For my family, the college application process this year was a happy one – my younger sister was accepted at an Ivy League school. I was thrilled for her and excited to answer questions about my own university experience.
You've heard of resume inflation? You've heard of people who lie about having Ph.D.s or Ivy League pedigrees in order to get ahead?
For all the complexity of health insurance, the idea behind it is pretty simple. You and millions of other people pay premiums so that those who get sick will be protected, particularly if the illness is severe or debilitating. But increasingly — and to policyholders' surprise — that's not the case when someone needs the most expensive drugs.
For much of the 20th century, the United States did a stellar job convincing the rest of the world it was a country to be admired. Credit obviously goes to U.S. actions such as fighting in World War II and the Marshall Plan to rebuild Germany. But just as important was how the world learned about the United States and its values. A semi-autonomous agency, the U.S. Information Agency, promoted the country's image abroad.
Creators Syndicate - "This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper," wrote T.S. Eliot in the closing couplet of "The Hollow Men."
With the deaths of prominent evangelical pastors Jerry Falwell and D.
Creators Syndicate - You could see the pain, anger and frustration in Sen.
Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 33 - 5/12/2008 - 'Strange new respect' is the term coined by Tom Bethell, an unhappy conservative, to describe the press adulation given those who drift leftward, those who grow "mature," "wise," and "thoughtful" as they cause apoplexy in right-wingers, and leave their old allies behind.
Bush Confesses to Waterboarding. Call D.C. Cops!
The excitement started to bubble up a couple of election cycles ago. In 2004, the youth vote spiked dramatically upward. In 2006, it increased again. All signs point to another rise in November. It looks as if America has itself a healthy civic trend going on.
Creators Syndicate - There's a lot of talk lately about how John McCain might just be the luckiest guy in America, what with the Democrats still fighting among each other, the Rev. Wright proving that friends can be worse than enemies, and Republicans swallowing their doubts about their about-to-be nominee and giving their support to a guy many conservatives can barely stomach. No doubt, he's one lucky fella.
Whew! I'm certainly glad to hear the "snippets" from Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermons "in context."
The senior U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, will have "all the time he needs," President Bush vowed earlier this month. But whether the United States has all the troops it needs — for Iraq, Afghanistan and other potential world hot spots — is another matter entirely.
EDITORS: Note language in the third graf.----> I never saw my father wear a flag pin, but he was a patriot. He was more faithful to the United States of America than I would have been if my life had been as burdened by legally sanctioned racism.
The key problem for Hillary's campaign is that normal people reel back in horror at her association with the Clinton administration. (Which is why, as her supporter, I refer to her as simply "Hillary.")
Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 33 - 5/12/2008 - Last week's highly entertaining episode of the Jeremiah Wright Show didn't tell us anything new about the demagogic reverend. He stands by his sick notion that American foreign policy and jihadist terrorism are equivalent, his defense of Louis Farrakhan, and his wacky conspiracy theory that the AIDS virus was cooked up by the federal government.
Those of us concerned about government spending and deficits might wish for a pay-go policy that would discipline lawmakers' appetite to spend and compel a responsible federal budget. The version of pay-go promoted by the current Congress doesn't do that. Not by a long shot.