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Hardening infrastructure will be key to minimizing the threat
Independent voices from the TWT Communities

As if Newt Gingrich doesn't have enough problems after his disappointing fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses under a barrage of blistering attack ads, here's one more to consider: his weight.

The financial crisis in Europe has resulted in the appointment of new prime ministers in both Greece and Italy, in reality, by the Germans and French, rather than through the ballot box in Greece and Italy. This raises the question, "Is it possible to have both a bureaucratic welfare state and a democracy that protects individual liberties?"
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"The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth," (Chicago Review Press), by Matthew Algeo. Author Matthew Algeo takes a little known part of presidential history and creates a page-turning ride in "The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth."

A look at some memorable comments from the annual get together of press and politicians.

A revamped Madame Tussauds wax museum opened its $2 million presidents gallery Thursday after spending a year carefully researching the eyes, hair and other features to add 28 new commanders in chief to its collection.

Northwest Washington's Cleveland Park, named after President Grover Cleveland, who kept a summer house in the neighborhood, has become one of the city's most sought-after communities.

The New York Times has written in explaining why the political parties have lost the confidence of the public: "Their machinery of intrigue, their shuffling evasions, the dodges, the chicanery and the deception of their leaders have excited universal disgust, and have created a general readiness in the public mind for any new organization that shall promise to shun their vices."

President Obama says Islam has always been part of America, which raises the question, does the president know something about American history that we don't?
Newt's prediction
Newt's prediction
"Nothing is more vital to our supremacy as a nation," Grover Cleveland said, "than a sound and stable currency."

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
George W. Huguely V lied to friends about his whereabouts the night Yeardley Love was ...

By David Hood - The Washington Times
Reston-based LightSquared Inc. vowed Wednesday to continue its fight to establish a national wireless broadband ...

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta engaged in a testy back-and-forth with Rep. J. Randy Forbes over ...