Wednesday, November 25:

Sheila Dean: *Fusion center data consolidation effort failing, Texas seeks public input Since the passage of the PATRIOT Act, data collection has been a part of an ambitious effort to coordinate national security efforts. Many state governments are in the process of developing warehouses for private and public information in centralized digital hubs called fusion centers, over 70 of which have already been established around the country.One fusion center is the North Central Texas Fusion Center (NCTFS).

Sunday, November 22:

Gustav Wynn: Is Sean Hannity's Political Talk Hampering Our Children's Critical Thinking? (12 comments) The Supreme Court will soon be deciding if McCain-Feingold campaign regulation should allow corporations to fund election propaganda. But we already have this going on every day in talk radio, where the #1 broadcasters in the US are openly partisan and supported by corporate contributors like the Heritage Foundation. Should we allow propaganda over public airwaves and if so, what will this do to our children?

Saturday, November 21:

Could Gender Play Role in Wall Street Reform? Not surprisingly, two women have emerged as the leading thinkers, sayers and doers of the post-financial crisis world: Sheila Bair, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and Elizabeth Warren, director of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the $700 billion bank-bailout package, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Monday, November 23:

Wave of Debt Payments Facing U.S. Government The surge in borrowing over the last year or two is widely judged to have been a necessary response to the financial crisis and the deep recession, and there is still a raging debate over how aggressively to bring down deficits over the next few years. But there is little doubt that the United States' long-term budget crisis is becoming too big to postpone.

Thursday, November 19:

Sanford actions may have broken law, ethics panel finds A state ethics panel has found evidence Gov. Mark Sanford may have broken state law, charging him with "several" undisclosed violations after an investigation into his travel and campaign spending.

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