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Former President George W. Bush pushed back Sunday against criticism -- levied most prominently by talk radio host Rush Limbaugh -- that his successor, President Barack Obama, was somehow politicizing the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. Full Story »
One-time longshot Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown holds a narrow but significant five-point lead in the final Massachusetts poll, just days before the critical election will be held. Full Story »
Last year, the Obama administration urged Israel and Arab players in the region to take several interim steps that might create enough confidence to bring Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Full Story »
PHILADELPHIA -- In February of 1961, President Kennedy asked this question of Jawaharlal Nehru, the prime minister of India: "What do you think of the idea of our Peace Corps?" Full Story »
WASHINGTON -- The United States and many other nations across the globe are sending water, food and troops to benighted Haiti. Charity groups and NGOs from New York to San Francisco are collecting money. The French are calling for a "conference on Haiti's reconstruction and development." Full Story »
For my daughter: Full Story »
As the anniversary of Barack Obama's historic inauguration approaches, he struggles with the classic questions that surround the American presidency: Too much? Or too little? Full Story »
Creators Syndicate - Observations on the cataclysm in Haiti: Full Story »
Creators Syndicate - Could we be headed for a double-dip recession? The numbers on employment, sales, and other indicators suggest the recovery is shaky at best. Full Story »
Creators Syndicate - We were blindsided. We never saw it coming. Full Story »
Creators Syndicate - When people think of the public morals of Europe, the word "decadence" comes to mind. Sex, drugs, and the decline and fall of the churches all define the trend. Amsterdam, for example is celebrated as "San Francisco times ten." Full Story »
Creators Syndicate - Hold on to your hoe. It turns out that the fruits and veggies used in a special edition of the popular Food Network TV show Iron Chef America featuring first lady Michelle Obama did not, in fact, come from the White House garden. Could there be a more deliciously fitting symbol of Obama White House fakery than Garden-Gate? Full Story »
Creators Syndicate - The other day, I walked into a bookstore looking for some escapism and stumbled right into a wall of diet books. It's January. I published a diet book right around this time back in the '90s, which is why I've been able to mostly avoid the diet book section ever since. But did I ever used to know that world. Full Story »
Why the Blood Is On Our Hands Full Story »
WASHINGTON -- To hear many of the television commentators talk (on and on and on) this last week, Harry Reid might be living a secret life as a racist-in-waiting. His comments quoted in a recent book are offered as proof. Full Story »
The recently released book "Game Change" reports that Sen. Harry Reid said America would vote for Barack Obama because he was a "light-skinned" African-American "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one." Full Story »
Creators Syndicate - Tough week. As for Simon Cowell's impending departure from "American Idol," NBC/Jay Leno's failure at 10 p.m. and Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's "Negro dialect" comment, which incited more angst? Full Story »
Creators Syndicate - If Harry Reid's private remarks about the skin tone and speaking style of Barack Obama were offensive, the Republican crusade to oust him from his leadership position is worse. For Republicans to claim that he deserves the punishment inflicted on Trent Lott — the former Republican majority leader forced to resign because of a racial gaffe — shows their bad faith and their misunderstanding of the GOP's own troubled racial history. Full Story »
The staggering scope of Haiti's nightmare came into sharper focus Monday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and 1.5 million homeless in the quake-ravaged heart of this tragic land, where injured survivors still died in the streets, doctors pleaded for help and looters slashed at one another in the rubble. Full Story »
"If you don't kill the criminals, they will all come back," a Haitian police officer shouts over a loudspeaker in the country's most notorious slum, imploring citizens to take justice into their own hands. Full Story »
Shareholders in British candy maker Cadbury PLC are looking for a fat increase in the hostile takeover bid by Kraft Foods Inc., as Kraft faces a Tuesday deadline for changes to its bid. Full Story »
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