Politics

Commerce and Collecting

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
Hype-filled auction catalogs, buyers guided by faddish taste, astronomical prices: What ever happened to aesthetic pleasure? Alexandra Peers reviews "The Value of Art" by Michael Findlay.


Anti-incumbent fever scarcely in evidence

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anti-incumbent fever is scarcely in evidence in the 2012 congressional primaries, despite costly efforts by conservatives to remake the Republican Party and this week's defeat of a Texas Democrat ousted after eight terms in office....

Karl Rove: Why 2012 Is Not 2004

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
Unlike Bush, Obama is seen as an unusually weak chief executive.


Sadanand Dhume: Pakistan's Dangerous Anti-American Game

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
It's unwise to needle a superpower that you need for resources and global credibility.


Kissinger, Shultz, Baker, Powell and Rice: Time to Join the Law of the Sea Treaty

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
The U.S. has more to gain by participating in convention deliberations than by staying out.


David Pollock: What Does the Syrian Opposition Believe?

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
A confidential survey of activists inside the country shows limited support for Islamists but high admiration for the U.S. and Turkey.


Odd politics, presidential tradition: Bush is back

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- This is a little awkward....

What next for Romney? Undercut Obama, raise money

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- What's next for Mitt Romney? The Republican presidential nomination finally in hand, he will spend the next three months trying to undercut President Barack Obama on the economy while portraying himself as Mr. Fix It for a nation with stubbornly and painfully high unemployment....

Split-finger or HGH? Trial debates Clemens career

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Knowledgeable baseball fans can argue all day whether it was the split-finger fastball - and not performance-enhancing drugs - that kept Roger Clemens on top of his game well into his 30s and beyond. His lawyers are trying to make that point at a trial where basic terms such as "Fenway Park" and "foul pole" require an explanation for a jury of nonfans....

Split-finger or HGH? Trial debates Clemens career

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Knowledgeable baseball fans can argue all day whether it was the split-finger fastball - and not performance-enhancing drugs - that kept Roger Clemens on top of his game well into his 30s and beyond. His lawyers are trying to make that point at a trial where basic terms such as "Fenway Park" and "foul pole" require an explanation for a jury of nonfans....

Split-finger or HGH? Trial debates Clemens career

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Knowledgeable baseball fans can argue all day whether it was the split-finger fastball - and not performance-enhancing drugs - that kept Roger Clemens on top of his game well into his 30s and beyond. His lawyers are trying to make that point at a trial where basic terms such as "Fenway Park" and "foul pole" require an explanation for a jury of nonfans....

President signs into law bill that helps U.S. exports

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
President Barack Obama broke out his pens Wednesday to sign legislation reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, which makes it easier for U.S. companies to sell their goods overseas by providing financing for exports.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Prove Mitt's not a unicorn, group says in satirizing 'birthers'

CNN - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
Call them "unicorners." A liberal group says it has collected more than 19,000 emails requesting Arizona officials to confirm Mitt Romney is not a unicorn.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Best of the Web Today: Lost in America

Opinion Journal - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
Why "likability" isn't enough in a president.


FACT CHECK: Oil stats belie tough enforcement talk

AP - Politics - Thu, 2025-04-24 05:30
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the three years since President Barack Obama took office, Republicans have made the Environmental Protection Agency a lightning rod for complaints that his administration has been too tough on oil and gas producers....
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