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As the Iraq War enters its fourth year, all Americans who care about their country must take a hard look at the situation. The key question is: Are we making progress in Iraq? Is all the blood and treasure the USA has spent getting us closer to a country which …

U.S.-based humanitarian groups mobilized Tuesday to aid Lebanese and Israeli citizens, and locate Americans caught up in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. “In a situation like this, our No. 1 concern is getting people on the ground, getting immediate assistance to those people who need immediate assistance …

Rest in peace, Crocodile Hunter. I don’t mean to be insensitive, but it was only a matter of time before we would be reading headlines like those we woke up to on Labor Day, which announced the death of conservationist and wildlife crusader Steve Irwin. The Australian, best known from …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Shown the Door The chairman of the philosophy department at Marquette University has removed a posted quote from humorist Dave Barry, from the office door of a Ph.D. student. It said, “as Americans we must always remember that we all have a …

Baby Boomers — my generation — bookmark their lives by the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of John F. Kennedy. Where were you? How’d you find out? For those in their teens and twenties, that watermark date is Sept. 11, 2001 — 9/11 — a sunny, humming Indian summer morning in …

A ring-like formation around a distant cluster of galaxies has yielded what may be the first glimpse of a shockwave spawned by either a cosmic collision or interstellar gas. The ring, made up radio signal-emitting arcs, surrounds a rich collection of galaxies known as Abell 3376. It appears to be …

In the annals of good eating, airline food has long ranked up there with school-cafeteria lunches and hospital chow. In other words, it tastes suspiciously like an airplane restroom smells at the end of a nine-hour flight. So when Delta Airlines unveiled a new line of meals this August, created …

The dishonest media, part 99, that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” What I’m about to tell you is unbelievable but true. As “Talking Points” pointed out on Monday, the most important thing about the Dan Rather/CBS News situation is that fired producer Mary Mapes (search) was …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! First, a quick note: The show will air from New York City Wednesday night. I move around so much it must seem like I am running away from creditors! Second, a note from the Kennedy Space …

Beyonce | A-List Music Party | Simply Red Beyonce: She Didn’t Write The Songs Vanity Fair finally puts a solo African-American on its cover, and doesn’t do any fact checking. Beyonce Knowles, who’s full of sass and has a striking voice, actually thinks she’s a songwriter. She says so in …