January 5, 2007 -
Whether or not Washington will act on the growing global warming crisis remains to be seen. In the meantime, states and localities are taking steps on their own.
January 5, 2007 -
My post earlier today, linking the strange fascination with Saddam's hanging to our country's out-of-step embrace of death sentences, especially in Texas, has turned out to be sadly salient:
January 5, 2007 -
In the U.S. we like to think of ourselves as a civilized lot, but visitors to YouTube earlier this week discovered that the descent into barbarism can be quick and steep.
January 4, 2007 -
Cable TV and wire reports are pouring in about the heroic efforts to feed cattle and other livestock affected by the blizzards out West:
January 4, 2007 -
As if New Orleans didn't have enough problems to contend with, deadly violence is on the rise in the city, which has long suffered from a high crime rate.
January 3, 2007 -
A national civil rights group worries that a recent New York Times story about New Orleans' post-Katrina baby boom among Latinos-and the stress it's placing on the city's storm-devastated health care system-promotes prejudice against the people doing reconstruction's dirty work.
January 3, 2007 -
It's hard for news to break into the holiday media cycle, what with wall-to-wall coverage of consumer spending habits and college bowl games. But some stories deserve special attention no matter what -- like this news, which came out a few days before New Years: