Articles of Interest
June 04, 2007, 1:00am

In 1964, when the Vietnam War “was only a small dark cloud on the very distant horizon,” President Lyndon Johnson privately told National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, “I just stayed awake last night thinking of this thing, and the more … Read more »

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June 02, 2007, 1:00am

When it comes to the federal budget, the Bush administration wants to look both prudent and generous. It’s neither.

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May 31, 2007, 1:00am

With the Iraq supplemental debate behind them, both Democrats and Republicans have begun rallying around a September deadline to reassess President Bush’s escalation strategy.

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May 30, 2007, 1:00am

Occurring only 18 months after Hurricane Katrina, the devastating tornadoes in Greensburg, KS this month again prompted the question of whether our government can adequately respond to another Katrina-like storm.

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May 29, 2007, 1:00am

As the threat of global climate crisis grows, the global mechanisms for averting disaster are being gutted. A new report published by the National Academy of Sciences found that from 2000 to 2004, global industry emitted roughly 7.9 billion tons … Read more »

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May 29, 2007, 1:00am

Congress has just voted to fund the war for another year… Read more »

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May 24, 2007, 1:00am

In March and in April I voted for emergency spending legislation that would have fully funded our troops in Iraq, but also changed their mission to a sound one. That mission would have taken our troops out of the middle … Read more »

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May 23, 2007, 1:00am

After weeks of negotiations with the White House in the wake of President Bush’s veto of the Iraq war supplemental appropriations bill, congressional leaders relented yesterday by removing a timetable for withdrawal from the legislation


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May 23, 2007, 1:00am

My young friends, you are not leaving here in ordinary times. The ancient Greeks had a word for a moment like this. They called it “kairos.” Euripedes describes kairos as the moment when “the one who seizes the helm of … Read more »

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May 22, 2007, 1:00am

Michael Baroody, who made his living lobbying against the commission of consumer product safety, has been nominated by President Bush to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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