Put a lot of very qualified people in a very small room, then wait: how the Clinton campaign imploded. In Texas, Obama campaigners with little or no experience hold their own against Clinton's seasoned staffers. A history of gifted orators as superior presidents--it's how they
* Jolie: What we cannot afford, in my view, is to squander the progress that has been made [in Iraq]. * Turkey yanks troops after eight-day fight with Kurdish guerillas--but not because the U.S. said so. * Clinton's new ad: It's three a.m., your children
An "exemplary" soldier, Prince Harry has been fighting "Terry Taliban" in Afghanistan. An Australian magazine is under fire for leaking the news about Harry; now Harry's been withdrawn from combat. Shipwrecked fisherman survives a 12-hour swim off the coast of Australia. The movement
We must never forget the price we paid for getting over the political, economic and social crisis. Deciphering Dmitri Medvedev in his own words. Speaking of Medvedevedevedev, are political candidates fair targets for foreign policy and pronounciation pop quizzes? Pronouncement: the 2008 Rooster judges list; gambling on the ToB helps
It takes a Times op-ed for Bloomberg to deny his candidacy; it'll take a solutions-minded candidate to win his endorsement. Making the case for an Obama-Bloomberg ticket. Civil rights veteran John Lewis drops support for Clinton, backs Obama. Whether attacking or promoting Obama, everybody is
William Buckley dead at 82 in his office, "might have been working on a column." Buckley, the inspiration for three generations of conservatives; Buckley, a man of joy. Sullivan's Buckley links; Schlesinger on Buckley in 1959; examples of Buckley diaries. Forty percent of Americans think China&
In Ohio, debate host Russert channels SNL, hurls beanballs at Clinton, serves meat to Obama. Ahem: a list of baseball jargon. Movies based on board games: their past and (dubious) future. Arguments for both sides on whether reading your news online is better (or worse) for the environment. Artist Neil
The real world of being a Muslim teenager in America--at least the pre-caller ID world. Obama wonks tend to be inductive--working piecemeal from a series of real-world observations. Obama's font designers comment on the typographic choices of Clinton and McCain. Americans will get the
As the Democratic candidates are discovering, there are many Texases, and it's difficult appealing to them all. Obama is winning with the oldest political weapon there is: words; Clinton takes an anything-goes strategy. Op: Most of Obama's supporters are voting for him because he'
Historically, most politicians who fail to credit sources emerge unscathed. Indian wedding sleuths track down the sources of too-good-to-be-true profiles on matrimonial websites. Print for the commute: Remarkable stories of marines in Afghanistan; how to counter when friends tout Bush's aid in Africa. All
