2-parent homes are disappearing
Sometimes government forms just don't give you enough room to say what you really want to say. When the census form or tax form asks for marital status, I look...
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Unusual allies flock to Africa cause
Even in a town where trial law, like politics, often makes strange bedfellows, the team of Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., and Kenneth W. Starr has come as a big surprise....
Bush shoots self in foot, so to speak
President Bush's spin team still calls him "a uniter not a divider." But the description rings hollow after Vermont Sen. James Jeffords' departure from the Republican Party. When it counted,...
Sharpton wants Jackson out of the way
Comedian Jay Leno spoke for many when he heard that the Rev. Al Sharpton may run for president in 2004: "Well, finally," Leno quipped, "a Democrat who can restore some...
One-size-fits-all approach to education
Parenting makes education experts of us all. I realize that now that I find myself, as a parent, sympathizing with a new wave of protests by some of my fellow...
Anti-pot politics a disservice to the ill
The U.S. Supreme Court has spoken. Federal anti-drug laws trump state laws that allow patients to have marijuana when their doctors recommend it. That's sad news to Kathleen Marie "Kitty"...
Could it be true the Babe was black?
WASHINGTON--If the jokes about Bill Clinton being the nation's first black president were not weird enough for you, get a load of this: In his new role as a sports...
UN’s torture caucus kicks out Uncle Sam
A foreign-policy interview with myself: Q: Hey, dude, what's this I hear about the United Nations kicking Uncle Sam around? A: Yes, I suppose you could say that. The United...
What `The Sopranos’ says about us
Who is this Bob Wright? Some kind of a wise guy? No, he's the president of NBC. It is that gang over at HBO's hit show "The Sopranos" who are...
`Free-fire’ zones, then and now
While former Sen. Bob Kerrey confessed in a news conference to killing civilians in Vietnam, New York City's police department was preparing to announce that it would not discipline the...