With the hope and audacity of accuracy, when in doubt, ask more questions

Few minorities on GOP podium

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, all part of its effort to present the GOP as a picture of diversity.

Is John McCain a Crook?

Before Enron, there was Keating The controversial George W. Bush-sponsored poll in South Carolina mentioned John McCain's role in the so-called Keating Five scandal, and McCain says his involvement in the scandal "will probably be on my tombstone." What exactly did McCain do?

Lower gas prices aren't good

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Oil prices are falling sharply, and that's good news. But not nearly as good as you might think.

Pakistan aided in Kabul attack

WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan's powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials.

Nonaligned countries back Iran's nuclear program

TEHRAN, Iran - More than 100 nonaligned nations backed Iran's right to peaceful uses of nuclear power on Wednesday, an endorsement sought by Tehran in its standoff with the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.

Nixon Vs Bush

Both presidents have been vilified as the worst to take the reigns as commander in chief, and both have become cult classics in the field of tyrannical American leaders. Both also have expanded the role of the executive government in one way or another to a disturbing degree.

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Fuel Subsidies Overseas Take a Toll on U.S.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — To understand why fuel prices in the United States have soared over the last year, it helps to talk to the captain of a battered wooden freighter here.

Enjoy the bias and shut up McCain!

It is no secret that the media has fallen in love with Barack Obama, and his recent trip to the Middle East has exacerbated that. And to be frank, why not? He's charismatic, inspirational, has a good smile and he's black.

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Give Amtrak a Fighting Chance

It started out as a real victory for passenger rail: the House and the Senate voted to give significantly more money to Amtrak to improve service and upgrade tired cars, tracks and other equipment.

Nader's Black and White World

So will we have Ralph Nader to kick around some more after all? Maybe, but some of us were hoping that we could forget, so allow me the conceit. Can I say, "Thanks, but no thanks"?

Military Service and the Presidency

In 1992, William Jefferson Clinton broke a fifty year tradition by being the first president elected in two generations to have not served the military in any capacity. George W Bush did serve in the Texas air national guard, but was never sent to any conflict.

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Sunscreen is bullcrap!

The simple rule of sunscreen - the higher the SPF and the thicker the slather, the better - has come under doubt. ADVERTISEMENT

Imagine: September 11

As the primary election season moves on, the United States prepares to elect its 44th President. What awaits the next President is an country with no clear energy policy, a poor standing in the world and a crippled economy.

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Some Black Republicans Torn About Voting for Obama or McCain

When Michael Varner attended historically black Howard University, he tried his best to rejuvenate Howard's chapter of the College Republicans, but he was a party of one.

The Misunderestimated Man: How Bush chose stupidity.

The question I am most frequently asked about Bushisms is, "Do you really think the president of the United States is dumb?" The short answer is yes. The long answer is yes and no.

Crisis and Renewal

"I'M sad that you see Argentina like this," Pola Oloixarac, my new Argentine friend, said one night in November 2003 as we passed a cluster of figures picking through heaps of garbage bags on the otherwise deserted streets downtown.

Bomb Opec

Note: The article was published at the beginning of May. What's the next dumb economic idea in this race?

Dedicated to Tim Russert

It is only once every generation that broadcast journalism is bestowed with someone who holds such high qualities, and can be placed in a special class of men and women in their craft.

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ABC News: $4 Gas: It's Our Fault

WASHINGTON -- One of my favorite newspaper comic strips as a child was the Katzenjammer Kids, about two mischievous boys who were always getting caught red-handed and spanked.

Pakistani Taliban seek sharia rule

Pakistani Taliban fighters have said that the success of a peace deal signed with the government in the northwestern area depends on the complete enforcement of Islamic law in the region. The agreement, signed on Wednesday, ends months of fighting in the Swat valley between t …

Open Letter to Congress concerning gas prices

Dear members of Congress and the future President of the United States

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Lexington | Why not both? | Economist.com

BACK in March Barack Obama compared the Democratic primary to a "good movie" that has lasted "half an hour too long". The movie has long since gone bad, and half an hour has dragged into an eternity. Surely it is high time to roll out the Hollywood ending.

Bush's Bizarro World

President Bush's speech to the Israeli Knesset, in which he charged that people who advocate negotiating with "terrorists and radicals" are the equivalent of craven Western leaders who sought to appease Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s, has created a political firestorm.

Sudan and Chad | A bloody tit-for-tat | Economist.com

PICKING through the knotted bundle of clothes in a police station in Omdurman, close to Sudan's capital, Khartoum, the security man emerges with a ragged cap in his hand. "Chad", he says triumphantly, pointing to the flag emblazoned on its front.

House passes bill to sue OPEC over oil prices

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation on Tuesday allowing the Justice Department to sue OPEC members for limiting oil supplies and working together to set crude prices, but the White House threatened to veto the measure. ADVERTI …

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