Your Virtual Front Page, Tuesday, April 12, 2011

A quick look at the headlines:

  1. Japan raises alert to Chernobyl level (WashPost) — Whoa! THAT got my attention.
  2. France and Britain Urge Stronger NATO Action in Libya (NYT) — I don’t know about you, but I’m picturing France and Britain just strutting up and down the globe with their chests puffed out and their hats pushed down over their foreheads and looking like the toughest kids on the block these days.
  3. Commodities Take Down Stocks (WSJ) — Equities lose about a percent of value.
  4. Haley signs on-the-record voting law (thestate.com) — Congrats to Nikki! Does this mean she’s FOR transparency today? No, seriously, I’m glad her signature issue has now passed. She will henceforth be judged by how she does on stuff she didn’t run on. Which is how governing works.
  5. Sheheen says SC Gov Haley lied on job application (AP) — Speaking of transparency… Interesting timing Vincent chose for saying this — a bit late to help him win the election, though. Oh, and by the way, here’s an example of the gov’s SEMI-transparency on the Amazon issue, just to give you an example from smack in the middle of the spectrum. So take your pick which Haley you believe in.
  6. Hosni Mubarak ‘has heart attack’ (BBC) — This is definitely not his year.

I might have put Obama’s upcoming speech on the budget on the front — except that it hasn’t actually happened yet. In fact, it doesn’t happen until tomorrow, even though everybody’s writing about it.

One thought on “Your Virtual Front Page, Tuesday, April 12, 2011”

  1. Ralph Hightower

    @nikkihaley: “this is about the people having the right to know what their elected officials are doing all the time…”

    The governor is also an elected position also. But she sees it as an appointed position and that transparency does not apply to her.

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