Imam Rauf, envisioned center with recreation facilities like swimming pool, basketball court, gym, school, art studios, child care center, needed prayer space for Muslim Manhattan. ..…

Holder later said to one blogger, “I don’t really know enough about the referendum over there to comment.” As Cleve Jones said on MSNBC of President Obama’s silence on Question 1, “This is a far cry from the fierce advocacy he promised us in his campaign.” . ..…

Henwood concludes that recessions are not good for the left and are good for the right, and that Brükner and Grüner's research helps explain the rise of Tea Partiers and other life forms on the right... ..…