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Unfulfilled promises to black farmers and Native Americans

2010-09-03 05:48:20: JOHN BOYD JR. has had it. Mr. Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, has worked for the past quarter-century to win some semblance of justice for African American farmers, who for decades were denied government loans because of the color of their skin. Yet something goes wrong...

The EPA's new gas-mileage labels are good but not perfect

2010-09-03 05:48:20: THE ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency is asking for comments on its proposed new gas mileage stickers for automobiles -- so here's ours. On the whole, both of the agency's two suggested alternative stickers represent much-needed improvement over current fuel-economy labeling. They more clearly and...

Del. Norton deserves reelection to Congress

2010-09-03 05:48:20: DEL. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is faulted by her opponent in the Sept. 14 primary for not being able to deliver voting rights to the city. This failure, even with solid Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, is why challenger Douglass Sloan thinks that she should be replaced. That...

Best of the Web Today: James Lee's Awakening

2010-09-02 16:08:10: A lesson in the dangers of extremist rhetoric.

Shouldn't winning the war be Mr. Obama's top mission?

2010-09-02 03:08:20: ENDANGERED Democrats beseech President Obama to focus on the problems at home. Republicans smelling blood attack him if he talks about anything but the recession. His own aides promise, from time to time, that his mission will consist of "jobs, jobs, jobs."

D.C. Council endorsements

2010-09-02 03:08:20: EARLY VOTING is underway in the District, and most of the attention understandably has centered on the contentious battle between Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray. But there are important races for D.C. Council seats that voters should not overlook. By all accounts,...

Best of the Web Today: The Summer of George

2010-09-01 20:08:11: The economy is dismal, but one man is enjoying a recovery.

Op-Ed Columnist: You Ain’t Seen This Before

2010-09-01 12:30:10: With the Israelis, the Palestinians and the Iraqis, President Obama makes an ambitious reach to change the Middle East.

Op-Ed Columnist: Not-So-Magic Carpet Ride

2010-09-01 12:30:10: President Obama’s talking rug could use some quotations that are a bit more timely.

What the Tea Party Really Wants

2010-09-01 12:30:10: Are they angry because they think traditional values are being ignored or are they just upset the recorded message told them to press 2 for Spanish?

Mind the Grid

2010-09-01 12:30:10: Can a week of silent meditation make it easier to resist the emotional pull of the digital world?

War Is Over — for Some

2010-09-01 12:30:10: Despite the president’s announcement that the end of the war in Iraq is near, for many it will linger on.

Darwin Terraces

2010-09-01 12:30:10: Dangerous railing-free balconies which risk abruptly accelerating natural selection.

Daily Lexeme: Writrix

2010-09-01 12:30:10: A female writer; an authoress.

Hulidap

2010-09-01 12:30:10: Filipino portmanteau for police arrests motivated by extortion. (Huli [arrest] + holdup.)

Better credit card rules for consumers

2010-09-01 00:28:20: AUGUST BROUGHT the phase-in of the last new credit card regulations under the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, also known as the Credit CARD Act, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Obama more than a year ago. Among other things, the new rules ban...

Why the disconnect between D.C.'s progress and Mayor Fenty's fortunes?

2010-09-01 00:28:20: THE BIG NEWS from The Post's poll on the District's mayoral race is the 17-point advantage that D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray enjoys over Mayor Adrian M. Fenty among those likely to vote in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary. That's a testament in part to the smart race Mr. Gray has run, even...

Pakistan flood relief is in America's strategic interest

2010-09-01 00:28:20: THE FLOODWATERS that have displaced 20 million Pakistanis and submerged nearly a fifth of Pakistan's land are exacting a terrible toll on an already long-suffering people. That would be reason enough for the United States to be generous and compassionate in its response. But the humanitarian...

Letters to the editor, Aug. 31

2010-08-31 05:48:04: Houston Chronicle readers respond to recent articles about regulating insurance hikes, Hurricane Katrina victims, rewards for educational achievements, and authors who boycotted a youth lit fest.

