The Republicans want local control and management of our schools, the president and the Democrats want Washington mandates. That's really read more

The Republicans want local control and management of our schools, the president and the Democrats want Washington mandates. That's really what it's all about,

We've been campaigning against controls on the Internet in China for many years now. We've been particularly concerned about the read more

We've been campaigning against controls on the Internet in China for many years now. We've been particularly concerned about the number of people who have been put in prison just for expressing their opinion on the Internet, or for accessing certain information that the government finds threatening or embarrassing.

Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was read more

Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.

Like most endeavors, life is seriously over-advertised and under-funded.

Like most endeavors, life is seriously over-advertised and under-funded.

I think the entire state of Maryland and D.C. within the next two years will be smoke-free.

I think the entire state of Maryland and D.C. within the next two years will be smoke-free.

Certainly, it was apparent to me that RLX was likely to exploit the confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets read more

Certainly, it was apparent to me that RLX was likely to exploit the confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets of Compaq that RLX acquired by its hiring of key Compaq personnel.

It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written,

It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written,

The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant words promote instruction.

The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant words promote instruction.

Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held read more

Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held for a year - because he knew that it would reveal him as a law-breaker. He insists he had 'legal authority derived from the Constitution and congressional resolution authorizing force.' But the Constitution explicitly requires the president to obey the law. And the post 9/11 congressional resolution authorizing 'all necessary force' in fighting terrorism was made in clear reference to military intervention. It did not scrap the Constitution and allow the president to do whatever he pleased in any area in the name of fighting terrorism.