By Bob Herbert, National Columnist
There is a great tendency in this country to refuse to see what is right in front of our eyes.
From author Johann Christoph Arnold:
With more than a third of our children now overweight and many already diabetic, Americans of all political colors should commend the First Lady for her campaign against childhood obesity announced Tuesday.
By David Brooks, National Columnist
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama and Joe Biden had a Felix and Oscar air about them. Obama was disciplined and professorial while Biden was tactile and approachable.
By Walter Williams, National Columnist
"Do you mean he is taller than me am?" sarcastically barked Dr. Martin Rosenberg, my high school English teacher, to one of the students in our class. The student actually said, "He is taller than me," but Rosenberg was ridiculing the student's grammar.
Whom do I contact to get forgiveness for my part of taxpayer subsidies for the Whitewater Center?
Like pent-up volcanoes waiting to erupt, our limerick writers exploded with Week One entries to our Politics & Public Policy Limerick Contest.
Q. A new survey found that only 14 percent of teens blog, down from nearly 30 percent in 2006. And only 8 percent tweet. But nearly one in four are on social networking sites like Facebook. Why are social networking sites more popular than other tools? What's the benefit? Why is blogging and tweeting of little interest?
From Steve Thomma's McClatchy story today on whether Palin might run for the White House: "Asked ...
Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity ...