High on Lee: Kudos to school alumni for making a connection

2010-08-31 05:48:04: A heartfelt shout-out to those alumni of HISD's Robert E. Lee High School who have rallied behind their long-beleaguered alma mater in its hour of need and are helping to change it into a season of hope. May their numbers increase.

Iraqis need promises of post-war commitments from the U.S.

2010-08-31 04:28:20: THE OFFICIAL END of U.S. combat operations in Iraq that President Obama will mark with a speech Tuesday night is a milestone but, as we hope Mr. Obama will make clear, hardly an end to America's involvement or strategic interests in the Middle Eastern country.

A federal judge puts a damper on Mr. Cuccinelli's U-Va. witch hunt

2010-08-31 04:28:20: EARLY THIS YEAR, climate-change skeptics went on the attack, pointing to two molehills of scandal that they claimed were towering peaks of scientific malfeasance. One was "Climategate," in which skeptics used highly selective excerpts of stolen e-mails in an effort to discredit some well-known scientists. The other was the identification of errors in the last assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) -- the canon of the international consensus on global warming -- particularly a dubious prediction that Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035.

U.S. citizens who say they were tortured get their day in court

2010-08-31 04:28:20: THE ALLEGATIONS are sadly familiar by now: The men were picked up by U.S. military forces, locked in tiny cells, deprived of sleep, and subjected to extreme temperatures and loud music.

Best of the Web Today: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

2010-08-30 21:28:09: The creed of the 21st-century American liberal.

Tray chic: School lunches get healthier �" and more appetizing

2010-08-30 03:08:05: Across the country, public schools are attempting to make their meals healthier and more appealing.

Oppression in modern Russia

2010-08-30 01:48:20: Q:IN WHAT sort of society might a 68-year-old man be sent to jail for peacefully carrying his nation's flag in a parade to celebrate Flag Day?

A tolerance of rape

2010-08-30 01:48:20: "THIS IS SOMETHING that I think needs to be done, not tomorrow, but yesterday."

Death row visits

2010-08-30 01:48:20: THE VIRGINIA Department of Corrections has had a welcome change of heart on its death row visitation policy.

Social Security at 75: An ongoing discussion of innovations to keep the system functional is mandatory

2010-08-29 07:08:05: Social Security turned 75 this month, and the occasion has brought hand-wringing about the future of the federal government's most popular program.

Dead mothers: Too many American women die giving birth

2010-08-29 07:08:05: We'd like to think that dying in childbirth is one of those things that doesn't happen anymore, or at least, not to Americans. Sadly, that's not true.

Mercury News editorial: Delay in state water bond vote presents opportunity

2010-08-29 06:18:14: The recent decision to delay Proposition 18 for two years was inevitable, since backers of the $11.1 billion water bond measure correctly perceived that it could not win voter approval in November.

Opinion: Needed: Leaders who surprise

2010-08-29 06:18:14: I just saw the movie "Invictus" -- the story of how Nelson Mandela, in his first term as president of South Africa, enlisted the country's famed rugby team, the Springboks, on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup and, through that, to start the healing of that apartheid-torn land.

Opinion: Changing 14th Amendment won't solve immigration crisis

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Like most Americans, I am a descendant of immigrants and a grateful beneficiary of the opportunities available to our nation's citizens.

Opinion: Leonard Pitts. Jr.: Mike Huckabee, a thinking person's conservative

2010-08-29 06:18:14: "I'm a conservative, but I'm not mad at everybody over it." -- Mike Huckabee I'm writing this to say just one thing: I like Mike.

Opinion: Krauthammer: Moral myopia at ground zero

2010-08-29 06:18:14: It's hard to be an Obama sycophant these days. Your hero delivers a Ramadan speech roundly supporting the building of a mosque and Islamic center at ground zero in New York.

Mercury News editorial: Vote No on Proposition 23

2010-08-29 06:18:14: The most important vote Californians cast in November may not be in the governor's race but on Proposition 23, the measure to suspend the state's landmark global warming law.

Opinion: Liccardo: I support pension reform because of progressive values, not in spite of them

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Characterizing the Aug. 3 San Jose City Council meeting as "a sea change in local politics," a recent Mercury News editorial heralded the traditionally labor-dominated council's decision to place Measures V and W on the November ballot.

