WASHINGTON — As the manhunt for the Boston bombers reached its climactic conclusion, Americans of all hues and backgrounds heaved a sigh of relief. Thank goodness it wasn’t ... fill in the blank:
Dan Becker and James GerstenzangSafe Climate Campaign
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:38 a.m.
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WASHINGTON (MCT) — President Obama is facing a critical opportunity to take the country beyond its century-and-a-half reliance on oil. Earth Day was Monday, and last weekend’s third anniversary of the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster, offer...
On Monday night, I went before a live television audience and tried to put the Boston terror attack into some perspective. I told the viewers that as an American, I was angry. I said the attack was vile and cowardly, designed to injure innocent...
WASHINGTON — Terrorism is speech – speech that gathers its audience by killing innocents as theatrically as possible. The 19th-century anarchist Paul Brousse called it “propaganda by deed.” Accordingly, the Boston...
Can you hear yourself think? Can you manage more than bursts of confusion and anger? Can you feel your own humanity anymore? I’ll admit it – I’ve had trouble this week, too. After an explosion like the one in Boston, it is...
April is Fair Housing Month. This year’s theme is “Our Work Today Defines Our Tomorrow.” It’s been 45 years since Congress passed the Fair Housing Act. States and municipalities across the nation celebrate Fair Housing...
President Obama rightly asked us not to “jump to conclusions” about motives or responsibility for the two bombs that exploded Monday at the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 170.
Soon after the explosions, there appeared on the website of The Boston Globe a video of the moment. Runners in the city’s iconic marathon are jogging across the finish line and everyone is cheering, when there is a clap of thunder and an...
Let’s stipulate at the outset that politicians talk differently to editorial writers than they talk to other politicians, and to the public. they’re more measured, less apt to throw out red meat, more ... reasonable.
By Ginny Deerin and Nikki HardinProject XX South Carolina
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:44 a.m.
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Women make up 51 percent of the population in South Carolina, but if you look at our legislature or the makeup of public boards and commissions, you would wonder where we are.
