Forget Gary Hart and Donna Rice–you don’t always need a politician and the other woman to titillate the imagination. Sometimes what goes on between a lawmaker and his wife is just as interesting. And no less than the Library of Congress is offering a peep through the keyhole. From September to March, the library will … Read more
If Republicans have a problem nationally, they are in a heap more trouble in California. California Republicans suffered their worst state election results since 1958, losing the offices of governor, treasurer and attorney general and failing to get a Democratic U.S. Senate seat that might have been theirs. Democrats padded their majorities in both houses … Read more
Rosie, say it’s not so! The news last week was surprising: Rosie O’Donnell’s bodyguards had applied for permits for concealed handguns. Few have declared their opposition to guns as strongly as O’Donnell. For someone who ambushed Tom Selleck on her television show last year on gun control, called for the abolition of the 2nd Amendment … Read more
Oliver L. North testified today that he assumed a cover-up was in place when then-Atty. Gen. Edwin Meese III announced on Nov. 25, 1986, that North was the pivotal figure in diverting Iran arms sales money to the Nicaraguan rebels. Ending four days of grueling cross-examination, prosecutor John W. Keker rested his case after North … Read more
Newhall Ranch, the site of a proposed 21,500-unit housing development. The project often has been stymied by environmental lawsuits. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) Year after year, owners of professional sports teams and developers of proposed skyscrapers have pleaded with California lawmakers to grant relief for their projects from the state’s environmental regulations. They’ve … Read more
President Obama receives one of many standing ovations. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press) President Obama delivers his State of the Union address in 2015. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press) Nearly every member of the executive, legislative and judicial branches will gather in one room Tuesday night for handshakes, head bobs and applause as … Read more
A measure to once again ban gay marriage in California led Tuesday, throwing into doubt the unions of an estimated 18,000 same-sex couples who wed during the last 4 1/2 months. As the measure, the most divisive and emotionally fraught on the state ballot this year, took a lead in early returns, supporters gathered at … Read more
Voting in Iowa is already well underway at the Renaissance Savery Hotel in Des Moines, where barista Nina Larson has created a “Coffee Caucus” at the Starbucks shop. After seeing a similar idea in an Ames, Iowa, coffee shop, Larson has set out nine juice glasses labeled with each candidate’s name and photo clipped from … Read more
A dozen lawyers from the Warren Commission joined former President Gerald R. Ford on Thursday in calling for disclosure of CIA files and all other government records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The lawyers, in addition to a former commission staff member, urged “the broadest possible accessibility” to evidence in the probe … Read more
Somali children show symptoms of a severe protein malnutrition this month in Mogadishu, Somalia. United Nations and U.S. officials are issuing dire warnings about the state of global food supplies. (Farah Abdi Warsameh / Associated Press) The scenes witnessed by journalists and humanitarian workers in recent months have been striking: In Sudan, swollen-bellied babies are … Read more
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