Is it me or has the whole world turned upside down?
Modified: 11/20/09 04:51:42 PM
Doug Hoffman, the conservative New York congressional candidate whose race drew national attention earlier this month, said the special election was "a fight for the soul of the Republican Party."
Modified: 11/21/09 09:48:23 PM
The government has announced it will prosecute alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-conspirators in federal court.
Modified: 11/20/09 04:51:41 PM
Point of View:
You can expand insurance coverage without controlling costs, but you cannot control costs without expanding insurance coverage.
Modified: 11/20/09 06:28:00 AM
Broder:
For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising. As much as it may pain her many critics, she also has a lot of history on her side.
Modified: 11/20/09 06:28:51 AM
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Krauthammer:
For late-19th century anarchists, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 - not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic.
Modified: 11/20/09 06:29:12 AM
Yesterday's Op-ed article on "Founding Fathers of climate change" erred in referring to "the colonies" in 1783-84. The United States was an independent nation by then.
Modified: 11/19/09 05:06:26 PM
Will:
In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.
Modified: 11/19/09 08:33:40 AM
Point of View:
People express frustration about not immediately getting the pandemic H1N1 vaccine for high-risk relatives, and some suggest that this temporary delay is another example of governmental inefficiency and a foretaste of what will happen if health care reform legislation is passed.
Modified: 11/19/09 06:27:50 AM
Walsh:
As if we needed more proof that America's politics are poisoned beyond belief, now we have Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, pouncing gleefully upon news of General Motors Co.'s $1.2-billion third-quarter loss, in a harebrained attempt to score political points.
Modified: 11/19/09 06:28:21 AM
Jenkins:
It was a "small world" moment. In my first conversation with Paul and Gladys Bredenberg, neighbors of my mother's at Raleigh's Whitaker Glen retirement community, they told me their son, Jeff, had once been a newspaperman.
Modified: 11/18/09 04:38:35 PM
Martinez:
A climate treaty will not emerge from next month's Copenhagen conference. That's good news because the delay will allow climate change science to catch up to the theology.
Modified: 11/17/09 04:22:42 PM
Point of View:
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force gained considerable attention with the release of its new recommendations against the current standard practices of breast cancer screening. No routine breast cancer screening for women under age 50?
Modified: 11/18/09 07:12:47 AM
Robinson:
No force on Earth can stop Sarah Palin from becoming our very own "lite" version of Eva Peron - a glamorous and tragic legend, minus the tragedy. Eventually, some clever composer will write a blockbuster musical about her life and times.
Modified: 11/18/09 07:13:26 AM
Now that - last week's coastal storm - was what I call a mullet blow!
Modified: 11/16/09 03:59:36 PM
Broder:
The more President Barack Obama examines our options in Afghanistan, the less he likes the choices he sees. But, as the old saying goes, to govern is to choose - and he has stretched the internal debate to the breaking point.
Modified: 11/17/09 04:58:28 AM
At one time it was to be called the Appalachian Scenic Highway. In 1933, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes was calling it the "Park-to-Park Highway."
Modified: 11/17/09 04:57:45 AM
Point of View:
Each decade has its own developments, defining issues and challenges. The 1970s and the '80s were characterized by the introduction of a various new financial securities and products.
Modified: 11/15/09 05:24:55 PM
Will:
The 20th century was 100 years of amplitude. It overflowed with barbarous fighting faiths, wars enveloping continents and graphic journalism assaulting global audiences with scenes of shocking immediacy.
Modified: 11/15/09 08:29:32 AM
Goodman:
It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death.
Modified: 11/15/09 06:22:06 AM
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