Is Mike Huckabee the presidential candidate shunning Mike Huckabee the preacher? Before entering politics, he was a pastor at two Baptist churches. Now his campaign tells Mother Jones it won’t make his sermons available to the media and the public. … Read more »
Sometimes, without warning, the future knocks on our door with a precious and painful vision of what might be. One hundred and nineteen years ago, a wealthy inventor read his own obituary, mistakenly published years before his death.
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On Thursday, President Bush stood with Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson to announce an agreement with the mortgage industry to provide relief to families facing home foreclosures.
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Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Reps. Robert Scott, William Delahunt and Jerrold Nadler have sent letters to Central Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Michael Hayden and Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting details about today’s reports that the CIA destroyed videotapes … Read more »
At least one thing is clear about President Bush’s plan to help people trapped by the mortgage meltdown: it is an industry-led plan, not a government bailout.
A new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) released Monday concluded that “in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program.”
At the White House news conference yesterday, The Chicago Tribune’s Mark Silva gingerly snuck up on a state-of-mind question.
For those who have doubts about miracles, a double one occurred Monday. An honest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program has been issued and its “key judgments” were made public.
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The last time Congress set corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards — mandating a 25-mile-per-gallon standard for cars — Gerald Ford was in the White House, Jaws was showing in movie theaters, and disco was king.
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The corporate media in the US likes to think of themselves as the official most accurate news reporting of the day. The New York Times motto of “all the news that’s fit to print” is a clear example of this … Read more »
