Running and Screaming
Give us a nominee or give us death. The Pennsylvania primary is here, and with it may come the end of our nightmarish nomination process. Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner on what’s truly making Americans bitter: politics.
Archive
A collection of 14234 issues
22 April 2008: Morning
F.D.A. finds link between contaminated blood thinner from China and 81 deaths in the U.S. The life expectancy for U.S. women has reversed for the first time since 1918--smoking, obesity are the likely culprits. The voters who will decide the 2008 election: working-class males,
21 April 2008: Afternoon
Cheruiyot of Kenya wins fourth Boston Marathon; Ethiopian Tune wins for women in marathon's closest finish. Street view shows Zimbabwe preserving patience for getting around to rigging the election. Study says American gun owners are educated, wealthy, and very happy. Financial analysts offer to talk about recession for
21 April 2008: Morning
Some claim Democratic leaders are working to end their race before it reaches the convention floor. Condoleezza Rice visits Iraq, ridicules al-Sadr, who on Saturday threatened open war. In Sadr City, civilian casualties increase as fighting between militias and U.S.-Iraqi forces intensifies. Our morning plateful is honest
Book Digest: April 21, 2008
Having had reason to contemplate philosopher/titan Ludwig Wittgenstein, (see below) I thought I would lay out a few hors d’oeuvres of his thinking. From his so-called early phase: * The world is everything that is the case. * What is the case, the fact, is the existence of atomic
I Am Tourist
Who are these tourists, where do they come from, and why do they foul up my morning commute? Anyone who’s lived in a big city knows the feeling of working in Disneyland, and anyone who’s visited one probably brought a camera.
What are we denying ourselves?
Next week we’ll be publishing our monthly installment of Of Recent Note; and just like last month, we’re inviting you to participate. Here’s this month’s assignment: “Things We’re Denying Ourselves” What have you been holding back on, holding out on, holding yourself up to? Ideals
18 April 2008: Afternoon
Mugabe blames his likely defeat on the British, those who "deliberately engage in reversing the gains of our liberation." Europeans say China's a bigger threat to global stability than the U.S. Op: Four ways to deal with rogue states going nuclear: preemption, deterrence, missile defense,
18 April 2008: Morning
The coming recession: Workers working fewer hours, earning less, spending less. The food crisis is...eroding the gains of the working and middle classes, sowing volatile levels of discontent, and putting new pressures on fragile governments. Op: The food crisis should come as no surprise, what with inflation, globalization, and
Write-In Candidate: Reporting Vote Results
Political news is often the repetitive; only the names and votes change. As the nation’s newspapers prepare to report on yet another close primary, here’s a template that could get everyone out of the office earlier.