Why gay-marriage friends, foes need one another

By CHARLES C. HAYNES | 11/21

Two church-state encounters this month, in two very different parts of the country, are instructive reminders that in a deeply divided society winners are very unlikely to take all.

Pro: U.S. should reject tainted coming election in Honduras

By MARK WEISBROT | 11/21

WASHINGTON -- Human Rights Watch, the OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and human rights groups worldwide have also condemned the violence and repression perpetrated by the Honduran dictatorship. Why is it that Latin American governments can recognize this threat to democracy but Washington cannot?

Con: Obama dug a deep hole in Honduras by trying to save a Chavez wannabe

By RAY WALSER | 11/21

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department has been busily digging a diplomatic crater since June 28. That’s when the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court ousted then-President Manuel Zelaya from office due to his unconstitutional bid to eliminate term limits. Rather than side with the democratic institutions of the land, our State Department surprisingly backed Zelaya’s demand for a return to power.

Picking a fight is GOP tradition

By DAVID BRODER | 11/20

WASHINGTON -- Many Republicans worry that the populist anti-establishment “rogues” such as Sarah Palin will kill GOP prospects for a comeback in 2010 by backing ideologues in many other primaries and scaring off independents and moderate Republicans.

Travesty in New York

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER | 11/20

WASHINGTON -- The self-proclaimed architect of 9/11, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in New York. Just as the memory fades, 9/11 has been granted a second life—and KSM, a second act: “9/11, The Director’s Cut,” narration by KSM.

There’s news, and then there’s Palin news

By RICK HOROWITZ | 11/19

“Even though we’re a serious news show, deep down inside you needed to talk about her, and that book of hers.”

Lipstick on a rogue

By ELLEN GOODMAN | 11/19

BOSTON -- Remember back in the 1990s when Hillary Clinton described herself as the Rorschach test for how people felt about the women’s movement? Sarah Palin has become the latest test for shifting common ground and fault lines between sisterhood and sibling rivalry.

Storm before the calm on breast cancer issue

By KATHLEEN PARKER | 11/18

WASHINGTON -- Calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report on breast cancer screening.

Investment is opportunity to rebuild our communities

By CORY NETTLES | 11/17

Plain and simple, community investing is capital from investors that is directed to communities underserved by traditional financial sources.

Take two studies and call them in the morning

By RICK HOROWITZ | 11/17

That thing that was always on your mind because we told you it should always be on your mind? Well, we’ve thought about it some more, and now we don’t think it should always be on your mind. Now and then, maybe, but not always. Certainly not always.