The Black Button
I was reminded of Outward Bound School while talking to Naples builder John Remington recently, and again while talking with my mother about my 92-year-old aunt, her oldest living sister. The two have something in common; both are survivors. Full Story
On health care, Obama's dirty secret
President Barack Obama knows health-care policy. Give him an hour and a half to hold forth, as ABC News obligingly did at a town-hall meeting, and he will invariably impress with his fluidity. This makes it all the more remarkable that he often appears unable to understand how his health-care program threatens private insurance. Full Story
GUEST OPINION
Obama and the stimulus
As if President Barack Obama didn't already have his work cut out for him at home and abroad, the persistent and painful now has some members of his party in Congress clamoring for another stimulus bill. This emerging debate — among congressional Democrats, Republicans and the White House — may signal that the Obama era is entering a new phase. Full Story
MOMENTS IN TIME
. On July 15, 1888, the Bandai volcano erupts on the Japanese island of Honshu, killing hundreds and burying many nearby villages in ash. The explosive eruptions sent debris thousands of feet into the air and left an 8,000-foot-wide crater in the earth. The resulting cloud of ash and steam was estimated at 4 miles wide. Full Story
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