HUMOR
RRrrrrrrrrrring. ``Green Zone Marriott, reservations.'' ``Yes, I'd like to book a room.'' ``King- or queen-size bed?'' ``Queen size.''
CLINTONS
`Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.'' So said Bill Clinton in New Hampshire of Barack Obama's claim to have been a constant opponent of the war. Clinton cited Obama's voting record, which was the same as Hillary's in his early Senate years.
RACISM
I asked you a question. It was two weeks ago in this space. I asked how, given its documented biases against African-American people, I can trust the justice system.
BUSH ADMINISTRATION
The Bush administration recently announced that it will allow select members of Congress to read Justice Department legal opinions about the CIA's controversial detainee interrogation program that have been hidden from Congress until now. But as the administration allows a glimpse of this secret law -- and it is law -- we are left wondering what other laws it is still keeping under lock and key.
In the delicate world of diplomatic protocol, mispronouncing a foreign leader's name ranks among the worst of faux pas. But that is lost on many Americans.
CUBA
Raúl Castro lost the perfect opportunity to let the world know that his government is slightly less clumsy and repressive than his brother Fidel's.
FREE PRESS
Attorney General Michael Mukasey is wrong when he says we do not need a federal media shield law. Mukasey recently argued in an Op-Ed column that there is no need for Congress to provide a qualified, evidentiary privilege for journalists. As evidence, he cited a few of the many important news stories that, even in the absence of a shield law, were brought to light because of sources who provided information to journalists under a promise of confidentiality. Pending media shield legislation would...
MEDIA
Faced with advertising declines, the news media are scratching for alternative revenue sources. They want their new money to have the same features industrial countries want in their alternatives to oil: That it be clean and renewable.
POVERTY
In April, the U.S. House of Representatives showed leadership in the fight against global poverty by passing the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008, which would extend lifesaving debt cancellation to more poor nations around the globe.
SUNFLOWER, Miss. -- Joaquin Burse wants to go to Harvard and be a laser tech. You might think that's a lofty goal. Truth is, you have no idea how lofty it is.
When Israel's independence was proclaimed in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948, as leaders of the nascent state sang Hatikva (Hope), few could have imagined the vibrant state that exists today.
FIVE QUESTIONS
Diane Cantor became the new executive director of Centro Campesino Farmworker Center on March 24. Q. What did you do before you came to Centro?
BOLIVIA
When Evo Morales won a dramatic victory at the polls in December 2005, he became one of the most significant Latin American political figures of the present era. His international presence and recognition has transcended by far even the greatest Bolivian political figures of the 20th century such as Víctor Paz Estenssoro, who led the 1952 Revolution and was president of Bolivia on three separate occasions.
VIDEO GAMES
Rockstar is the name of the company that is rolling wheelbarrows of money to the bank this week, projected to rack up something on the order of $400 million in revenue from the sale of six million copies of its newest video game sensation, Grand Theft Auto IV.
DEMOCRATS
From time to time during this primary, I've wondered about Obama's mama. In a race that was so much about biography, about beliefs rooted in her son's ''DNA,'' she's made only cameo appearances.
VERBATIM
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights. Below are excerpts from a speech by Miamian Pablo Pérez-Cisneros at a Vatican conference sponsored by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See.
ARGENTINA
Just five months after her inauguration as Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's government is unraveling. Beginning in mid-March, striking farmers stopped agricultural produce from entering Argentina's major cities, and meat and grain from being shipped overseas. Although the farmers have stopped their more drastic measures, the conflict continues unresolved.
