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Woodrow Wilson

Outspoken Dean of National Cathedral

Francis B. Sayre Jr., who as dean of Washington National Cathedral for 27 years oversaw much of its completion and used his pulpit to confront McCarthyism, racial tensions and the Vietnam War, died Oct. 3 at his home on...

Thoughts on two presidential precedents, assuming we will lose that is.

In the 1980 election for the 1981 presidency, the ill-fated James Wilson Carter, largely abandoned by his own party, hoped, along with the commentators who generally despised him, for the nomination of the supposedly extreme...

Bettors taking Obama to win presidency; odds on the rise

Only in America . Four years ago Barack Obama, half-Black and half-Caucasian, was a blip on the political radar screen, an Illinois state senator about whom the only thing known was that he could give a goo...

Roots of crisis

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Democrats in general have blamed the housing, banking and insurance crises on President Bush. The root of these crises, however, started more than 90 years...

The Morning File: Once again, the Ig Nobels show that human achievement is multifacted

Some terrible things have happened in Octobers past -- a 1929 stock market crash triggered the Depression, the 1962 Cuban missile crisis brought the threat of nuclear Armageddon, Francisco Cabrera's single in the National...

Wilson welcomes better times

CourierPOstOnline.com • October 6, 2008 New coach, philosophy show way to victory vs. powerful Florence The past few seasons, the Woodrow Wilson High School football team has gone through some rough times. Chris Crowley and his...

Palin's Jane Sixpack Schtick

I am watching Sarah Palin's new stump speech (she is in Clearwater, Florida) and I go back to my comparison of her to Ronald Reagan. She is delivering the same hate filled Republican attacks on the patriotism of Democrats; on...

Worth a million: Priceless pieces stay here

A year ago, the Green Bay and De Pere Antiquarian Society was deep in an unprecedented fundraising campaign, racing against time to raise $1.2 million and ensure that 69 valued artifacts remain in local hands and not disappear...

School Days, Part I: Yonsei and Ewha

For the Flickr slideshow, click here. Yonsei University and Ewha Womans University are two of Korea’s finest institutions of higher learning and symbols of the spiritual, social and educational contributions made by Christian...

Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity

The author of this moving piece suggests passing this information on to you. (information verified by snopes) Alice Paul This message was inspired by an HBO film that’s on this month—“Iron Jawed Angels,” with Hilary Swank...

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