Treasure Secretary Timothy Geithner continues to be criticized by, well, everybody. Even the New York Times chimed in:

Last June, with a financial hurricane gathering force, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. convened the nation’s economic stewards for a brainstorming session. What emergency powers might the government want at its disposal to confront the crisis? he asked.| MORE ›

Shortly before the deadline established by the federal government passed, Chrysler and union leaders said they had reached an agreement. It once again proves that pressure can accomplish a lot.

The deal includes Fiat, the Italian automaker with which Chrysler was ordered by the government to form an alliance before Thursday.| MORE ›

Lila Rose is one of the most famous anti-abortion activists in the United States. She is only 20 years old, and a history major, but she has already reached millions of people by prestending to be a pregnant 13-year old, wondering about whether or not she could and should get an abortion.| MORE ›

Politico has a fascinating analysis up about a rebellion that is brewing in the Republican Party. To cut a long story short: the party’s elites – lawmakers and governors especially – are reasonably moderate, while ‘the base’ is becoming increasingly conservative. Activists (and bloggers and blogreaders) are fed up with Republican politicians, because they believe they have sold out.| MORE ›

When Barack Obama defeated John McCain the 2008 presidential election it was said that the grownups were taking over, that his presidency would heal America’s divisions, and that his administration would be the most competent and ethical ever.  None of these promises have been kept.

Democrats persist, despite Mr.| MORE ›

The Associated Press reports that the Pakistani army launched a new offensive against the Taliban on Sunday.

The offensive causes reporters to wonder whether the deal struck between the Taliban in the Swat Valley and Islamabad remains intact. This deal allowed the Taliban to make their interpretation of Sharia the official law of the region.| MORE ›

Was one of the most famous kings in British history, Henry VIII, a cold hearted tyrant willing to kill whomever got in his way, or was he more (read: better) than that? Brits are reevaluating his rule:

England’s King Henry VIII is known as a tyrant who killed two of his six wives, but a series of exhibitions marking 500 years since his coronation reveal he was also a romantic, a keen sportsman — and the country’s first eurosceptic.| MORE ›

Remember when Obama was running for president last year and that some of his most passionate supporters said he would raise them out of poverty single handedly, make them happy, and save their marriages? Well, it only took them a couple of months to become sorely disappointed:

Her cordless phone stores 17 voice messages, and tonight the inbox is full. Edith Childs, 60, grabs a bottle of water, tosses her hat on the living room floor and scowls at the blinking red light.| MORE ›

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not too happy with President Barack Obama. For all the latter’s talk on a change in U.S.-Iranian relations, Ahmadinejad says, Washington, D.C. has not changed its behavior in any significant way.| MORE ›

Here is your daily link mess. Don’t know what ‘link mess’ is? Well, scroll down:

My good friend and one of the best conservative members of the blogosphere, Jules Crittenden, analyzes Glenn Greenwald’s interview with “the UN’s torture guy.” Go read Jules’ analysis – he completely destroys Greenwald.

The Caucus blog talks about John Murtha. Not sure what the entire post deals with – I stopped reading after three paragraphs – but every post that reminds us that Murtha is the Porker-in-Chief deserves a link. (more…)