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There is no way Bush appearing with Cheney will help the commission; it can only hurt the panel’s struggle to find the truth. We see little justification for joint testimony other than to allow the president and the vice president to avoid getting snared by their own half-truths and shifting stories. If President Bush were really tough on defense, he would be testifying alone like everyone else in an honest effort to aid the commission. But, for now, it looks like we’re stuck with the same old evasive tactics from this White House...
...with church teachings "shouldn't dare come to Communion." But between the gay-marriage debate in Massachusetts and his efforts to repair the damage from the sexual-abuse scandal that began in his archdiocese, O'Malley already has a plateful of controversy. Kerry, for his part, is planning to avoid stirring any up. "I don't tell church officials what to do," he says, "and church officials shouldn't tell American politicians what to do in the context of our public life." --With reporting by Simon Crittle/New York, Jeff Israely/Rome and Marguerite Michaels/Chicago
...Phillips, the dialogue groups are about much more than good conversation. "It's grass-roots democracy," he says. "It's only in a group setting that people can hash out their ideas about how we should act not just as an individual but as a society." To avoid divisive dead-end arguments, the cafes frequently turn current events into broader philosophical questions. For example, rather than asking whether the U.S. and its allies should have invaded Iraq, a group asked, "What is a just war?" Instead of arguing about whether gay couples should marry, another cafe asked, "What...
Even those lucky enough to have perfect vision for their first 40 years will almost inevitably develop presbyopia (from the Greek for "aging eye"), a loss of elasticity in the lens that makes it difficult to focus on close objects, like a magazine. But it may be possible to avoid reading glasses now that the FDA has approved ViewPoint CK (conductive keratoplasty) as a treatment...
...impossible to evaluate the nature of candidates' ideas on the basis of self-serving campaign rhetoric. After all, Bush promised to be a political uniter who would rev up the economy, curb excessive government spending and avoid nation building. Those seemed like good ideas at the time, but what is the reality today? I am not convinced that Kerry has any particularly new ideas, but I would be thrilled to have a President who had fewer horrible ones. ARDY HAGEN San Jose, Calif...