Commentary
Opinion
Bon Jovi Doesn't Need A Prayer To Make It On NBC()
Bon Jovi is at the top of the album charts this week, riding an unprecedented publicity push. His record label struck a deal with the conglomerate NBC Universal for an exclusive presence on their many TV networks, including appearances on Today, Inside the Actors Studio and The Tonight Show.
Opinion
The National Review: End It, Don't Amend It!()
With trillions of dollars on the line — along with the excellence of our health care and the energy of our economy — Americans’ eyes must turn to Sen. Blanche Lincoln, who has the opportunity to stop the health care reform bill from going to the Senate floor for advancement.
Opinion
The Nation: Beyond Coal And Copenhagen()
The world needs the United States to play a constructive role in leading a climate change revolution. But despite powerful voices like those of Al Gore and 350.org founder Bill McKibben, our public discussion has been warped by coal and oil industry-funded "climate skeptics. What do we do?
Opinion
The New Republic: Cities Get Tough On Budget Crisis()
With nearly nine in 10 city finance officers reporting a declining ability to meet local fiscal needs, city budget officers across America are projecting nearly a 3 percent average budget shortfall in 2009, and much deeper shortfalls in 2010 and 2011.
Opinion
Foreign Policy: Redefining The Political Power Couple()
The Washington "power couple" is a familiar model: officials are often hitched to journalists, staffers to academics, lawmakers with lobbyists, etc. But in what is much less common, a husband-and-wife team is set to represent the United States as ambassadors in adjoining European countries.
StoryCorps
A Son's Premonition, And A Final Baseball Game()
Dr. Gregg and Kathryn Korbon tell the story of the Brian C. Korbon Field in Charlottesville, Va., named in honor of their son. Before his ninth birthday, Brian told his parents he wouldn't make it to his "double digits." He died months later. "That's what he was trying to tell us all that time," Kathryn recalls.
