Opinion - Washington Post - 2010-09-03 06:12:20.
Unfulfilled promises to black farmers and Native Americans
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...
Opinion - Washington Post - 2010-09-03 06:12:20.
The EPA's new gas-mileage labels are good but not perfect
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...
Opinion - Washington Post.
Del. Norton deserves reelection to Congress
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...
Opinion - Wall Street Journal.
Best of the Web Today: James Lee's Awakening
A lesson in the dangers of extremist rhetoric.
Opinion - Washington Post.
Shouldn't winning the war be Mr. Obama's top mission?
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."
Opinion - Washington Post.
D.C. Council endorsements
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,...
