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Appears to be no rush to name things after Bush

So far, the current President Bush has an elementary school, a Waco-area road and highways in Ghana and Georgia, the country, not the state. Time will tell what else will bear the name of a president who, according to a recent...

On Will Wilkinson On Detroit

by hilzoy My co-blogger publius wrote a post on this piece by Will Wilkinson, on bailing out Detroit, which publius finds callous. But what bothers me about what Wilkinson wrote is not exactly its callousness so much as the...

In Transition| Secretary of Defense

Sunday, November 16, 2008; Page A09 Jack Reed CURRENT JOB: Senator from Rhode Island CREDENTIALS: Reed is a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and chairman of the subcommittee on emerging threats and...

A start from a low threshold can make you look good

By paul west politics paul.west@baltsun.com WASHINGTON - The chairmanship of the Republican National Committee grew a lot more attractive recently, after John McCain failed to win the presidency and the percentage of voters who...

Will Obama bring jazz back to the White House?

If President-elect Barack Obama wants to make a bold cultural statement—one that resonates deeply with his autobiography and with the legacy of his adopted hometown, Chicago—there's a compelling way to do it: Teach the White...

First family likely to set fashion trends

Whether they like it or not, every occupant of the White House is a fashion trendsetter.Jackie Kennedy became a style icon in pillbox hats and chic sheaths. Jimmy Carter telegraphed a frugal spirit with cardigan sweaters....

Obamas' private school shopping goes public

Choosing a new puppy? Yet teachers unions lead opposition to such alternatives, even though studies like a 2004 Thomas B. Fordham Institute report find big-city public school teachers to be more likely than the general...

In search of the First Puppy

12:00 AM CST on Sunday, November 16, 2008 By JESSICA MEYERS / The Dallas Morning News jmeyers@dallasnews.com As Barack Obama moves ahead at staffing a new administration, he must make another crucial decision – the presidential...

SOLUTIONS/KEENE: What do Republicans do now?

When the smoke clears Republicans will realize that the Obama victory may have been inevitable given the environment in which the race was run and that they were largely responsible for creating that environment.

John McCain - 3 days before November 4

I'm writing this on Saturday afternoon just 3 days before the 2008 Presidential election in the United States. As time runs out, there is no doubt that what is being seen now is the "real" John McCain. These problems were...