Perfect Day? 7 Rules for a Safe, Healthy and Smart Start to School,Why Does Fox Nation Continue To Promote Vile Racism? Meltdown 101, Sebastian Faulk

This back-to-school checklist will help you stay on top of the latest issues in child care. 7 Rules for a Safe, Healthy and Smart Start to School

From their mission statement: ..."The Fox Nation is for those committed to the core principles of tolerance, open debate, civil discourse--and fair and balanced coverage of the news..." But the comments on the Maxine Waters thread aren't even remotely tolerant and the discourse is anything but civil. "One nation indivisible," for residents of Fox Nation, is white and hardcore racist. Jim Crow is alive and well in "the place for the American dream" which, in Fox Nation, is a twisted nightmare. Why Does Fox Nation Continue To Promote Vile Racism? By Priscilla

WASHINGTON — Get ready to hear a lot of huge numbers Tuesday: The Obama administration is expected to boost its estimate of the federal deficit over the next decade by $2 trillion, a move likely to trigger political wrangling over who's to blame and how harmful all the red ink will be. The White House's Office of Management and Budget is expected to forecast $9 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years, up from a $7 trillion estimate earlier this year, according to White House officials who spoke last week on the condition of anonymity. The increase is largely due to lower-than-expected tax revenues as a result of the recession.
Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office will issue its own deficit forecasts Tuesday. The CBO estimated in March that the deficit for 2010-19 would total $9.1 trillion. Here are some questions and answers about all the numbers. Meltdown 101: A Closer Look At The Huge Budget Deficit Estimates

Novelist whose new book features student drawn into Islamist terror cell, and who has been quoted attacking the Qur'an, apologises for any offence caused. Sebastian Faulks has moved quickly in an attempt to avert criticism over his comments about the Qur'an, which he was quoted describing as "just the rantings of a schizophrenic" with "no ethical dimension" in an interview with the Sunday Times yesterday. "While I believe the voice-hearing of many Old Testament prophets and of John the Baptist in the New might well raise psychiatric eyebrows today, it is absurd to suggest that the Prophet, who achieved so much in military and political – quite apart from religious – terms, can have suffered from any acute illness. Only a fully cogent and healthy person could have done what he did," Faulks told the Guardian today. He went on to offer "a simple but unqualified apology to my Muslim friends and readers for anything that has come out sounding crude or intolerant. Happily, there is more to the book than that." Sebastian Faulks moves to head off Islam row By Alison Flood on Books