An essay by two former Reagan and Bush 41 officials in this morning rsquo s Washington Post highlights the dangers of any investigation of criminal activities by the Bush 43 administration especially regarding the conduct of the war on terror Two such proposals have already been introduced in th

Sen Sherrod Brown of Ohio had to fly back to Washington last night to cast the necessary vote for the stimulus bill because Sen Ted Kennedy was too ill to come to the floor nbsp from the hospital Did it not occur to any of the GOP senators opposing the bill to say Sen Brown stay at your mothe

One of the great human rights advocates of the past few decades Alison Des Forges who worked tirelessly on behalf of the people of Rwanda and was certainly the world s leading expert on the genocide there in 1994 has died in the plane crash outside of Buffalo yesterday evening nbsp If you re

Judd who It is a sign of the self-importance Washington frequently indulges that the Federal City is breathless this morning over the news that Sen Judd Gregg has withdrawn his nomination as the next Commerce Secretary Fingers point on Capitol Hill Screams and shouts on Hardball Big headlines

In the Times of London this week Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O Connor president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales explores how Christianity is compatible with Darwin rsquo s theory of evolution The scientist rsquo s 200th birthday is today ldquo If we see the two science

Pope Benedict XVI met this morning at the Vatican with a delegation from the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations In the wake of his decision to lift the formal excommunications of four Lefebvrist bishops one of whom has denied the Holocaust it was important that Benedict hit th