A hard man to dislike
As a polarizing figure in modern politics, Ronald Reagan should have reaped an unusual harvest. Part of the country believed he was the most wonderful man, president and public figure...
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1. What does Howard Dean have to…
1. What does Howard Dean have to do in Wisconsin? A. Eat a heavenly brat B. Say the nation really runs on milk C. Win D. Go ice swimming in...
New war a reminder of hurts that haven’t healed
For Elizabeth Teass, the beginning of a new American war revives distant memories of a conflict that shattered this little Blue Ridge Mountain town, marking it forever as a place...
Protest songs don’t play in land of country music
Here in the emotional middle of America, where heartbreaks and dreams are distilled then put to rhyme and music, it was no surprise that Billy Dean opened his set before...
Of bombs, ghosts, painters and poets
HITLER'S AIR FORCE unleashed an experimental attack on Guernica, a Basque village in northern Spain, on April 26, 1937, a date that plays a significant role in the annals of...
Triumph and despair
In the year 2001, the latest for which U.S. Commerce Department statistics are available, seven people were killed by harvesting machines, seven in the preparation of crops, seven in veterinary...
Heart work done by hand
The Monday morning coffee drinkers in the restaurant at Red Ryder's Ryder Motel were guessing when the hardworking Amish and their English friends would finish the new house for Rudy...
Still standing
A year later, the nation still grieves and heals, as though it were a tough soldier who suffered a serious combat injury that will leave a lasting scar, but not...
Europe is far from united on U.S. anti-terror campaign
With Al Qaeda and Taliban forces on the run and U.S. troops and Afghan locals pushing the search for Osama bin Laden, a shopper on the street in a freezing,...
London a terror target
Terrorists linked to Osama bin Laden drew up elaborate plans for an attack on London's financial district, the Sunday Observer reported, basing the claim on a handbook it said it...