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The Civic Price of Courting Corporations

By Froma Harrop
Amtrak riders passing through New London, Conn., can catch an odd sight in an otherwise picturesque New England setting: a fancy corporate center standing next to a street grid emptied of nearly...

Pumpkin Pie Shortage - Thanksgiving, Christmas Scramble

By Gene Byrd
Black Friday may have to wait for the real retail scramble - there is a pumpkin pie shortage!  Blame it on the rain.  According to a United Press International report, "Heavy Midwestern rains have destroyed...

Obama Asia Trip - World Governments Not Playing Along

By Michael Barone
On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Even as he bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia last April and...

Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue" and the Conservative Descent

By Steve Chapman
The 19th century American writer Henry Adams said the descent of American presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant was enough to discredit the theory of evolution. The same could...

Jerry Brown Ensnared in His Own Tapegate Trap

By Debra Saunders
A recent Gallup poll found that 55 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of the mass media. Hence, many readers may have felt little outrage when they read a few weeks ago that Scott Gerber, then...