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Hillary and crew delivering shout-outs to the center

August 22, 2021 at 4:59 p.m.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent olive branch to abortion opponents has political analysts speculating on whether she is "moving to the center" in preparation for a possible 2008 presidential run. A...

Virginians almost lost their heads over low-hanging jeans

August 22, 2021 at 2:09 p.m.

That was close. Virginia's Senate has accomplished what an upper legislative chamber is supposed to do. It has saved its state from being further embarrassed by its lower chamber. Virginia's...

Shouting `No!’ is not nearly enough

August 22, 2021 at 1:58 p.m.

Sometimes the political right looks remarkably like the left--and vice versa. In President Bush's crusade to reform Social Security, we see the right-left switcheroo revealing itself in unexpected ways. The...

`Hotel Rwanda’ replays in Sudan

August 22, 2021 at 6:36 p.m.

While world leaders gathered at the barbed wire and crematoriums of Auschwitz, 60 years after the liberation of that Nazi death camp, Oscar nominee Don Cheadle gathered with members of...

President Bush on voting rights: Is he savvy or just clueless?

August 22, 2021 at 4:32 p.m.

While courageous American troops and Iraqi civilians risk life and limb for the right to vote in war-torn Iraq, President Bush has made the 43-member Congressional Black Caucus, currently all...

Men losing their pedestal status

August 22, 2021 at 3:52 p.m.

Judging by the uproar over Harvard University President Lawrence Summers' ungraceful speculations about the shortage of elite female scientists and mathematicians, you might think women weren't doing so well in...

Is it fair to label Bush’s `risk-taker’ pitch as racist?

August 22, 2021 at 2:54 p.m.

In his post-re-election crusade to reform Social Security, President Bush has targeted an intriguing pitch to black Americans: The current system is racist. Or, in his word, it "disadvantages" black...

Bush’s promises? Oh, never mind

August 22, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.

If Washington gave out honors in the way that Hollywood gives out Oscars, President Bush would deserve an Emily Litella Award for political U-turns. If you don't recall why Ms....

Making a loud noise about rap’s bad-boy culture

August 22, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.

This is the time of year when countless orators turn into crystal-ball gazers. In grand speeches across the land, they speculate as to what Martin Luther King Jr., who would...

Leave the payola pundits behind

August 22, 2021 at 5:22 p.m.

My conservative pundit friend Armstrong Williams just had the weekend from hell, answering phones and juggling interviews like a multitasking press agent for Paris Hilton. "Have you seen the coverage?"...

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