Displaying items 25-36 of 740
» View herald-mail.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-62
•
Next >
-
Religious tensions play out in inaugural
There may be no clearer reflection of this moment in American religious life than the tensions surrounding prayers at President Barack Obama's inauguration. Efforts by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to bridge the conservative-liberal divide by...Tags: Roy Blunt, Anglicanism, Gays and Lesbians, Protestantism, Civil Rights
-
AIG Nearly Bites The Hand That Fed It
The Hartford CourantSometimes you don't know where to begin. OK, let's start with AIG. Remember when the mega-insurer was on the brink of collapse and the government bailed it out to the tune of billions? Remember how the loan saved the company, along with thousands of...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Personal Weapon Control, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Interior Policy, John Edwards
-
Female vs. male senators
As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...
Tags: Lisa Murkowski, Social Issues, Barbara A. Mikulski, Diane Sawyer , ABC (tv network)
-
McManus: The perils of political punditry
Back in 2011, at the dawn of a long presidential campaign, I established a fine baseline for my credentials as a political prognosticator: I told readers that Mitt Romney's strongest challengers for the Republican nomination would be Texas Gov. Rick Perry...
Tags: Government, Mitt Romney, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
-
As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage
President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...
Tags: Government, Lindsey O. Graham, Labor Legislation, State of the Union Address, This Week (tv program)
-
Congressman: Obama aided Al Qaeda, or maybe he didn't
One would think that a U.S. congressman accusing the president of the United States of maneuvering to aid Al Qaeda — an act verging on treason — would be headline news around the nation. That’s how I heard Rep. Louie Gohmert’s...Tags: Republican Party, John McCain, Radio, Barack Obama, Entertainment
-
The frump factor and Holly Petraeus
Last week was a historic one for women. Eighteen women won or reclaimed Senate seats, bringing the number of women in that body to 20. Nearly 80 women now occupy the House. New Hampshire became the first state to elect a female governor and an all-women...Tags: Anthony D. Weiner, Government, Executive Branch, Standards, Physical Fitness and Exercise
-
Would you buy a used candidate from Karl Rove
No doubt who the big winners were on November 6. Two years ago, he was considered toast. But President Obama scored a decisive victory: winning the popular vote by three and a half million, racking up a 126 margin in the Electoral College, locking up...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Greta Van Susteren, Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Jon Tester
-
GOP doesn't need bigger tent but needs to dump bad apples
Since last week's election, Republicans have been talking at a fever pitch about their big tent, and the obvious need to make that tent bigger in light of the defeat of Mitt Romney and so many others in the GOP. The dialogue is a dramatic departure from...Tags: Minority Groups, Social Issues, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Lake Worth
-
West backers say $21 million is just not enough
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson WASHINGTON — After raising more than $21 million for what appears to be a losing re-election campaign, embattled Congressman Allen West and those who back him are still rounding up money to try to hang on to his seat.... -
Older, wealthier Americans get plenty of 'free stuff'
In the days following Barack Obama's re-election, we learned that Mr. Obama didn't win because voters trusted him more than Mitt Romney on the economy, or because he ended the Iraq war and killed Osama bin Laden. He didn't win because he started to turn...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Iraq War (2003-2011), Mitt Romney, Radio, Ronald Reagan
-
GOP's biggest problem is itself
"How ya like me now?" -- Barack Obama OK, so Obama didn't really say that but surely, he must have thought it behind a private smile at some point Tuesday night. There are no smiles among the Republicans, however, only a pressing question: Can the GOP...
Tags: Elections, John Boehner, Republican Party, Donald Trump, Herman Cain
Jan 19, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Jan 12, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Jan 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 1, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Dec 2, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Nov 30, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 17, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Nov 16, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Nov 14, 2012
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Nov 13, 2012
| Orlando Sentinel
Nov 13, 2012
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Nov 12, 2012
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Original site for Michele Bachmann topic gallery.