Mercury News editorial: Net neutrality must apply to all of the Web

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Google characterizes its agreement with Verizon, announced earlier this month, as a pragmatic compromise in the battle over net neutrality, which government regulators have struggled for years to address.

Opinion: Pesticide regulators at a decision point: Prioritize health protection

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Summer brings to mind the bounty of nature that California offers -- red, delicious strawberries, juicy tomatoes and crisp bell peppers atop a fresh garden salad.

Opinion: Has the U.S. closed the door on American Muslims?

2010-08-29 06:18:14: When my parents decided to leave their war-ravaged homeland of Afghanistan in the 1980s, they had the option of migrating to a number of different countries, but sought one that they could make their "home.

Opinion: Victor Davis Hanson: Drop the 'teachable moments' and get back to nation's business

2010-08-29 06:18:14: The president of the United States has it hard enough without needlessly wading into, and fanning, local controversies.

Mercury News editorial: California too slow to spend stimulus funds

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Two of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's top priorities are jobs and the environment. So it's outrageous and unacceptable that nearly a year after Congress gave California $25 million in stimulus funding to make state buildings more energy efficient, only 1 percent of the money has been spent.

Opinion: Ruben Navarrette Jr.: Don't let politics derail sensible immigration proposal

2010-08-29 06:18:14: SAN DIEGO -- Most parents will do anything for their children. And when mom and dad are in the United States illegally, this includes volunteering to spend the rest of your lives in the shadows if it means your kid can step into the light.

Opinion: Thomas L. Friedman: What American, European economies need for a sustained recovery

2010-08-29 06:18:14: BERLIN -- In the past few weeks, I've had a chance to speak with senior economic policymakers in America and Germany, and I think I've figured out where we are.

Opinion: Ending the net neutrality cold war

2010-08-29 06:18:14: The cool Silicon Valley summer is bringing with it a welcome thaw in the regulatory cold war over broadband Internet.

Opinion: It's time to restore San Jose's historic clock tower

2010-08-29 06:18:14: When he finished his installation inside the partially restored San Jose clock tower, someone asked Nels Johnson how accurate his clock was.

Opinion: Maureen Dowd: Now it can be told: Obama is angry with the professional left

2010-08-29 06:18:14: WASHINGTON -- Robert Gibbs should be yanked as White House press secretary. Not because of his outburst against the "professional left.

Opinion: Schwarzenegger scrambles to save legacy accomplishments

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Summary

Mercury News editorial: Consumer financial agency must be set up to police mortgage market

2010-08-29 06:18:14: A study of 625,000 California foreclosures released Tuesday confirms what many already believed: Latino and African-American homeowners have faced foreclosure at higher rates than others, largely after being steered toward risky subprime loans even when they qualified for regular mortgages.

Mercury News editorial: County residents should offer input on park acquisition policy

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Santa Clara County purchased its first park, the lovely 400-acre Stevens Creek County Park, in 1924 for $27,500.

Mercury News editorial: The importance of disclosure of public-employee pay

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Public officials are scrambling to respond to the scandal over employee pay in the Southern California city of Bell.

Opinion: Temporary fix of Arctic oil not worth steep price to polar bears

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Political habits die hard in the Alaska governor's office, and Sean Parnell seems determined to carry on Sarah Palin's war against the polar bear.

Mercury News editorial: Redouble efforts to reduce childhood obesity

2010-08-29 06:18:14: A comprehensive study of more than 8 million California students shows for the first time that childhood obesity is leveling off and beginning to fall.

San Mateo County Times Editorial: All we get is rhetoric on Social Security

2010-08-29 06:18:14: This editorial is reprinted from the San Bernardino County Sun:There are two camps in Washington regarding the health of Social Security.

Mercury News editorial: San Jose Unified must answer questions about fire alarm policies

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Last month's arson at Trace Elementary has raised serious questions about the actions of the San Jose Unified School District.

