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Even the most ardent anti-war activist must admit that Secretary of State Colin Powell made a powerful presentation before the U.N. Security Council. More

In the movie 'Dave', Kevin Kline plays a presidential look-alike who must substitute for the real deal when the president suffers a stroke. Among other dilemmas he faces is saving a social program prized by the president More

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If I were the sort of high-ranking Iraqi official who gets briefed on what's going on abroad

Watching freshly minted Treasury Secretary John Snow, a longtime promoter of balanced budgets, hit the Hill this week to flack for the president's new red-ink-drenched budget, I felt like I had stumbled across a Richard Simmons infomercial pitching Big Macs. More

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that." More

No single gesture makes a more fitting tribute to the late percussionist Ramon

A bill to create a lottery here in Tennessee will allow players to purchase lottery tickets with credit cards as long as they spend at least $10 on goods purchases in addition to the ticket. More

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Robust debate is one of the things that has made this country great. The Founding Fathers really went after one another during the forging of the Constitution, and sometimes the verbal rancor was frightening in its intensity. More

Why war? Why now? Those are the questions President Bush's critics keep asking, but the critics are not alone in wanting answers. Most voters tell pollsters they're uneasy about moving too quickly toward war. And, though they strongly back the president's policy toward Iraq, they'd like to see more evidence against Saddam Hussein before the U.S. military moves on Baghdad. More

The proof is on the table. It

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A line in the explosive climax of Pearl Cleage's play Bourbon at the Border blew me away. More

In a past column I discussed some of the controversy surrounding the University of Michigan's admissions practices, where blacks and Hispanics are given points based solely on race, and where whites are turned away to admit blacks and Hispanics with much lower academic qualifications. More

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It is the gorilla sitting on the coffee table of collegiate sports and the Title IX controversy: college football. More

Tom Daschle and Nancy Pelosi weren't terribly impressed with the case President Bush made in his State of the Union address for forcibly turning Saddam Hussein out of power. More