By DALE McFEATTERS
His administration’s belated and inept response to Hurricane Katrina, including a seemingly callous Air Force One flyover of human misery, was a low point of the Bush presidency, and he has been struggling to regain his standing ever since.
By JAY AMBROSE
Back in 1999 during an editorial writers’ conference, I was chatting with a Texas journalist who had gone to the same church as George W. Bush, then running for president for the first time, and pushed her for any insights she might have into the man. Was he as intellectually klutzy as people were making him out to be? Did he have a brain?
By PAUL C. CAMPOS
Suppose 30 students are eating lunch in a school cafeteria. Twenty of them are white, and 10 are black. The 10 black students are sitting at one table, while the 20 white students are at two other tables. The question that will "naturally" strike most observers of this scene is, why are all the black kids sitting together?
By MARGARET TALEV
McClatchy Newspapers
Filling up your gas tank? Don’t be surprised if a Democrat is waiting at the station.
With $3-a-gallon gas near the top of the list of voters’ frustrations with the status quo, some challengers seeking to unseat the Republican majority in Congress this November have found a gimmick that they think will resonate with voters — and they’re pumping it for all it’s worth.
By WILLIAM E. TROUTT
Time magazine’s recent cover story "Who Needs Harvard?" provides solid advice for American families and students seeking to find the right college. It is especially meaningful at a time when admissions to America’s most highly rated colleges and universities is increasingly difficult and the pathway to admissions success at these institutions seems more opaque than ever.
Looks like members of Congress aren’t the only ones who steal. A former aide to Rep. Lloyd Doggett was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty Tuesday to stealing $168,000 from the congressman’s campaign.
In another twist to a tangled tale of politics and corruption, Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday ordered a Nov. 7 special election to temporarily replace resigned U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, a date that coincides with the general election.
Jack Kemp will hit the campaign trail with a fellow former vice presidential candidate from another party: Sen. Joe Lieberman.
A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist admitted Tuesday the Tennessee Senator lied in an attempt to keep his medical license active by falsely claiming he had met all the requirements.
Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye said Tuesday he is supporting Ned Lamont over Sen. Joe Lieberman because of the Connecticut lawmaker’s contention that the Democratic Party doesn’t stand for mainstream America.