Wesley Clark

Biden picks staff for vice president's office

Three longtime political advisors are named for key posts Vice President-elect Joe Biden has placed three well qualified political advisers in key positions. Dec. 1: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses...

It's the auto technology, Congress

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are collectively one of the world's primary sources for the research and development of green and fuel-efficient technologies. As Washington decides on aid to the ailing auto industry, top...

James Jones Jr.

The most surprising thing about President-elect Obama's pick of James Jones Jr. to serve as his national security adviser isn't that he's a retired four-star Marine general. It's that Jones is a longtime friend of Senator John...

Can Washington ’save Darfur’?

Few humanitarian crises have occasioned as much media and activist attention in the US as the conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Further, what do we know about the historical and current nature of Washington’s...

Gates Is In - There are limits to change.

November 26, 2008, 6:00 a.m. Gates Is InThere are limits to change. An NRO Symposium Robert Gates will reportedly stay on at the Pentagon as defense secretary at the start of the Obama administration. Defense experts react....

Ten People Who Will Not Replace Alan Colmes

For your reading pleasure. Link In the most shocking TV breakup since Shirley left Laverne, the liberal half of the debating duo that ruled the cable news ratings during the hotly contested nine o'clock hour, Alan Colmes,...

The Dean's dilemma

We remind the faithful, once again, of the brilliant observation by our favorite "Dean," David Broder. Referring to speeches given at a Democratic National Committee meeting in 2007, he said: One of the losers in the weekend...

Guest Comment: Enough is enough?

Bill O’Reilly wrote an editorial in the November 16 edition of this paper saying that the media should stop criticizing Sarah Palin because the election is over, and tht “enough is enough.” I find it ironic in many ways. I’ll...

Substance abuse counselor draws on experience as recovering addict to help others

Roderick Williams stopped telling his story mid-sentence, turned toward the window of a Westport coffee shop and stared into the street at nothing in particular. In 2005 around Thanksgiving and through Christmas, Williams said,...

With triple majors and flocks of awards, NU Rhodes Scholars look to Oxford

Two Northwestern students were named Rhodes Scholars for 2009, the Rhodes Trust announced Sunday. Weinberg senior Mallory Dwinal, of Gig Harbor, Wash., and Music senior Anna Yermakova, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., won the...

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