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Sarah Palin doesn't speak for me

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An evangelical soccer mom parts ways with the GOP star

An evangelical Christian parts ways with the GOP star

Pelosi and Reid's health-care monsters

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

J ust before Halloween, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled her latest Obamacare proposal: H.R. 3962, a 2,000-page legislative monster. On Nov. 7, the bill narrowly passed in the House by a vote of 220 to 215. If enacted into law, Ms. Pelosi's creation would do the following:

Opportunities abound in Indian prime minister's visit to U.S.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

N ext week, India's prime minister will be the first international leader to make an official state visit to the United States since President Barack Obama's inauguration. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit affirms that, while Washington is preoccupied with other countries - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran and North Korea - the strategic partnership with India furthers several U.S. foreign policy objectives.

As Dixon trial nears end, a demand for 'equal justice'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:00 -0500

I am sticking with my instinct: Lindbergh Carpenter Jr. could turn out to be the most effective witness for the prosecution in State v. Dixon. It wasn't so much the testimony he presented, because certainly that of the Baltimore developer Patrick Turner was the most damaging. But Lindbergh Carpenter gave the state an opportunity to remind the attentive jury in Circuit Court East of a principle engraved in the Supreme Court building in Washington and resonant in the memory of every American who paid attention in civics class: Equal Justice Under The Law.

Look homeward, NASA

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The agency's Earth-science budget has been slashed at a time when it is most needed

The agency's Earth-science budget has been slashed at a time when it is most needed

Mayor's defense hopes silence is golden

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

W hen he instructs the jurors in the Dixon theft case, Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney will tell them not to infer anything from the defendant's silence during trial - and they certainly should not interpret it as a sign of guilt. The judge will do this, of course, because, by the time her underwhelming defense came to a rest Wednesday morning, Mayor Sheila Dixon had not uttered a single word.

In debate over mammograms, consensus amid the confusion

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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Democracy's war problem

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

American political values no longer translate into success on the battlefield

W hat has happened to democracies at war?

The defense rests, and Dixon is silent

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

When he instructs the jurors in the Dixon case, Circuit Judge Dennis M. Sweeney will likely tell them not to construe or infer anything from the defendant's silence. Mayor Sheila Dixon did not testify in her own defense against charges that she's a thief. This might have been the plan all along; having a defendant testify in any criminal case always comes with risks, and in this case they were probably big risks. But, still, the mayor of Baltimore doesn't speak? They say she took gift cards intended for needy children in her city, and she doesn't have an argument?

The naked truth about men and art

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

I was in Chicago with time on my hands, and the sweet woman murmured to me - you know how this goes - "Would you like to see the Art Institute?" and I was thinking No No No God No, and I said, "Sure. Fine." "You wouldn't rather do something else?" she said. "No," I replied. That's the correct answer when a woman asks you about art. Yes, absolutely, ma cherie .