By coincidence two parallel fictions ran simultaneously in my household last Sunday night. In the kitchen I caught snippets of Hillary Clinton and Barbara Walters musing over the New York senator's new book, while my male associates gathered in another room to indulge their appetite for The Godfather. Dazzling performances all

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Continual thunderstorms and power outages over the last few weeks have brought to the fore again the debate about whether Nashville

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Normally we would not bother to denounce the evils of a constitutional amendment that legalizes bans on flag burning. The idea has been around for years, and Congress always seems to muster just enough votes to put this turkey back on the shelf, where it belongs. More

The Country Music Association (CMA) is showing a lot of foresight in changing the name of Fan Fair to the CMA Music Festival. More

Oreo cookies should be banned from sale to children in California. That's according to Stephen Joseph, who filed a lawsuit against Nabisco last month in California's Marin County Superior Court. More

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Pulling our troops out of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North Korea from South Korea is a good decision that