Articles of Interest
December 11, 2007, 1:00am

The man whom the people elected in 2000 to be president was in the temporary residence of the man whom the Supreme Court anointed. President George W. Bush hosted former Vice-President Al Gore, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and … Read more »

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December 10, 2007, 1:00am

Is Mike Huckabee the presidential candidate shunning Mike Huckabee the preacher? Before entering politics, he was a pastor at two Baptist churches. Now his campaign tells Mother Jones it won’t make his sermons available to the media and the public. … Read more »

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December 10, 2007, 1:00am

Sometimes, without warning, the future knocks on our door with a precious and painful vision of what might be. One hundred and nineteen years ago, a wealthy inventor read his own obituary, mistakenly published years before his death.

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December 10, 2007, 1:00am

On Thursday, President Bush stood with Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson to announce an agreement with the mortgage industry to provide relief to families facing home foreclosures.

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December 10, 2007, 1:00am

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Reps. Robert Scott, William Delahunt and Jerrold Nadler have sent letters to Central Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Michael Hayden and Attorney General Michael Mukasey requesting details about today’s reports that the CIA destroyed videotapes … Read more »

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December 07, 2007, 1:00am

At least one thing is clear about President Bush’s plan to help people trapped by the mortgage meltdown: it is an industry-led plan, not a government bailout.

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December 05, 2007, 1:00am

A new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) released Monday concluded that “in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program.”

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December 05, 2007, 1:00am

At the White House news conference yesterday, The Chicago Tribune’s Mark Silva gingerly snuck up on a state-of-mind question.

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December 04, 2007, 1:00am

For those who have doubts about miracles, a double one occurred Monday. An honest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program has been issued and its “key judgments” were made public.

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December 04, 2007, 1:00am

The last time Congress set corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards — mandating a 25-mile-per-gallon standard for cars — Gerald Ford was in the White House, Jaws was showing in movie theaters, and disco was king.

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