Day: April 28, 2006

The echoing sobs broke the silence of the darkened theater. One report described them as loud and uncontrollable.

Almost a year after passing the administration’s energy bill, President Bush and congressional Republicans are finally asking: Was this law really necessary?

Naming Tony Snow press secretary is President Bush’s most promising decision since Hurricane Katrina winded him nearly seven months ago. The president should let the veteran commentator craft and disseminate the administration’s message in clever and concrete ways, as the capable Snow can do.

Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, and Joseph Lieberman, the Democratic senator from Connecticut, have done the nation a good service. Sadly, it may not mean much in the long run.