Johnny at the bat
Way back on March 2, in the middle of an afternoon that seemed too gentle ever to presage the thundering baseball tensions of October, a highly-touted Japanese pitcher making more money than any other billion or so average American immigrants in history, took the mound for the Boston Red Sox, at City of Palms Park. Full Story
What Country Is This?
A federal judge has ruled that a Guantanamo detainee may not be sent to his home country because he might be tortured there. That country was Tunisia, one of those pariah states that torture the innocent and the not-so-innocent with equal-opportunity lawlessness. Nations like North Korea, Cuba, Iran, the United States. Full Story
A Dispiriting GOP '08 Race
Is this it? That's the question that hangs over the Republican presidential field, and the answer is, "Yes, this is it - no shining conservative on a white horse, no new Ronald Reagan, is arriving to re-make this race." Newt Gingrich is not getting in, and apparently had no serious intention of getting in. Full Story
MOMENTS IN TIME
• On Oct. 25, 1912, comedian Minnie Pearl is born. Pearl was famous for her Grand Ole Opry comic monologues about hillbilly life and was featured on the longrunning syndicated show "Hee Haw" from 1970 to 1990. Pearl died in 1996. Full Story
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