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Many Americans unaware of health-care law changes - The Washington Post
"After surviving a Supreme Court decision and a presidential election, the Obama administration’s health-care law faces another challenge: a public largely unaware of major changes that will roll out in the coming months. States are rushing to decide whether to build their own health exchanges and the administration is readying final regulations, but a growing body of research suggests that most low-income Americans who will become eligible for subsidized insurance have no idea what is coming."
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Ron Paul: ‘Secession is a deeply American principle’ - Kevin Cirilli - POLITICO.com
"Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said Monday that secession was a “deeply American principle,” amid a growing number of people petitioning the White House to let their states secede from the U.S. “Secession is a deeply American principle. This country was born through secession. Some felt it was treasonous to secede from England, but those ‘traitors’ became our country’s greatest patriots,” the former presidential candidate wrote in a post on his House website. “There is nothing treasonous or unpatriotic about wanting a federal government that is more responsive to the people it represents.”"
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Clinton arrives in Middle East as prospects of Gaza cease-fire look uncertain - The Washington Post
"Fighting between militants in Gaza and the Israeli military intensified Tuesday, clouding the prospects of a durable cease-fire as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rushed to the region to try to prevent a major escalation of the conflict. Israeli officials and negotiators from the militant group Hamas, communicating through Egyptian interlocutors, remained at odds late Tuesday over details of the truce that the international community was furiously trying to broker. Among the main sticking points was whether Egypt and the United States could act as guarantors of a peace deal in a region where waves of aggression have come in vicious cycles."
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Under the Radar Blog: Josh Gerstein on the Courts, Transparency, & More - POLITICO.com
"Foreign Policy magazine is asking a federal court to toss out a libel suit filed by Yasser Abbas, a son of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, over a commentary the international affairs journal published in June suggesting that Yasser Abbas has grown wealthy due to his father’s political position. In legal papers filed this month in U.S. District Court, Foreign Policy—a division of the Washington Post Co.—argues that Abbas’s lawsuit is part of a pattern of litigation aimed at intimidating his critics."
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The GOP's diversity debacle - Charles Mahtesian - POLITICO.com
"After an election in which Mitt Romney lost the black, Asian and Latino vote by landslide margins, the news just got worse for the Republican Party. With Florida GOP Rep. Allen West’s concession Tuesday, the face of the GOP got a little whiter, ending an election season in which the already undersized contingent of black, Hispanic and Asian Republicans in Congress grew even smaller."
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BBC News - 'Hollywood Holocaust' apology published by paper
"The son of Hollywood Reporter founder Billy Wilkerson has apologised for the trade paper's role in the 1940s witch-hunts that saw many in the industry ostracised for having communist ties. The actors, writers and directors on the so-called 'blacklist' suffered huge damage to their careers as a result."
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BBC News - Solzhenitsyn's One Day: The book that shook the USSR
"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn's classic novel, was published 50 years ago this month. A short, simply-told tale about a prisoner trying to survive the Gulag - the Soviet labour camp system - it is now regarded as one of the most significant books of the 20th Century. "
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BBC News - Gaza crisis: Israel to end attacks, says Egypt's Mursi
"Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi says he expects Israeli air strikes in Gaza to end later on Tuesday. Egypt has been trying to broker a truce in the conflict. The statement came after Israel put plans for a ground operation on hold to give ceasefire talks in Cairo a chance. The conflict began last Wednesday when Israel killed a Hamas military leader, saying it wanted to end rocket attacks."
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Israeli minister vows Palestinian 'holocaust' - Telegraph
"A senior Israeli politician provoked controversy today when he warned that Palestinians firing rockets from Gaza would be punished with a "bigger holocaust" from Israeli armed forces. The use of the Hebrew word for holocaust, "shoah", tends to be used exclusively in Israel to describe the Nazi persecution of Jews. "
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