Officially, Gov. David Paterson's main focus is the state's fiscal crisis, not the decision about whom to appoint if, as expected, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state. Complete Story...
Gaza's deeply entrenched Hamas rulers won't be easily toppled, even by Israel's unprecedented bombings Saturday that killed more than 200 people, most of them men in Hamas uniform.
Pakistan's reported decision to relocate thousands of troops away from the Afghanistan border toward India threatens the critical U.S. foreign policy aim of relying on the south Asian ally's military in the global battle against terrorism.
President George W. Bush's $17 billion lifeline to General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC means neither company will perish while he occupies the White House, yet leaves the ultimate fate of the once-proud auto industry up to the incoming Obama administration.
Iraqis and other Arabs erupted in glee Monday at the shoe attack on George W. Bush. Far from a joke, many in the Mideast saw the act by an Iraqi journalist as heroic, expressing the deep, personal contempt many feel for the American leader they blame for years of bloodshed, chaos and the suffering of civilians.
President George W. Bush's whirlwind visit to Iraq was his ostensible victory lap for what often looked like a personal crusade.
The back-and-forth over when to hold a confirmation hearing for Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's choice for attorney general, isn't simply a matter of saving a date on the Senate calendar. It's an early test of strength for minority Republicans on the eve of one-party Democratic rule in Washington.
The Illinois corruption scandal is an unwelcome opportunity for President-elect Barack Obama to prove he can manage a crisis that threatens to detract from his new administration's bid to confront the economy and other challenges.
House Republicans were heading toward a down-in-the-dumps holiday. Then the House ethics committee handed them a gift.
It was hard enough to get policymakers to finally utter the word "recession." The next challenge may be to get them to say "nationalize."
Philosopher Isaiah Berlin once described Canada as a quiet rock of stability.
With bad economic news stacking up like cord wood, President-elect Barack Obama is ceding pressing decisions to the Bush administration and members of Congress. But judicious and respectful deference risks looking like avoidance.
Not surprisingly, neither the outgoing Bush administration, President-elect Barack Obama nor the Democratic leaders of Congress wants to be blamed for the loss of a once-proud domestic auto industry and the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of jobs.
On a trip that was probably her last firefighter's dash into the world's flare-ups, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's emergency diplomacy in South Asia ended without concrete accomplishments.
Israel's hardest battle may still lie ahead, and it's not against an Arab foe.
Barack Obama's campaign credo: Change is good. President-elect Barack Obama's credo: When it comes to war and peace, maybe wisdom is better.
Virtually unknown outside financial circles, Timothy Geithner suddenly is the man at every crisis point in the economy.
Pushing the calendar, and maybe his luck, President-elect Barack Obama is urging rapid approval of a massive economic stimulus package meant to calm turbulent financial markets.
Taxpayers may be wondering why they're forking over more money to rescue yet another behemoth, Citigroup, even as their own nest eggs crack and jobs evaporate.
A June truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers comes up for renewal next month and it looks like both sides are trying to dictate more favorable terms.
Each time a new U.S. president is elected, the question that leaps to Israeli minds is, "is he good for the Jews?"
Nine weeks before leaving office, President George W. Bush has little to gain from a weekend summit to rally a coordinated international response to the global economic mess.
Excerpt: In a recent study, eating two eggs for breakfast, as part of a reduced-calorie diet, helped overweight or obese adults lose 65 percent more weight and reduce their body mass index (BMIs) by 61 percent...
The Hidden Threads of Crypto-History A Multi-Part Exploration of Alternative Theories of the Human Experience Instalment 15: The Lost Secrets (click here for the previous part of this instalment, and click here to go to the beginning of the series).
An ad which relies on misogynist (and misandrist) ideas of male and female sexuality, an excerpt of a longer analysis of the ad, and commentary on them both from Students Active For Ending Rape.
Susan Sontag's presence, in essays, interviews, fiction, film, and theater, wove itself so firmly into our culture that when it vanished upon her death in late 2004, one became abruptly aware of the delicacy of the fabric.
Columnist for group-contribution website argues that Prop 8 and other anti-gay votes last month might mean voters are just not ready to accept gay people into a broad tent of equality. He sees the courts as one alternative, but also recommends, "Let California be our catalyst fo …
Excerpt: Astrologers posting on one of the Web's most popular true-crime forums predicted that the body of missing Caylee Marie Anthony, 2, of Orlando, Fla., was hidden in her own neighborhood and would indeed be found, despite the passage of months and the failure of massive s …
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Sources: Reuters, Houston Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press Yesterday's "Day without a Gay" protest was a unique kind of action.
It's a contemporary Christmas tale that has all the tear-jerker elements required for that literary genre.
It seems that some in the Republican party are looking at the real reasons for their loss this year, will it resonate with those party faithful and others who left the party.
In 2006 voters in Arizona struck down the only anti-gay marriage ballot measure that's ever failed at the polls. They reversed that this year when they passed a new, and more narrowly-focused amendment.
Article quotes pollsters, political scientists, and the main strategist for Prop. 8 who argues (again) that this year's election was the best chance pro-gay marriage activists had to get votes on their side.
This piece of wisdom is brought to you by the people who codded the oligarchs, brought the U.S./British machine screeching to a halt in Ukraine and Georgia, and most importantly, those who would discredit the idea of a unipolar world...
It could have been Miami, Seattle, or even New York. Ten well-armed men with murder on their minds beached a rubber boat and then began a rampage of death and terror that lasted two and a half days. India is left with questions about what to do now.
Besides a time machine, that is?
Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Mormon church's support for Proposition 8 has been a public relations disaster for the church, according to some.
Highlights from a European context of a new recent report published by US National Intelligence Council, Washington's main intelligence body.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Ted Danson, DAMAGES Michael Emerson, LOST Zeljko Ivanek, DAMAGES William Shatner, BOSTON LEGAL John Slattery, MAD MEN DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ALL OF "DAMAGES"
In the 1993 case, Romer vs. Evans, the US Supreme Court struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment adopted by majority vote in an initiative process.
One-quarter of San Francisco's residents voted in favor of Prop.
Tim Pawlenty, Republican governor of Minnesota: "We cannot be a majority governing party when we essentially cannot compete in the Northeast, we are losing our ability to compete in Great Lakes States, we cannot compete on the West Coast, we are increasingly in danger of compet …
The Daily Pickens : Ted Turner Ready to March on Washington With Boone
Last week, a troubled young woman handed the McCain campaign a Willie Horton-style race card, and the media helped them play it.
The latest Suffolk poll of voters in Ohio about the Presidential race is out, and it doesn't look good for John McCain. The poll has Obama with a nine point lead among voters that are likely to or already have voted in this election.