
WHAT kind of "change" will Barack Obama offer on the Palestinian-Israeli mess? Since the conflict erupted back onto the front pages, his response has been disheartening to anti-war...MORE >

AT least the word "trillion" still has cachet as denoting a lot of money. "Billion" has been surpassed during the past few months, and "million" has long been...MORE >
IT now looks like half of President-elect Barack Obama's stimulus package will take the form of "tax cuts" for 95 percent of all Americans. Yet this wouldn't so much boost the economy as trigger a massive, unhealthy shift in American politics. Under Obama's plan, the majority of American voters would pay no federal income taxes, but would get money from the government...MORE >
YESTERDAY, the Canvassing Board presiding over the recount in Minnesota's Senate election declared Democrat Al Franken the winner over incumbent Norm Coleman - by 225 votes out of nearly 3 million cast. Despite Franken's career as a comedian, his win is not funny. More important, it's not final. Minnesota law requires a certificate of election to be issued to the winner, but...MORE >
I agree that Gov. Rod Blagojevich's appointment of former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to the Senate seat of Barack Obama complicates matters legally, but it has viable solutions ("What Illinois Wrought," Editorial, Jan. 1). It is time that the national media, politicians and society all abandon their morbid fear of race and the race card. This legal but highly...more >


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