Years after activists accused Nike and other Western brands of running Third World sweatshops, the issue has taken a surprising turn.
It turns out that factory workers -- not the activists labeled "preachy" by one expert, and not the Nike executives so wounded by criticism -- get the last laugh. Villagers who "went out," as Chinese say, for what critics described as dead-end manufacturing jobs are sending money back and returning with savings, building houses and starting businesses.
New Hampshire town meetings yesterday gave voters the chance to vote for a nonbinding resolution favoring putting a marriage amendment on the ballot. Bishop John McCormack of the Diocese of Manchester Read more »
Jonah Goldberg opines: "Female equality seems to be a pretty reliable treatment for many of the world's worst pathologies."
"An Iranian whose fiancée’s death by gunfire became a symbol of opposition to the regime during post-election protests last year made an impassioned appeal Tuesday for Tehran to be denied a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council in elections this spring."
"The labor group is pushing for new rules to strengthen in-cabin security, including hand-to-hand combat instruction, personal radios and standardized size limits for carry-on luggage."
"A Pennsylvania woman known to authorities as 'JihadJane' has been charged in federal court with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters to carry out murders and violent attacks overseas."
Here's Glenn Beck's interview with former New York congressman Eric Massa.
"U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President [Barack] Obama's state of the union address was 'very troubling' and the annual speech has 'degenerated to a political pep rally.'"
It almost pains me to say this (I happen to be a Univ. of Tennessee alum like Corker), but it appears that Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) has officially left the conservative reservation. It appears that he has revived his plan to establish a new federal bureaucracy that is designed to bailout troubled companies.
RNC Chairman Michael Steele vowed to reclaim North Carolina on Monday while introducing a new fundraising television advertisement.
He also stated that:
Nancy Pelosi and President Obama and Harry Reid have certainly lost their mind when it comes to spending the people's money.
That is pretty funny, because I think some people have said the same thing about Steele when it comes to the RNC's money.
The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, charged with developing a policy for controlling fishing in the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even some inland waters is no longer accepting public comments. Perhaps they are still accepting comments from the fish.
The Daily Caller discusses how President Obama's health care reform proposal would change current federal policy with respect to abortion. It is a great article, and it explains why abortion will likely be the issue that determines whether the Democrats are able to pass a reform proposal.
More on the CBO's review of President Obama's proposed budget. There is ugly, and then there is the CBO's forecast of Obama's budget, which makes me look like a supermodel.
President Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are making a final, all-out push to ram through a massive health care restructuring bill that the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) has branded "the most pro-abortion single piece of legislation that has ever come to the House floor for a vote." MORE
While the President and other liberals make noises about the deficit, their every action belies any concern. How do they get away with it? Because "the Democratic Party and the president are leftists. And most Americans, including most Democrats, do not understand the left." Read more.
