Top News Stories of the Week
By Drudge Retort
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 08:00 AM
The following stories were the biggest news events of the preceding week, according to the users of the Drudge Retort.
View: All Churches Hurt by Mosque Backlash
"Some may wonder why a Born Again Christian and a future rabbi, both under the age of 25, are working to build support for a Muslim community center," writes Joshua Stanton, co-editor of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue. "To us it seems natural: This is not simply a Muslim issue, a Jewish issue, or a Christian issue. This is an American issue, and members of all religious communities are affected by a threat to religious freedom."
Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 07:31 PM on July 27, 2010 | 203 COMMENTS
Poll: Pot Proposition Leads in California
California's Proposition 19, which would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana for adults over 21 years old, is currently winning by a wide margin, according to a new PPP poll. The measure is supported by 52% of voters while opposed by only 36%. It has 62% support among Democrats, 55% among independents and 37% among Republicans.
Posted by nullifidian at 07:30 PM on July 28, 2010 | 200 COMMENTS
Plan Made for National Academic Standards
A new state-led effort to set national academic standards is gaining momentum. The new Common Core Standards benchmarks set standards for use by all states to create cross-border consistency in what students are be expected to know. So far 26 states have signed on to the national Common Core Standards while several have opted not to use the standards.
Posted by pragmatist at 09:31 AM on July 23, 2010 | 188 COMMENTS
Student Sues, Won't Affirm Gays
A lawsuit against Augusta State University in Georgia claims that school officials gave a graduate student in counseling the choice of giving up her Christian beliefs or being expelled from the graduate program. "If I ever may have a client who wants me to affirm their decision to have an abortion or engage in gay, lesbian or transgender behavior ... I can't alter my biblical beliefs," student Jen Keeton, 24, emailed the faculty.
Posted by mysterytoy at 10:11 AM on July 27, 2010 | 178 COMMENTS
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has strong conservative credentials, an impeccable political pedigree, appeals to the Hispanic population and could do well in his swing state home of Florida. But it doesn't look like he's going to run for president in 2012. "It's just too soon," said one Washington Republican who requested anonymity.
Posted by leeatwater at 07:30 AM on July 27, 2010 | 157 COMMENTS
Tancredo Runs for Colorado Governor
Former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo has entered the race for Colorado governor as a member of the American Constitution Party, setting off a nasty battle among Republicans. Tancredo previously ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008 on an anti-immigration platform.
Posted by TrueBlue at 04:31 PM on July 26, 2010 | 145 COMMENTS
Sick Infant Taken from Faith Healers
A Beavercreek, Ore., couple who left their infant daughter's fate to God rather than seek medical treatment for a mass growing over her left eye will face charges of first-degree criminal mistreatment. Timothy and Rebecca Wyland let their seven-month-old daughter Alayna go untreated for a hemangioma, a fast-growing mass of blood vessels that can be treated surgically.
Posted by ness_gadol at 09:06 AM on July 28, 2010 | 141 COMMENTS
Judge Blocks Arizona Immigration Law
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect, delivering a last-minute victory to opponents of the crackdown -- the provision that police can question immigration status.
Posted by MURPHY at 04:11 PM on July 28, 2010 | 134 COMMENTS
Former Dem Pollsters Call Obama 'Divisive'
Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen: During the election campaign, Barack Obama sought to appeal to the best instincts of the electorate, to a post-partisan sentiment that he said would reinvigorate our democracy. President Obama's Inaugural was a hopeful day, with an estimated 1.8 million people on the National Mall celebrating the election of America's first African-American president. The level of enthusiasm, the anticipation and the promise of something better could not have been more palpable. And yet, it has not been realized. Not at all.
Posted by jeffj at 09:26 AM on July 29, 2010 | 130 COMMENTS
Snyder: Say Goodbye to the Middle Class
Michael Snyder: The middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in America. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer at a staggering rate. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now that is changing at a blinding pace.
Posted by grumpy_too at 09:19 AM on July 25, 2010 | 125 COMMENTS
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