U.S. should be too proud to torture
Picture this scene: Young prison guards in khaki uniforms and reflecting sunglasses herd a large group of inmates down a hallway, each prisoner chained to the next, each dressed in...
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Miers nomination reveals inner Bush
Hell hath no fury like a conservative scorned. Voices that only months ago were praising President Bush's single-minded resoluteness now call upon him to flip-flop. Within hours of his nomination...
Why do some public schools actually work?
Before she enrolled her daughter in kindergarten at Jordan Community School in a rough section of Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, Rhonda Jones stopped to share a marijuana cigarette with her...
Bill, you were right–almost
Memo to William Bennett: Ah, Bill, you really put your foot in it this time. I'm not mad at you, Bill. Just disappointed. If anyone should be agile enough by...
Poverty IQ: Po’ vs. broke
I'm delighted to hear people jawboning about poverty again, even if it took a couple of hurricanes to get us to do it. But sometimes I wonder how many people...
Relax, borrow and spend!
One can only imagine what was going on in Russian President Vladimir Putin's head as he watched President Bush explain to reporters how he was going to cut taxes, yet...
A bridge too far
Among many unanswered questions in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, we have this one: Why didn't the stranded residents of flooded New Orleans simply walk to dry land? For many,...
What’s this? A compassionate war on poverty?
In his national address last week on the recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina, President Bush took an artful shot at the always touchy topic of race. He managed to talk...
We’re still 2 nations, after all these years
Timing, like money, isn't everything, but in politics it sure beats whatever is in second place. With that in mind, it is significant that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who...
How to bring all of that mojo back to New Orleans
Even as the receding waters expose more dead bodies left behind by the horrors of Hurricane Katrina, there's talk about whether New Orleans can be rebuilt and how. I am...