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James Baker’s last mission

Political insiders are buzzing with the question: will Mark Foley, the disgraced lawmaker, cost Republicans control of Congress? But Washingtonians ..


The return of the Mommy vote

As the former page was exchanging suggestive comments with the 52-year-old Congressman on Instant Messenger, the boy suddenly wrote, ..


This cannot be

Iraqi voters waving purple fingers became instant folk heroes, and rightly so – they showed incredible courage in claiming their ..


June dreams, November realities

If this year’s election had been held on June 7 or even Sept. 7, the Democrats probably would have won ..


Storefronts instead of high rises

As college students return to classes this week, William Chace has some gloomy news. Writing in The New York Times, ..


Can we trust this guy?

Much has been made of two photographs that define George Bush’s presidency. After Sept. 11, he stood in the smoldering ..


Once a mom always a mom

In the hit movie, “The Devil Wears Prada,” Meryl Streep plays a ferocious fashion editor who mashes underlings of both ..


Hezbollah is still there

Once the ceasefire took hold in southern Lebanon, Western reporters entered the town of Khiam, perched on a hilltop less ..


Republican wall versus Democratic wave

Democrats think they’ll take back the House this fall for the first time in 12 years, and most independent analysts ..


Branded with a scarlet ‘M’

By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts John McCain, an Arizona Republican, was talking about his friend, Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut ..


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