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London - Who says we have to have a poorer life? Who says that suddenly the tap gets turned off and we all have to sit in darkened rooms eating crusts?

Creators Syndicate - A "jealous rage," Fox's Geraldo Rivera called it.

Cambridge, Mass. - Dear Friend (if I may still call you that),

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, or as she is called on the Big Dogs blog, "the worst speaker in the history of Congress," explained the cause of high oil prices back in 2006: "We have two oilmen in the White House. The logical follow-up from that is $3-a-gallon gasoline. It is no accident. It is a cause and effect. A cause and effect."

Question: When is satire not satire? Answer: When you don't get it.

Nothing Honorable About the Vietnam War

Nelson Mandela was a hero of mine growing up; he still is. So it came as a disappointment to me that my 15-year-old son, Brandon, like so many others of his generation, had "heard the name" but knew little about the monumental sacrifice this South African freedom fighter had made for his people  —  and ultimately for the world.

Creators Syndicate - Mr. Elder,

Spain's parliament is poised to pass a bill granting great apes -- chimps, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos -- human rights.

Creators Syndicate - Sen. John McCain's campaign co-chair Phil Gramm is right: We have "become a nation of whiners." But who is whining more than the bankers that former Sen. Gramm's financial deregulation legislation benefited? The very bankers, like those at UBS Investment Bank, where Gramm found lucrative employment, who now expect a government bailout.

Creators Syndicate - A "jealous rage," Fox's Geraldo Rivera called it.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, or as she is called on the Big Dogs blog, "the worst speaker in the history of Congress," explained the cause of high oil prices back in 2006: "We have two oilmen in the White House. The logical follow-up from that is $3-a-gallon gasoline. It is no accident. It is a cause and effect. A cause and effect."

Creators Syndicate - What can you say about a people who welcome a child murderer as a hero?

Question: When is satire not satire? Answer: When you don't get it.

PARIS -- "Alors," said a gendarme watching President John F. Kennedy step off Air Force One at Orly Airport on May 31, 1961, "he's a real all-American boy, that one."

Nothing Honorable About the Vietnam War

Nelson Mandela was a hero of mine growing up; he still is. So it came as a disappointment to me that my 15-year-old son, Brandon, like so many others of his generation, had "heard the name" but knew little about the monumental sacrifice this South African freedom fighter had made for his people  —  and ultimately for the world.

Vital Businesses Need Nationalization

Creators Syndicate - To watch the contortions over that New Yorker cover cartoon of the Obamas is to understand whom it is impermissible to offend in the America of 2008.

The Triumph of Faith-Based Politics

Washington - Environmentalists claim that capping greenhouse-gas emissions and creating a market for emissions trading – a policy prescription called "cap-and-trade" – would reduce carbon dioxide output and with it the risk of global warming.

To old-school civil rights leaders such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama talks down to blacks and curries favor with white voters when he stresses personal responsibility in the African American community.

Cambridge, Mass. - Dear Friend (if I may still call you that),

Precisely 12 years ago today, TWA Flight 800, flying from New York to Paris, blew up in midair off the coast of Long Island, killing all 230 people aboard. Terrorism was the initial suspicion. But not long after, federal safety investigators found the likely cause  —  an explosion of the center fuel tank  —  and recommended several ways to make the tanks less vulnerable to similar blasts.

The Nation -- Impeachment is on the table.

Cambridge, Mass. - For the past 18 months, the country has enjoyed one of the most exciting presidential races in history, and naturally enough we have been asking: Who will win? But with troubles deepening here and abroad, the question increasingly becomes: Can the winner govern effectively?

The Nation -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been criticized for planning, as part of his current world tour, to meet both with Israeli and Palestinian officials in the Middle East.

New York City's school system is among the nation's leaders in trying to root out ineffective teachers. Under the aggressive leadership of Chancellor Joel Klein, here's what those efforts have reaped: In the 2006-07 school year, exactly eight teachers were fired for incompetence.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's statement that he would consider agreeing to a scheduled withdrawal of U.S. troops from his country brings up one of the great canards of the Iraq war: the idea that giving a "date certain" for drawing down our forces helps the enemy.

Spain's parliament is poised to pass a bill granting great apes -- chimps, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos -- human rights.