What Doesn't Kill You, Makes You Stranger

Prosecuting Terror: Holder Made the Right Decision -

Fort Hood fiction: Jumping to dangerous conclusions about role of Hasan's religion

Even as America struggles to understand the Fort Hood massacre, right-wingers have embarked on a dangerous, dishonest campaign to blame the atrocity on "political correctness" - as if the very idea of tolerance and diversity in the U.S.

Sarah Palin, the GOP's blessing and curse

The self-described 'rogue' is anathema to the party establishment but manna from heaven to the grass roots.

When everyday expletives aren't good enough

A few alternatives to our most popular obscenity

Utah becomes a battleground in the GOP's civil war

Sen. Robert Bennett is under fire from those in the party who find him insufficiently conservative. His battle may be a reflection of an anti-establishment anger that could affect both parties.

Asian agenda: The president has an issue-filled itinerary

There will be lots to do. Mr. Obama will probably be glad to get home at the end, and will find America's health-care wrangles comforting compared to some of the issues he will face in Asia.

Honor veterans today, every day

It's been 90 years since Nov. 11 was proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson as the first commemoration of Armistice Day to mark the end of World War I — the Great War known as "the war to end all wars."

Alice Rossi, 87, noted sociologist, leading feminist

As an early and ardent supporter of abortion rights, a champion of female professors, and one of the founding board members of the National Organization of Women, Dr. Rossi was a strong feminist voice across many spheres of American life.

Women play a bigger role in Mexico's drug war

Addiction, the economy and the lure of living well have sucked many into the narcotics underworld. The trend threatens the foundations of Mexican society.

PC'd to Death: The Army Must Give Answers

The Shrink and the Terrorist

Get serious, Sarah

If Palin wants to be considered a credible presidential hopeful for 2012, she needs to do more than release a book and go on "Oprah." She needs to weigh in on serious issues -- such as energy, the size of government, federal taxing and spending -- and to support candidates in 201 …

Curse of Bush Removed from Yankees

A Democrat is in the White House. What are Republican Yankee fans to do?

Why fundamentalism will fail

A seemingly unstoppable force is being undone from the inside

Muslim, Arab-Americans brace for backlash after Ft. Hood massacre

We're appalled too by Fort Hood killer Nidal Malik Hasan, so don't target us: Muslim groups

Attack of the Palinites

The Palinites -- because of her star power, she's the de facto leader of the movement at this point, so it's fair to name it after her -- backed a third-party conservative named Doug Hoffman. Scozzafava pulled out and threw what support she had to Owens, who won by four points.

'Sesame Street's' Been Swept, But the Magic of Show Remains

In the early days of "Sesame Street" -- that is, B.E. (Before Elmo) -- Sesame Street was a pretty grimy place.

Obama's first year: A record you can believe in

he's a president, not a Hollywood action hero. Most of my frustration is really with the process of getting anything done in Washington, which is not something Obama can unilaterally change, nimbly circumvent or blithely ignore.

Is Monogamy Realistic?

Keeping prejudice out of our children

Incidents of racial prejudice, both blatant and subtle, provide fodder for heated discussions in newspaper columns and TV talk shows. Where does it come from? Why does it persist, despite more than a half century of national effort to eradicate it?

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