Health Care. While the month of August clearly knocked the White House back on its heels, as Congressional town hall-style meetings exposed Americans’ unease with an overhaul, the uproar does not seem to have greatly altered public opinion or substantially weakened Democrats’ resolve.
Sotomayor Officially Takes Court Seat. Justice Sonia Sotomayor officially took her seat as the Supreme Court's 111th member Tuesday in a tradition-filled ceremony witnessed by President Obama, Vice President Biden, and scores of lawmakers, judges, family members and friends.
Global hunger. Eliminating the millions of tons of food thrown away annually in the U.S. and U.K. could lift more than a billion people out of hunger worldwide, experts claim.
Quote of the day. “What comes out of my blog is the experiences of a soldier right in the middle of all of this. I think that people need to hear from us, more than they need to hear from the big whigs. War has a cost, and that cost is paid by soldiers.” An Army specialist nicknamed "Mud Puppy" explaining his blog from the 10 months he spent in Afghanistan. (New York Times)
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