Obama Blocked.. Awkward Sanford.. NRA Defends Ayotte

April 30, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Obama's Judicial Nominees Blocked On All Sides By Senate Republicans WASHINGTON -- It's bad enough that there are 82 vacant federal judge slots around the country, a level so high that many observers have deemed it a crisis situation.  Continue reading... Sanford Swallows Awkward Moment NRA, Gun Rights Groups Come To Struggling Senator's Aid Presented by HuffPost Politics McDonnell Ties Reportedly Under FBI Scrutiny Obama Calls Jason Collins After NBA Player Comes Out O'Connor Doubts Bush v. Gore Poll: Opposing Background Checks Takes Toll On Senators 'State Of Emergency' For Programs For Littlest Learners Poll: Opposing Background Checks Takes Toll On Senators Obama's Judicial Nominees Blocked On All Sides By Senate Republicans GOP Pushes Politicization Of Scientific Research ELIZABETH DREW Obama and the Myth of Arm-Twisting The nonsense about what it takes for a president to win a victory in Congress has reached ridiculous dimensions. The fact that Barack Obama failed to win legislation to place further curbs on the purchase of guns has made people who ought to know better decide that he's not an "arm-twister." Continue reading... ROBERT REICH Public Debt and Economic Growth Reinhart and Rogoff seem to be correct in one basic respect: Economic growth does seem to be lower in very-high-debt countries. But the entire debate over their paper's flaws begs the central question of cause and effect. Is growth lower because of the high debt? Or does cause-and-effect the other way around? Continue reading... ROBERT SCHEER Google's Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets Dictators, mired in more technologically primitive societies, didn't develop the fearsome new implements of control of the National Security State. Google and other leaders in this field of massively mined and shared information did. Continue reading... KATHLEEN MILES If Koch Brothers Buy LA Times, Half of Staff May Quit Whichever owner wins out, change is coming, and LA readers and journalists need to be paying attention. The LA Times largely decides what is LA news. Continue reading... CARYL RIVERS Finding (Political) Redemption and Maybe God It's spring, the buds are sprouting, the sap is rising -- and political redemption is blooming anew. Two politicians forced to resign from office due to sex scandals are back in the game. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003