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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (July 28) -- Every day this summer except Fridays, Belal Shamalah comes to the Jihad al-Wazir mosque and spends five hours poring over the Koran. Belal is justifiably proud of himself -- he's memorized 100 verses from the holy book this summer, more than the 60 other boys in his camp session. As the camp's director lavishes praise on the shy 8-year-old, Belal sits up a little straighter. From the mosque's doorway, Belal can see the aquamarine waters along Gaza's Mediterranean shoreline. He can also see the summer camp tents of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. ...
You may have missed it in the press coverage of the inauguration, or, on second thought, maybe because there has been virtually no press coverage of it, but Obama's Treasury nominee has had serious tax trouble that goes way beyond Kimba Wood, Zoe Baird, Linda Chavez, or even Joe the Plumber tax problems.The latest teeth-gnashing, Leona-Helmsley-taxes-are-for-the-little-people revolves around summer camps.That's right, Geithner claimed his kids overnight camp as a day care credit. This is a simple issue that many Americans can understand as they have been told by their tax accountants or their ...
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