  Or the citizenry needs to take their own retaliation against the “workers”.

Rep. King: Obama recess appointment ‘absolutely shocking’  —  Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the incoming chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has angrily denounced President Obama's recess appointment of James Cole as deputy attorney general.  —  King called Cole's appointment …

'Don't ask, don't tell' has been repealed.  ROTC still shouldn't be on campus.  —  Now that asking and telling has ceased to be problematic in military circles, ROTC has resurfaced as a national issue: Will universities such as Harvard, Yale and other Ivy League schools be opened …

O'Donnell Claims Political Witch Hunt  —  Former Tea Party Senate Candidate Denies She Used Campaign Funds for Personal Use  —  Former Tea Party Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell defended herself today against a report that the federal government was investigating her for misuse of campaign funds …

Inaction and Delays by New York as Storm Bore Down  —  At 3:58 a.m. on Christmas Day, the National Weather Service upgraded its alert about the snow headed to New York City, issuing a winter storm watch.  By 3:55 p.m., it had declared a formal blizzard warning, a rare degree of alarm.

Cal Thomas She Told Us So  —  Sarah Palin deserves an apology.  When she said that the new health-care law would lead to “death panels” deciding who gets life-saving treatment and who does not, she was roundly denounced and ridiculed.  —  Now we learn, courtesy of one of the ridiculers — The New York Times — that she was right.

Tucker Carlson: Michael Vick ‘should have been executed’  —  Tucker Carlson, filling in for Sean Hannity on Fox News last night, picked up the issue of President Barack Obama's call to Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, during which the president thanked Lurie for giving Michael Vick a second chance.

For G.O.P., End of the Preordained Candidate  —  WASHINGTON — A year ago, Republicans here were shut out of governing but could console themselves with having retained their hold on the party apparatus.  This week, they will celebrate the new year having come roaring back to regain the House …

PewResearchCenter Interactive  —  Pew Research News IQ Quiz  —  What's Your Political News IQ?  —  To test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, we invite you to take our short 12-question quiz.  Then see how you did in comparison with 1,001 randomly sampled adults asked …

Geraldine Doyle, 86, dies; one-time factory worker inspired Rosie the Riveter and ‘We Can Do It!’ poster  —  Geraldine Doyle, 86, who as a 17-year-old factory worker became the inspiration for a popular World War II recruitment poster that evoked female power and independence under the slogan …

Fox Utterly Destroys Cable News Ratings Competition in 2010  —  The Nielsen numbers are in for 2010, and in the battle for cable news ratings supremacy, Fox News took the title for the ninth year in a row — bludgeoning the competition for another year.  —  The blowout comes on the heels …

The Poorhouse: Aunt Winnie, Glenn Beck, And The Politics Of The New Deal  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … An employee of Associated Charities, a private organization dedicated to alleviating poverty in the District of Columbia, met an old black woman carrying a basket of cinders near the dump …

Woman Who Protested TSA Pat-Downs At OKC Airport Banned From Flying  —  OKLAHOMA CITY — The woman who made national headlines for her near-naked protest at the airport in Oklahoma City is back and once again banned from flying.  —  A YouTube video put Tammy Banovac in the national spotlight.

In Israel, No Welcome Mat For African Migrants … Dozens of African migrants cross into southern Israel through the border with Egypt last week.  Construction has begun on a $270 million, 87-mile fence along the porous border.  It's one of four measures proposed to try to stem the flow of African migrants into Israel.

Muslim fanatic jailed for preaching race hate now accused of swindling benefits  —  A notorious Muslim fanatic has been accused of fiddling the benefits system by working while claiming jobseekers' allowance.  —  Abdul Rehman Saleem, known as Abu Yahya, is working on a market stall at the same …

‘Death Panels’ Come Back to Life  —  The FDA's restrictions on the drug Avastin are the beginning of a long slide toward health-care rationing.  —  Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration banned doctors from prescribing Avastin, a potent but costly drug, to patients with advanced-stage breast cancer.

Miss. Gov. Haley Barbour to free sisters sentenced to life in prison for robbery  —  Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) announced late Wednesday that he will grant an early release from prison to two sisters serving unusually long sentences for armed robbery.  —  Gladys and Jamie Scott have each served 16 years of a life sentence.

Atheists Excluded from Mayoral Prayer Service (Press Release)  —  Atheists Excluded from Mayor-Elect Gray's Inauguration  —  Washington, D.C.) - Atheists, agnostics, humanists, and other nontheistic Washington, D.C. residents will have no representation at Mayor-Elect Vincent Gray's …

Man's penis amputated following misdiagnosis  —  Double click on a word to get a translation  —  A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer.  —  The man, who is in his sixties, first visited a local clinic in Blekinge …

Liberals should accept defeat and get back to their goals  —  Was 2010 American liberalism's Waterloo?  How are we to square the achievement of so many goals that have long been on progressive wish lists with the resounding defeat suffered by supporters of these measures in November?

Assange Alerts His Hostages  —  Remember how I suggested that Obama was establishing a practice of only making deals with people-whether they be Republicans or Democrats-who take hostages?  —  Well, Julian Assange just made it clear who his hostages are: