WASHINGTON -- On Jan. 9, 1969, Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote a memo to President-elect Richard Nixon, on whose White House staff Moynihan was to serve. Moynihan wondered whether the disintegration of "private sub-systems of authority" presaged "the ultimate, destructive working out of the telos of liberal thought," in which case "we are moving from Locke to Hobbes." Imagine, if you can, Nixon's furrowed brow.
Here's an exercise for some evening when you're curious about big nationwide trends in this year's elections.
NBC Universal is getting ridiculous with its shameless courting of President Obama. On the morning of Sept. 27, NBC's Matt Lauer interviewed Obama for a half-hour with no commercials. But it wasn't just on NBC. Their devotion to El Jefe is so transparent they aired it live on most of their other cable properties, including MSNBC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, Oxygen, Chiller, Sleuth, Universal HD and Universal Sports.
The Department of Education is encouraging Floridians of all backgrounds to apply for a volunteer position for the state's Race to the Top program.
Eight committees across the state will be responsible for organizing and executing the states work as outlined in the federal Race to the Top grant application.
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Veterans and Military Families for Progress, a Washington, D.C.-based organization, endorsed U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, in the 22nd Congressional District.
The endorsement didn't surprise Klein's opponent, retired Army Lt. Col. Allen West, whose campaign noted that the nominally nonpartisan VMFP has exclusively backed Democrats.
VMFP saluted Klein, saying the congressman's "strong commitment to the issues that are critical to veterans, those serving now, and their families is unsurpassed."
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The Washington, D.C.-based Commercial Spaceflight Federation today praised Congress for passing the NASA Authorization Act that earmarks $1.612 billion for commercial crew and cargo programs, including $612 million in fiscal 2011.
The Commercial Crew Program will enable multiple companies to develop systems for crew transportation to and from the International Space Station.The bill also strengthens the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research Program with $45 million over three years.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded Space Florida $400,000 to design an economic-development initiative for the east-central coast of Florida facing job losses.
Commerce's Economic Development Administration grant, augmented by $100,000 in matching funds from Space Florida, is targeted at Brevard and surrounding counties hardest hit by NASA cutbacks and the phase-out of the shuttle program.
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