http://breezecourier.com en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:16:56 GMT Daily feed of articles http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142986 Little victories in curbing health care costs can add up. In truth, they seem little only next to the titanic $2.6 trillion Americans spend a year on health care. So let us salute them. Opinion Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142984 WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans today made their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks. Opinion Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:17:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142985 It is often argued, including by me, that the GOP needs its own Bill Clinton or Tony Blair -- a leader to reposition the party and reinvigorate its political appeal. But if these figures are examples of successful reform, British Prime Minister David Cameron is a warning of its perils. Opinion Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:17:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142928 Opinion Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:37:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142879 A number of libertarians and conservative populists have found data collection by the National Security Agency to be the final confirmation of their worst fears about Barack Obama and modern government. Opinion Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:19:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142880 With Father's Day on Sunday, there is good news and bad news. First the negative: Single mothers head up almost 9 percent of American households. The good news? Fathers who care are making a huge difference in this country. Opinion Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:19:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142878 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is on sounder footing than it was a year ago but is still being restrained by government spending cuts and tax increases, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. Opinion Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142809 One of the strangest artifacts of American culture is the spiked heel as a symbol of female power. Many waitresses at America's casinos feel otherwise. Opinion Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:56:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142810 When I first started teaching criminal law (decades ago), I spent weeks on the Fourth Amendment and the "zone of privacy." The big case was Katz v. United States, decided in 1967. Opinion Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:56:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142808 WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, America’s racial and ethnic minorities now make up about half of the under-5 age group, the government said Thursday. It’s a historic shift that shows how young people are at the forefront of sweeping changes by race and class. Opinion Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:55:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142807 WASHINGTON (AP) — Unpaid internships have long been a path of opportunity for students and recent grads looking to get a foot in the door in the entertainment, publishing and other prominent industries, even if it takes a generous subsidy from Mom and Dad. Opinion Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:54:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142762 President Obama's newly designated national security adviser, Susan Rice, and his proposed United Nations ambassador, Samantha Power, are political loyalists. Opinion Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:05:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142761 The issue of judicial nominations causes an outbreak of hypocrisy in both political parties, and President Obama isn't immune. In fact, he seems to have come down with a particularly bad case lately. Opinion Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:03:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142725 If you're having trouble following all of the twists and turns in the saga relating to the availability of what is commonly referred to as the "morning-after pill," you're not alone. Opinion Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:08:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142723 If the national tax revolt has bookends, the first bracket was placed 35 years ago this month. That's when California voters passed Proposition 13, a law curbing tax increases. Opinion Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:07:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142724 WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Ron Wyden says Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had a day to prepare his answer to Congress that there was no widespread collection of Americans’ phone records. Opinion Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:07:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142722 WASHINGTON (AP) — When the federal government went looking for phone numbers tied to terrorists, it grabbed the records of just about everyone in America. Opinion Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:06:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142677 WASHINGTON (AP) — Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services upgraded its outlook Monday for the U.S. government’s long-term debt. S&P cited the government’s strengthened finances, a recovering U.S. economy and some easing of Washington’s political gridlock. Opinion Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:19:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142676 WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte on Sunday said she would support the bipartisan immigration overhaul under debate in the Senate and criticized “the broken immigration system we have now” as “unworthy of a great nation.” Opinion Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:18:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142674 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is giving California raisin producers a new day in court to object to a government program that aims to stabilize prices by regulating the market. Opinion Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:16:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142675 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from two American whistleblowers who claim U.S. forces tortured them in Iraq and who want to sue former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Opinion Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:16:00 GMT http://breezecourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=32&SubSectionID=358&ArticleID=142673 WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims’ families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president’s allies are asking him to do more without any new prospects of legislation to toughen gun laws. Opinion Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:13:00 GMT