Opinion: Pesticide pollution must be curbed in urban areas, too

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Too many Californians associate pesticide use only with large-scale agricultural operations. In reality, pesticide sales are split about evenly between agricultural and nonagricultural products, including home and garden pesticides and institutional products like chlorine used to sanitize drinking

Mercury News editorial: California's state parks should be our legacy

2010-08-29 06:18:14: In its annual list of America's 11 most endangered places, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's No. 1 pick this year was state parks nationwide.

Opinion: The Fed, paralyzed, is not doing its job

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Ten years ago, one of America's leading economists delivered a stinging critique of the Bank of Japan, Japan's equivalent of the Federal Reserve, titled "Japanese Monetary Policy: A Case of Self-Induced Paralysis?

Opinion: Broder: Vilsack goes to bat for rural America

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Over the years, reporters learn that there are a relative handful of the public officials with whom we deal who can be counted on to expand our understanding of events.

Opinion: 20 years later: Self esteem movement was utopian hucksterism

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Twenty years ago, a California state document was flying off the shelves. "Toward a State of Esteem" was the final report of the California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility.

Opinion: Including the public's essential in choosing next San Jose police chief

2010-08-29 06:18:14: The retirement of San Jose Police Chief Rob Davis offers a unique opportunity for a new dynamic in police-community relations.

Mercury News editorial: Gay marriage ruling a disappointment

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Judge Vaughn Walker's decision Thursday to let gay weddings resume -- but not until next week, allowing time for an appeals court to step in -- was a disappointment to many.

Opinion: Social Security can be lifeline for children, too

2010-08-29 06:18:14: Social Security is a sacred institutional benefit for our nation's retirees. Yet I know firsthand that it can also be a critical lifeline for children.

Mercury News editorial: Bouquets to San Jose's rose garden volunteers

2010-08-29 06:18:14: We love roses, but that's not why we keep tossing bouquets at San Jose's Municipal Rose Garden. It's because of the city's partnership with Friends of the San Jose Rose Garden, which has brought in hundreds of volunteers over the past three years from all over the Bay Area.

Opinion: Collins: Trivial pursuit of politicians

2010-08-29 06:18:14: We do seem to be having a lot of squabbles about politicians' personal probity: who exaggerated military service or added on an extra college degree or Photoshopped pictures on the campaign website.

Opinion: Dan Walters: Beleaguered water bill is booted to the next governor

2010-08-29 06:18:14: When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature enacted a sweeping package of water bills that included a $11.

Mr. Gray's aspersions

2010-08-28 23:08:20: D.C. COUNCIL CHAIRMAN Vincent C. Gray, who according to a Washington Post poll published Sunday is leading in the race to become Washington's next mayor, is basing his bid to unseat Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in large part on issues of integrity and character. Mr. Gray's charges are serious, and they deserve serious examination.

New Orleans five years later

2010-08-28 23:08:20: FIVE YEARS AGO today, hell was unleashed on New Orleans. The storm surge created by the winds and rains of Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the city's levee system, which the Army Corps of Engineers had poorly designed and poorly maintained. For days, with much of the city flooded, people pleaded for help from rooftops, the Superdome and the convention center. Scenes of depravation, desperation and death shocked the nation and the world.

Fed's capacity to stimulate economy is limited

2010-08-28 03:08:20: CONSIDER THE predicament of Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. The world is looking to him for reassurance that the U.S. economy is not about to go into recession -- again -- despite many worrisome new statistics. Yet in a long-awaited speech at the Fed's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on Friday, the most optimistic claim Mr. Bernanke could honestly make is that the economy is more likely than not to continue growing at about its current modest pace. Neither inflation nor deflation is a near-term threat -- it appears. And this necessarily equivocal forecasting came accompanied by Mr. Bernanke's admissions that the Fed's past predictions about growth, household spending and the U.S. trade balance did not pan out.

Endorsements: In the Democratic primaries for the Maryland General Assembly from Prince George's County

2010-08-28 03:08:20: PRINCE GEORGE'S County's all-Democratic delegation in the state legislature includes some talented freshmen; journeymen of varying quality; and a few old lions, some of whom haven't quite realized that the 21st century dawned a decade ago. The contested Democratic primaries on Sept. 14 -- there are no contested Republican primaries in Prince George's -- include some promising first-time candidates who could help determine how much clout the county wields in Annapolis at a time of dwindling state funds for public schools and social services. The following candidates, identified in bold type, are our choices.

