Obama To The Next Generation: Screw You, Suckers  —  The logic behind president Obama's budget has one extremely sensible feature: it distinguishes between spending that simply adds to consumption, and spending that really does mean investment.  His analogy over the weekend …

House Votes to Extend Patriot Act Provisions  —  WASHINGTON — The House on Monday voted to reauthorize and extend through Dec. 8 three ways in which Congress expanded the Federal Bureau of Investigation's counterterrorism powers after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Key 2012 early states cool to Palin  —  A new poll of New Hampshire voters is the latest in a string of surveys suggesting that if Sarah Palin chooses to run for president, she'll struggle in the crucial early states.  —  The WMUR Granite State Poll released late Monday afternoon puts Palin close …

'America's toughest sheriff' considering Arizona Senate run  —  Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Monday he is open to the possibility of running for the seat of retiring Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) in 2012.  —  Arpaio, the conservative sheriff famous for his hard-line anti-immigration stances …

Clinton to announce new ‘AfPak’ envoy  —  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has chosen a new special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, after months of delay and disagreements between the White House and the State Department over the parameters of the job that became vacant …

Egypt inspires Iranian protesters; 2nd day of violent clashes in Bahrain, Yemen  —  TEHRAN - Violent protests have erupted in Iran, Yemen and Bahrain as the revolutionary fervor unleashed by the toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ripples across the Middle East …

Late Night: Possibly We Should Stop Sucking So Much  —  By Brigadier Lance Mans, Deputy Director, NATO Special Operations Coordination Centre [Public domain via Wikimedia Commons  —  Dan, with his finger on something that's been bugging me forever: … The stories immediately post-9/11 …

‘Punisher’ gets its first battlefield tests  —  XM25 ‘performs flawlessly’ in Afghanistan  —  The XM25 has changed the battlefield with only 55 rounds, and earned a new name among soldiers.  They call it “the Punisher.”  —  Since its first contact Dec. 3, the XM25 has been in nine engagements …

Rep. Ryan: GOP would keep funding gov't in case of budget impasse  —  Republicans will pass short-term measures to keep funding the government rather than allow a shutdown, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Tuesday.  —  Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, said that if the GOP-held House …

Berlusconi to Face Trial in Underage Prostitution Case  —  ROME — A Milan judge on Tuesday ordered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial in April on charges of paying an underage nightclub dancer for sex and abusing his office to help release her from police custody when she was detained for theft …

The Experience Economy  —  Tyler Cowen's e-book, “The Great Stagnation,” has become the most debated nonfiction book so far this year.  Cowen's core point is that up until sometime around 1974, the American economy was able to experience awesome growth by harvesting low-hanging fruit.

New Chrome extension: block sites from Google's web search results  —  (Cross-posted on the Google Chrome Blog)  —  We've been exploring different algorithms to detect content farms, which are sites with shallow or low-quality content.  One of the signals we're exploring is explicit feedback from users.

Apple to expand iPhone screen size to 4-inches  —  Apple reportedly will change the screen size of iPhone to 4-inch for its fifth generation iPhone to compete with the Google Android platform in the 4- to 7-inch smartphone market, according to upstream component suppliers.

GOP expects chaotic House debate over party's planned $61B in cuts  —  House Republicans on Tuesday will launch their attempt to slash $61 billion in government spending, but the actual level of cuts that will emerge is anyone's guess.  —  GOP leaders have pledged an open process …

The Donald: Gay marriage bad, gays in NYC ‘great’  —  Donald Trump may have some New Yorkers doing a double-take, after he expressed his opposition to same-sex marriage while also saying he digs the city's robust gay population.  —  “New York is a place with lots of gays, and I think it's great.

Wanted: A Grand Strategy for America  —  NEWSWEEK's new columnist on Obama's Egypt debacle and the vacuum it exposes.  —  Mandel Ngan / AFP-Getty Images  —  President Barack Obama in front of the Sphinx during a tour of the Great Pyramids of Giza following his landmark speech to the Muslim World on June 4, 2009.

Letter From Herzliya, Neocon Woodstock  —  HERLIZYA, ISRAEL— The city of Herzliya sits about ten miles north of Tel Aviv on Israel's breezy central Mediterranean coast.  Often referred to as the “Silicon Valley of Israel,” it's home to high-tech startups, palm tree-lined boulevards …

Muslim Brotherhood at CPAC?  —  Has CPAC been ifiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood?  That's what Pam Geller said on Friday afternoon.What did Glenn think?  —  “This is from CPAC, and I want you to know that I am not taking on CPAC at this point.  I am going over the news and I am at the beginning of looking into this.

Breaking: Sen. John Kerry Heads to Pakistan to Calm Diplomatic Tensions  —  ABC News' Kristina Wong reports:  —  Sen. John Kerry has left for a trip to Pakistan today, according to his spokesperson on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to calm frayed diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Pakistan.

Vanishing Act: ‘Advisers’ Seek Distance From a Report  —  A new study backed by pro-business groups takes a harsh stance on rules intended to bring transparency to the $600 billion derivatives market.  The report, published on Monday, claims that proposed regulation could cost 130,000 jobs …

Liberals launch anti-Darrell Issa crusade  —  Democrats are understandably obsessed with Darrell Issa — he's built himself up as a one-man investigative machine aimed straight at the Obama presidency.  —  But a handful of liberal political operatives in California — including …

Michelle Obama to Promote Breastfeeding as IRS Gives Tax Breaks for Nursing … First lady Michelle Obama will be speaking out to remove barriers to breastfeeding, Politics Daily has learned, throwing the spotlight on nursing as a way to reduce childhood obesity.