Dick Cheney has never had any qualms about defending the Bush Administration war on terror or criticizing Democrats’ alternative approaches to national security.
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Despite Acquittal, a Florida Terrorism Suspect’s Legal Saga Continues
Sami al-Arian is no hero. Evidence introduced at his 2005 federal terrorism trial contradicted his claims that he was just a peace-loving academic targeted by U.S. prosecutors solely for his outspoken advocacy of Palestinian rights.
NBC’s ‘Kings’: The New Old Testament
Is it better for a TV show to be consistent or surprising?
Laid Off in Singapore: Ex-Pats Have to Downsize
On the northern fringe of Singapore, overlooking the slate gray waters of the Johore Strait, the public-housing project where Anthony Fulwood lives is so far from the city’s affluent expatriate enclaves that cabdrivers are stunned when he announces his address. ” ‘For God’s sake, why do you live there?’ they regularly ask me,” says Fulwood. ” ‘You’re white!’ ” Fulwood isn’t the only Western expatriate to take up residence in the cheaper peripheries of this Southeast Asian city.
Bipartisan Senate Group Making Progress on Health Care
A bipartisan group of nine U.S. senators, after meeting for nine months behind closed doors, is nearing an agreement on the broad strokes of a health care reform bill
One Victim Asks: Was It Worth It, Mr. Madoff?
Was it worth it, Mr. Madoff
Swedish teen arrested after online shooting threat
A teen in southern Sweden posted an online threat, saying he would carry out a German-style massacre at his school, police said Thursday. It would be tempting to put this down to Taliban propaganda except one of Kabul’s top cops is saying the same thing.
Photo emerges that might be last taken of Lincoln
An expert on Lincoln photography thinks a photograph found in Gen. Ulysses S.
Why Powerful People Overestimate Themselves
President Barack Obama isn’t as great as he thinks he is. To be fair, neither were Presidents Bush or Clinton — or Washington or Lincoln, for that matter
Rick Warren’s New Magazine: A Publishing Leap of Faith
The high-risk, questionable venture is a staple of biblical narratives — Noah building the ark, the Israelites heading out into the wilderness without any provisions, the idea that a couple of loaves and fish could feed a crowd. So maybe Rick Warren was reading Scripture instead of the business pages when he decided to expand his ministry this year by launching a glossy new magazine with a $10 cover price. Purpose Driven Connection, which debuted last month and is published by the Reader’s Digest Association, is a leap of faith for Warren at a time when newspapers and magazines are under great financial strain.