The World This Week: The Democrats' Dilemma

The Democratic Party faces a major dilemma in the 2008 election, one that needs to be resolved sooner rather than later. That is, supporters of Hillary Clinton and supporters of Barack Obama have different emotional attachments to their candidates. The emotional...

Between the Lines: No to CoerciveCare

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's "universal" health-care plan was just shot down by a committee in the state Senate, 7-1. The most vociferous opponents weren't fiscal conservatives, but labor unions that launched a last-minute revolt against...

What Do You Think? Letters to the Editor

I write regarding your cover story, "Hip-Hop Happening" (March 6, 2008). The so-called "hip-hop" genre of music, which a genuinely accomplished musician, Wynton Marsalis, and a noted journalist and music critic, Stanley Crouch, have labeled...

Between the Lines: Sitcha Deported

Five years after he was granted political asylum by the U.S. government, Richard Sitcha was deported last month to his homeland of Cameroon, leaving his friends anxious about his safety.Sitcha had fled Cameroon, where government abuses are well documented, in 2001 and...

The Gipper–Now?

You hear that what's missing for the Republicans in this presidential election is another Reagan—someone who can evoke the spirit of the Gipper.But does the average American need another Reagan? That average voter is drowning in a sea of problems whose...