Court gives a green light for state voter ID laws
With the U.S. Supreme Court now having found Indiana's voter identification law constitutional, Texans and citizens of other states that don't require a photo ID of voters at the voting precinct can expect a renewed push for such laws. Yet ...
GSA chief quits under fire
When Lurita A. Doan was appointed to head the General Services Administration two years ago, she was hailed as an African-American who had come up from the poor sections of New Orleans to be the first female administrator of one ...
Taliban targets Karzai in assassination attempt
The attempted assassination of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday was a jolt to any pretensions that conditions in Afghanistan are improving. The attack was carried out in a brazen manner in the heart of the capital, despite tight security ...
National standard proposed for measuring dropout rates
President Bush's signature No Child Left Behind Act came up for reauthorization last year, but Congress couldn't win agreement and it looks like the law may remain untouched this year, too. Out of frustration, Bush instructed Secretary of Education Margaret ...
The farm bill is packed with hard-to-justify subsidies
When President Bush took office, one of his early orders of business was the 2002 renewal of the farm bill. He had idealistic plans to slash taxpayer farm subsidies and place income limits on those who could receive those subsidies. ...
Congress should be wary of pending deals with Iraq
Last November, President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signed a U.S.-Iraq Declaration of Principles for a long-term bilateral relationship. They agreed to a framework to negotiate, by the end of this July, agreements to govern cooperation between the ...
With no shortage of supplies, what explains the run on rice?
The United States has mercifully escaped -- and will continue to escape -- the food shortages and disruptions afflicting some other parts of the globe. To be sure, food prices are rising uncomfortably fast, but availability is not a problem. ...
Texas legislators eye tough immigration laws
Last year, the Texas Legislature managed to avoid the worst aspects of immigrant bashing. Bills that were filed that would have directed local law enforcement agencies to crack down on illegal immigrants in lieu of absent federal action on reforming ...
How do the world's poor survive on just $1 a day?
Three billion people -- half the world's population -- exist on $2 a day. That's based on figures from the World Bank. A billion people live on $1 a day. At this level of poverty, with no cushion to fall ...
Gen. Petraeus' new assignment includes more trouble spots
President Bush has promoted two Army commanders to top posts in Iraq and the Middle East and basically entrusted them with the task of demonstrating to his successor that the war in Iraq is indeed winnable. Gen. David Petraeus, the ...
State acted responsibly in taking sect's children
The state's Child Protective Services has come in for plenty of criticism in the past for its failures to take action. But in the case of its dramatic step in taking responsibility for more than 400 children and its vigorous ...
Corrosive iron gall ink threatens Austin's papers
Stephen F. Austin is called the "Father of Texas" with good reason. Austin founded the original Anglo-American colony in what was then a wilderness even if it was part of Mexico. Now archivists are in a battle to save thousands ...
Shield law would protect the eyes and ears of the public
The stars have aligned for a federal shield law for journalists. It's hardly a matter of controversy except in the darker corners of the Bush administration. The House approved a shield bill last fall, 398 to 21. The Senate Judiciary ...
Pennsylvania's outcome raises more questions
Hillary Clinton got the win she needed in Pennsylvania to keep her Democratic presidential hopes alive, a triumph by a nine percentage margin that enables her to keep arguing that she, and not Barack Obama, would be the most viable ...
Thorns and Roses: 04.25.08
Poet receives Cervantes Prize The place of poetry in the world's literature was underscored on Wednesday when Spain's King Juan Carlos presented the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary award, the Cervantes Prize, to Argentine poet Juan Gelman, whose works center around ...
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