The Shame of Walter Reed
By ROB KEZELIS Two centuries ago, this medical army officer confirmed that Yellow Fever was transmitted by mosquitos. His discovery created a whole new line of defenses against disease and pushed…
Union requirement threatens anti-terror bill
By LAURIE KELLMAN President Bush and his Senate allies will kill a Sept. 11 antiterror bill if Congress sends it to the White House with a provision to let airport screeners…
Life in the second tier
By JOHN WHITESIDES While the early favorites in the 2008 presidential race fight for dollars and support, the immediate challenge for a crowded band of lesser known candidates is political survival. A…
GOP dumps terrorist money
A Republican Party campaign committee that received $20,000 in 2003 from a man now accused of helping terrorists has donated the money to a foundation that comforts families of wounded…
Edwards apologizes for war vote
By BETH FOUHY Democrat John Edwards said Tuesday that honesty and openness were essential qualities for a president, and that he was proud to acknowledge his 2002 vote authorizing the invasion…
Democrats rethink Iraq funding strategy
By ANNE FLAHERTY House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq while requiring President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened…
Step back, think carefully
By DALE McFEATTERS Joseph Lieberman -- independent senator and Iraq war supporter -- is probably not someone the Democrats feel like taking advice from. But in an op-ed piece this week,…
Obama & the ‘experience factor’
By MARTIN SCHRAM "The Experience Factor." The words resonate wherever pols and pundits congregate, sipping and opining at watering holes along the campaign trail. "The Experience Factor." It comes up right after…
The contradiction of atheism
By PAUL C. CAMPOS One of my best friends grew up in the Mormon Church. I asked Steve recently what he thought of Mitt Romney's statement that. "we need to have…
Targeting big tobacco
By BARBARA BARRETT Raleigh News & Observer R.J. Reynolds' new Camel No. 9s arrived this month in a black package trimmed in fuchsia, the slim cigarettes stamped with a tiny pink dromedary.…
