Comments(0) EDITOR’S NOTE — This latest chapter of “The Measure of a Nation,” a yearlong series of multimedia story packages about the presidency and the 2008 election as seen through the prism of the culture, explores how America’s history with sacrifice and service affects its politics.
Comments(0) SAN DIEGO – Businessman Steve Francis is running for mayor this year with a different set of talking points than the ones he used in 2005 while promising to put an end to double talk at San Diego City Hall. Gone is the no-tax pledge. Gone are promises to freeze city spending, hold the line on employee pay for five years, and slash City Council salaries and office budgets 20 percent.
Comments(0) When Mike Huckabee was governor of Arkansas, he figured out that it is cheaper to pay for college tuition, room and board and books than it is to sentence a person to prison.
Comments(0) Sen. John McCain will speak at Wake Forest University May 6 in Wait Chapel. Officials with McCain’s campaign have provided initial details about the event to the university. Wait Chapel doors will open at 8 a.m. for the event, which is expected to start about 10 a.m.
Comments(0) Sacrifice is a word Americans like to associate with their heritage, ideals and themselves. But these days, it’s not a word that comes easily to the lips of politicians with presidential aspirations.
Comments(0) Mon, Apr 28, 2008 (11:12 a.m.) It was a simple question, really, one the debate moderator hoped would lead Republican presidential candidates into a discussion about how much the public was willing to give to benefit the nation.
Comments(0) It was a simple question, really, one the debate moderator hoped would lead Republican presidential candidates into a discussion about how much the public was willing to give…
Comments(0) It was a simple question, really, one the debate moderator hoped would lead Republican presidential candidates into a discussion about how much the public was willing to give to benefit the nation. “What sacrifice,” she said, “would you ask Americans to make to lower the country’s debt?” Sacrifice is a word that Americans like to associate with their heritage, their ideals and themselves. But …
Comments(0) It was a simple question, really, one the debate moderator hoped would lead Republican presidential candidates into a discussion about how much the public was willing to give to benefit the nation. “What sacrifice,” she said, “would you ask Americans to make to lower the country’s debt?”
Comments(0) EDITOR’S NOTE — This latest chapter of “The Measure of a Nation,” a yearlong series of multimedia story packages about the presidency and the 2008 election as seen through the prism of the culture, explores how America’s history with sacrifice and service affects its politics.