by Alan Bisbort | Dec 27, 2007 | News
After a year of national misrule and global misery, I badly needed to end 2007 on an up beat. I found that grace note through sculptor Bill Kent (pictured), whom one art critic has called "the greatest living carver of wood in the world." I am honored to...
by David Weigel | Dec 27, 2007 | News
You probably missed it, but there already was an “idea primary” in the 2008 election. It lasted two weeks and nobody won. In September, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) strolled into a Congressional Black Caucus forum, belted “Brooklyn’s in the...
by Alan Bisbort | Dec 28, 2007 | News
During national campaign seasons, it has been a longstanding American tradition to flood the media with ads and bury voters under an avalanche of fundraising mail. Once upon a time, these ploys were used to tout the positive virtues of candidates. In recent years,...
by Stephanie Kraft | Dec 28, 2007 | News
As the war in Iraq drags toward the end of its fifth year, it's worth it to ponder what the first President Bush and his adviser Brent Scowcroft wrote in 1998 about why the elder Bush didn't push the first Gulf War into Iraq:"While we hoped that popular...
by our readers | Dec 28, 2007 | News
A set of horns goes to the Advocate for not being a friend to animals. I was appalled to see that you suggested live pet rabbits as a last minute gift idea for the holidays (Gift Guide, "Last-Minute Gift Ideas," Dec. 20, 2007). A pet rabbit is a serious,...