Best of the Web Today: Oikophobia

2010-08-27 20:08:09: Why the liberal elite finds Americans revolting.

The oil spill's economic cleanup

2010-08-27 00:28:20: WHEN BP HEEDED President Obama's urging, endowed a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the gulf oil spill and said it would play no role in awarding the dollars, one aim was to remove controversy and politics from the process of determining who deserves cash, and how much. Instead, it seems, the heat has only been displaced -- onto Washington lawyer Kenneth R. Feinberg, who is administering the Gulf Coast Claims Facility after having run a similar Sept. 11 victim compensation fund.

Pension time bomb: The shadow hanging over GM's turnaround

2010-08-27 00:28:20: PRESIDENT OBAMA has a riposte for critics of his decision to rescue General Motors and Chrysler: You can't argue with success. And much good news has emanated from Detroit of late, especially from GM. Having wiped out almost all of its debt through an administration-orchestrated bankruptcy process, slashed excess plants and streamlined operations, GM is once again turning a profit: $2.2 billion so far in 2010. Sales are up; promising new models are coming to market. GM's aggressive new management is planning a public stock offering, which would let the Treasury Department start unloading the 61 percent stake it bought for nearly $50 billion. U.S. officials speak of escaping with modest losses -- a small price for averting industrial catastrophe.

Race to the Top itself needs some reform

2010-08-27 00:28:20: WITH RACE TO THE TOP money now awarded, it is clear that some states that lost out were more deserving than some that won the much-coveted grants. Yet, overall, the program has been a success in driving school reform.

Best of the Web Today: Who Is Michael Enright?

2010-08-26 17:28:09: The suspect in an anti-Muslim hate crime worked for an outfit that backs the Ground Zero mosque.

A judge blocks federal funding for stem cell research

2010-08-26 04:29:23: THIS WEEK, a D.C. federal trial judge put a temporary halt to federally funded research on embryonic stem cells, concluding that current law prohibits the use of such money for work in which an embryo is damaged or destroyed. The decision is unnecessarily disruptive, creating uncertainty about the future of one of the most promising lines of research in recent memory. It also points out the need for Congress to clarify the rules that govern this scientifically important and morally delicate endeavor.

How the FCC can best regulate the Internet

2010-08-26 04:29:23: FOR MORE THAN a decade, "net neutrality" -- a commitment not to discriminate in the transmission of Internet content -- has been a rule tacitly understood by Internet users and providers alike.

D.C.'s unaffiliated voters, left out in the cold

2010-08-26 04:29:23: ON THE ISSUE of widening participation in the District's primaries, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics' ruling Wednesday was correct on the law, but Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) was -- and remains -- right on the merits. The D.C. Council should revisit the issue for future elections.

Best of the Web Today: Mr. Mayor, Have You No Shame?

2010-08-25 21:28:10: Why Michael Bloomberg is imitating Joe McCarthy.

Ms. Lincoln, in the tall cotton

2010-08-25 01:48:20: WHEN LAST WE checked on U.S. agricultural policy, the Obama administration was paying Brazil $147.3 million to settle its international trade lawsuit over U.S. cotton subsidies, thus freeing Washington to continue lavishing taxpayer money on wealthy farmers in Arkansas, home state of politically embattled Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln. We thought this might represent policy sausage-making at its least attractive.

Montgomery County's Jerry Weast will be a hard act to follow

2010-08-25 01:48:20: IF ANYONE has earned the right to retire from a job well done, it is Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Jerry D. Weast. For 11 years he has led Maryland's largest school system with vision, courage and sheer hard work. Nonetheless, we can't help but be saddened by his decision or wonder why the school board didn't do more to try to keep him.

The case against stronger abortion regulations in Virginia

2010-08-25 01:48:20: THE QUESTION borders on the inane: Can Virginia regulate "facilities in which first-trimester abortion services are provided" and "medical personnel who perform first-trimester abortions"? The answer is obvious: Of course it can. Every state regulates medical personnel and facilities, from those that dispense acne medication to those that perform open-heart surgery. How a state regulates, however, is a different question -- and one that should be answered by solid medical evidence and sound public policy.

