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...may not be President Obama's fault that our multibillion-dollar homeland-security apparatus is more Keystone Kops than 24 ... The Federal Government is (alas) a vast, ungovernable enterprise. And the bigger it gets, the less effective it will become ... [Still,] the President is in thrall to the illusion of a skilled, paternalistic government ... Could the new New Deal just get airplane safety right first...
That lack of conclusive data hasn't deterred the nascent neurobics market. Sales are expected to jump from $265 million to up to $5 billion by 2015, according to a May report from market-research firm SharpBrains, which will sponsor the industry's first conference, set to begin Jan. 18. (Watch TIME's video about exercising with a hula hoop...
Beth and Brent Fite, of Redlands, Calif., prequalified in May for a $300,000 loan. After six months, they had three offers rejected. "They say it's been a buyer's market, but it really doesn't seem like it," says Beth, an administrative assistant for the city of Corona. At the end of the summer, the couple found the home of their dreams - a three-bedroom, two-bath house perfect for raising a family. They bid $25,000 above the asking price but were passed over for a cash offer...
...years passed, skepticism returned. One critic, Representative John Duncan Jr. of Tennessee, noted that since 2001, the agency has averaged slightly more than four arrests a year--at a cost per arrest of around $200 million. There were no air marshals aboard Flight 253 on Dec. 25, but that may not have mattered: civilians, after all, took down the would-be bomber themselves...
...Jordanian officials for at least a year. Analysts say that in addition to straining ties between intelligence communities in Washington and Amman, the incident could hinder progress in hunting down terrorists, including Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's No. 2. Some officials speculate that al-Balawi, a Jordanian physician, may have been recruited to help snare al-Zawahiri, who is also a doctor...