Gulliver's troubles: Obama, the Nobel and the real world
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O, the cruel and unforgiving world in which we live.
After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority — a full-blown government-run insurance option —...
1. The Liars Club. The setting: Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. The game's biggest stars, the head of the MLPA, baseball execs and more TV crews than had covered the impeachment of Bill Clinton converged here on March 17, 2005, for a hearing on steroids in baseball. There was Mark McGwire choking up, Rafael Palmeiro wagging his finger, Sammy Sosa suddenly ...
This thoughtful book arrives at a moment in our national life diametrically opposed to the post- election euphoria of 2008. Then, the election of Barack Obama had led us to contemplate something called the post-racial society.
Zina Pierre, the mayor who nearly was, for the first time last night publicly addressed the questions still surrounding her aborted run for the city's highest office.
MIAMI----Wonderfund, a global outreach program to save the lives of children without other options, is being launched today by The International Kids Fund , a program of the Jackson Memorial Foundation, whose mission is to provide life-saving medical care to children in need.
WASHINGTON (AP) - After agreeing tentatively to jettison a key liberal priority - a full-blown government-run insurance option - Senate Democrats woke up Wednesday to find that the fragile coalition backing President Barack Obama's health care bill is still together. A leading liberal - former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean - and a much-courted moderate - Connecticut independent Sen.
On the first season of Spectacle, we learned that Elvis Costello does indeed make a good talk-show host. Guests on his Sundance Channel series have included Elton John, Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Bill Clinton and The Police.
ABC News is expected to announce that George Stephanopoulos will become the new anchor of Good Morning America.
DURHAM, N.C.----Two employees of the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin with children in the military have provided the firm with a concrete way to show appreciation to the nation’s men and women in uniform.
President Barack Obama entered the pantheon of Nobel Peace Prize winners with humble words Thursday, acknowledging his own few accomplishments while delivering a robust defense of war and promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be."
Things got heated in my local Irish bar last night. It came down to a question of who is the bigger cheat, Tiger Woods or handball thief Thierry Henry, who are coincidentally both world spokesmen for Gillette.
President Barack Obama's envoy on North Korea said Thursday that officials in Pyongyang agreed on the need to resume nuclear disarmament talks but did not say when they would return to the negotiating table.
WASHINGTON - Dallas is now officially one of the nation's top 10 terrorist targets - a designation that sounds alarming but which state and local officials have sought for years, because it means millions in federal funds to beef up security.
The Rev. Al Shaprton is slated to give the keynote address at a special event next week hosted by the Jamaica Business Resource Center that will honor the city’s top business leaders.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 1996 law that ended an American’s right to welfare also frayed the safety net for some people trying to cope with the current recession.