Pulaskigrams

2010-08-24 17:48:09: Police nickname for the detailed paperwork introduced by the NYPD's Chief of Detectives, Phil Pulaski.

Mamils

2010-08-24 11:08:09: Middle-Aged Men In Lycra - an increasingly common sight in Britain, and elsewhere, exacerbated by the popularity of cycling.

Letters to the editor, Aug. 24

2010-08-24 07:08:10: Chronicle readers respond to recent articles about the egg recall, a photo of a man on a forklift setting a church steeple, the Pearland Little League team, the execution of Peter Cantu, the South Carolina woman who drowned her two children, and rehabilitation “owed” to defrocked judge Sam Kent.

Full report: Investigation of potential HCC conflicts of interest should be made public

2010-08-24 07:08:10: The Houston Community College board was briefed behind closed doors last week on an investigation exploring allegations of improper connections by past and current trustees and companies that did work for the community college.

Smooth opening of D.C. schools is a sign of overall improvement

2010-08-24 05:48:21: WHAT IS remarkable about the opening of D.C. schools is how unremarkable it was. Schools were ready, teachers were in place and parents knew what to expect because of the system's herculean efforts to share information. True, there were some textbooks still on back order, but in those rare instances, officials copied and distributed beginning chapters so students wouldn't lose a step. Monday's smooth opening contrasts with the days not so long ago when going back to school meant confusion and chaos for D.C. students. It should give pause to those who would belittle Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's accomplishments as he seeks to reform the city's public schools.

Regulation and more openness are needed to improve Pepco service

2010-08-24 05:48:21: IN THE WAKE of recent storms, more than 300,000 Pepco customers in Maryland experienced power outages, some spending days without power. After the thunderstorms came a storm of complaints, provoking hearings, reform proposals and statements from everyone from the governor to the Maryland Public Service Commission.

Egg recall points up need for Senate action on food safety

2010-08-24 05:48:21: SALMONELLA enteritidis is a food-borne illness so common that the Food and Drug Administration moved last year to enact rules first proposed during the Bill Clinton administration. The new monitoring and safety requirements didn't go into effect until last month. That was too late to possibly prevent the more than 1,200 cases of the illness, in at least 22 states, that have been reported since May. No deaths have been reported. But this latest outbreak highlights once again that efforts to sew up the holes in the country's food safety net have gone nowhere for more than a year.

Op-Ed Columnist: A Case of Mental Courage

2010-08-24 04:28:09: The novelist Fanny Burney stared pain in the face, teaching a lesson in character we would do well to recover.

Op-Ed Columnist: A Hero Named Bobby

2010-08-24 04:28:09: The death of Bobby Thomson triggers memories from a lifetime ago.

Daily Lexeme: Scandiknavery

2010-08-24 04:28:09: Deceit or trickery by Scandinavians.

Irrational Exuberance Comes Home

2010-08-23 21:48:10: The building boom of the last 20 years produced some great architecture among the glitz.

Truth and Conspiracy in the Catskills

2010-08-23 21:48:10: Unbelievable! Some conspiracy theories are closer to home than one might think.

Op-Ed Columnist: Now That’s Rich

2010-08-23 15:08:13: Republicans and conservative Democrats are eager to give hundreds of billions of dollars to the 120,000 richest people in America.

Op-Ed Columnist: What Roger Clemens Wants

2010-08-23 15:08:13: What the juxtaposition of Bobby Thomson’s death and Roger Clemens’s indictment says about the way we judge our sports heroes.

The Third Replicator

2010-08-23 15:08:13: Information is being copied at previously unheard of rates. Has the Internet given birth to a new evolutionary process?

Real Americans, Please Stand Up

2010-08-23 15:08:13: The ongoing debate about the proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan is bringing out the worst in too many of us.

When Is a Muslim Not a Muslim?

2010-08-23 15:08:13: Have questions about President Obama’s religion become just another political code?

Smilorexia & the Veneer Nazis

2010-08-23 15:08:13: An obsession with obtaining the "perfect smile" - and the cosmetic dentists who exploit it.