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Wed, November 29, 2023 | 17:19

Congress takes needed rest from inactivity

After seven months of short work weeks and near-zero accomplishments, Congress has awarded itself a five-week vacation, deferring a series of tough legislative decisions until the members return after Labor Day, presumably tanned, rested and ready to go.

2012-08-05 16:49

Black pastors press Democrats on gay marriage

Support for same-sex marriage is now in the Democratic Party preliminary platform. Once approved by the full platform committee and voted on at the convention, same-sex marriage will have the party's formal support.

2012-08-05 16:47

Bad days in Burma

Bad days in Burma

By Gwynne Dyer At last somebody in an official position has said something. United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay has called for an independent investigation into claims that Burmese security forces are systematically targeting the Rohingya, a Muslim minority community living in the Arakan region. Even the Burmese government says at least 78 Rohingya were murde...

2012-08-05 16:45

Discouraged Republican moderate calls it quits

All GOP Rep. Steve LaTourrette had to do to win a 10th term from his northeastern Ohio district was to show up for his swearing in.

2012-08-03 17:22

Obama's haters spin fictional unbelievable web

When you write a newspaper column that some people don't agree with, they send you mass-circulated emails of unknown provenance to show you the error of your ways. These emails are usually ridiculous.

2012-08-03 17:16

Capitalism, not culture, drives economies

Capitalism, not culture, drives economies

Mitt Romney has explained that his comments abroad were simply truth-telling. ``I tend to tell people what I actually believe,” he said. With regard to one much-debated comment ― on the cultural differences between Israelis and Palestinians ― many agree with him. The Wall Street Journal editorial page and columnists including Marc A. Thiessen and John Podhoretz all applauded....

2012-08-03 17:13

Congress avoids federal shutdown

Congress can be bipartisan when it wants to, and it wants to avoid the political embarrassment of a pre-election government shutdown caused by lack of agreement in funding for the coming year.

2012-08-02 17:33

We need budget plan before party conventions

It's time for us to lead our leaders.

2012-08-02 17:31

Reviving rural Russia

MOSCOW ― In 1906, Pyotr Stolypin, my great-grandfather, was appointed Prime Minister of Imperial Russia. Among his first undertakings was a series of agricultural reforms aimed at creating a new class of smallholding farmers. Five years later, the population had grown by 18.5 million, far exceeding the previous growth rate; Russia had become the largest exporter of grain to E...

2012-08-02 17:29

In Russia, fearing the power of punk

Dictators take themselves very seriously and thus are acutely conscious that one of the most potent weapons against them is ridicule.

2012-08-01 17:30

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