John Edwards

Insurance race relied less on industry

The percentage of money in the campaign for N.C. Commissioner of Insurance that came from industries regulated by that office plummeted from 66 percent in 2004 to 5 percent this year, according to N.C. Voters for Clean Elections.

Rahm and Colbert roast each other

clip is long and choppy, so just read this text.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/15/rahm-emanuel-roasts-steph_n_144081.html ---Quote--- Rahm Emanuel Roasts Stephen Colbert (VIDEO) White House chief of staff-designate...

Forsaking Honor

This last weekend, two top Democrats in the U.S. Senate said they will introduce a resolution to start withdrawing troops from Iraq. Sens. Carl Levin and Joseph Biden both appeared on ABC's "This Week," saying the recent...

Obama's Triumph, the GOP's Calamity (Good Analysis!)

An ocean of ink, India and printer’s and virtual, has been spilled in celebration of a black man’s ascension to the presidency of the United States. We have read, and read again, about the historic nature of Barack Obama’s...

Harlem’s IS 195 Renamed in Honor of Terence Tolbert

Mayor Bloomberg announced at a packed funeral service held at IS 195 in Harlem that the school would now be known as the Terence D. Tolbert Education Complex in honor of the lobbying chief. Tolbert attended IS 195 before moving...

Asbestos risk to children in 13,000 schools, MPs warn

The lives of pupils and teachers are being put at risk because the Government is "burying its head in the sand" over the dangers of asbestos in as many as 13,000 schools, MPs and medical experts have warned.

Obama: Fear and the Security Force

By Selwyn Duke In all my life I have never seen such intense emotion surrounding a leader as that evoked by Barack Obama. Yet, while people the world over are imbued with "hope" and chant Obama's slogan "Yes, we can!" -- for...

Forum Flashes: Hail to Biden's Hoosier chief (of staff)

Those of us who heard of Ron Klain before last Wednesday probably are HBO subscribers who watched "Recount," the network's recent (and good) film about the 2000 presidential election debacle in Florida. In that recounting of...

Marney Rich Keenan: Why do we put so much stock in leaders' fidelity?

I wish we could be more like Europeans and not put so much stock into our public servants' private lives. Not that they should be any less to blame -- a betrayal is a betrayal is a betrayal -- but I wish infidelities weren't...

John Edwards returns to the public eye

Three months after confessing to an affair on national TV, John Edwards ended his self-imposed exile this week with a pair of appearances that could mark his first steps on a road to public rehabilitation.The former Democratic...