Niall Ferguson, Newsweek
Americans love a revolution. Their own great nation having been founded by a revolutionary declaration and forged by a revolutionary war, they instinctively side with revolutionaries in other lands, no matter how different their circumstances, no matter how disastrous the outcomes. This chronic reluctance to learn from history could carry a very heavy price tag if the revolutionary wave currently sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East breaks with the same shattering impact as most revolutionary waves.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/28/un-american_revolutions_251215.html

Heinrich, Martin Heller, Dean Hensarling, Jeb Herger, Wally Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie

Patrick McIlheran, RCP
Wisconsin is $3.6 billion worse than broke next budget, and unions don't much like Gov. Scott Walker's cure, a central part of which is cut their dreamy benefits and restrain their power to bargain them still higher.But the teachers largely went home this past week, leaving the Capitol protests to the harder left -- Madison's permanent party of retiree rads with heads full of Chomsky, and mohawked kids there to party against The Man. The Wobblies have a banner up; the "Revolutionary Communist Party" displays its manifesto. The politics were more distilled. Receive...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/28/wisconsin_already_rifled_the_deep_pockets_109050.html

Hall, Ralph M. Halvorson, Deborah L. Hare, Phil Harman, Jane Harper, Gregg

Some people fight invasive plants with chemicals and scorched-earth tactics. In Washington, D.C., graphic designer Patterson Clark turns them into art.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/28/134054004/the-art-of-war-on-invasive-species?ft=1&f=1057

Fortenberry, Jeff Foster, Bill Foxx, Virginia Frank, Barney Franks, Trent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. trade officials reacted icily to China's decision on Monday to challenge U.S. shrimp duties at the World Trade Organization, which they said would complicate efforts to resolve a trade spat involving a number of other U.S. trading partners.

Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/65521202?client_source=feed&format=rss

Cardoza, Dennis A. Carnahan, Russ Carney, Christopher P. Carson, André Carter, John R.

Maria Colvin, a reporter with the Sunday Times in London, tells Steve Inskeep that right now things are relatively quiet in Tripoli. Libyan officials are now letting foreign journalists into the country.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/28/134123066/Tripoli-Update?ft=1&f=1004

Capuano, Michael E. Cardoza, Dennis A. Carnahan, Russ Carney, Christopher P. Carson, André

In his former career, Rep. Michael Grimm investigated organized crime and Wall Street. Now, he says his FBI background will help him fit right into the 112th Congress. His ability to find commonality among those who seemed to have none, he says, will help him on the polarized Capitol Hill.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/28/134060164/ex-fbi-agent-hunts-for-consensus-on-capitol-hill?ft=1&f=1014

Herger, Wally Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie Higgins, Brian Hill, Baron P. Himes, James A.

Many of the nation's governors are in Washington, D.C., this weekend for the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association. The gathering comes as supporters of public employee unions are staging massive protests and legislative boycotts across the country. Host Liane Hansen talks with Washington Governor Chris Gregoire, who heads the National Governors Association.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/27/134103416/Governors-Meet-As-Pro-Union-Protests-Spread?ft=1&f=1014

Driehaus, Steve Duncan, John J. Jr. Edwards, Chet Edwards, Donna F. Ehlers, Vernon J.

The comment was made this week at a town hall meeting held by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA). He acknowledged that there's "frustration with the president" and moved on.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/02/25/134054078/crowd-laughs-when-congressman-is-asked-whos-going-to-shoot-obama?ft=1&f=1057

Delahunt, Bill DeLauro, Rosa L. Dent, Charles W. Deutch, Theodore E. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln

Organized labor argues that its very existence is threatened by so-called right-to-work legislation that would make union membership optional for many workers. Republican governors, however, say that limiting union strength not only helps keep down government costs, but can also help create new jobs.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/27/134064498/union-battles-a-national-campaign-against-labor?ft=1&f=1014

Gutierrez, Luis V. Hall, John J. Hall, Ralph M. Halvorson, Deborah L. Hare, Phil

In her book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, Sherry Turkle examines our proclivity for robots, smart phones and social networks, and though far from suggesting we ditch technology, she wonders if we aren't losing out on human contact in the process.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/25/134059283/have-we-grown-too-fond-of-technology?ft=1&f=1007

Ehlers, Vernon J. Ellison, Keith Ellsworth, Brad Emerson, Jo Ann Engel, Eliot L.