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This piece was written CBS News State Department reporter Charles Wolfson. The late Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban was credited for the oft-quoted phrase about the Palestinians "never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Perhaps it is time for a corollary for the Israelis: they never seem to miss an opportunity to make it more ...

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Real-world rules don't apply in D.C. By David Broder WASHINGTON - There is a great divide in American politics.

WASHINGTON There are legislative miles to go before the government will be emancipated from its health care myopia, but it is not too soon for a summing up.

Skipping through the Candy Land of the health care bill, one is tempted to hum a few bars of "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." What a deal.

Of all the pictures I saw from the Iraqi elections last weekend, my favorite was on nytimes.com : an Iraqi expatriate mother, voting in Michigan, holding up her son to let him stuff her ballot into the box.

Israel could not have asked for a better beginning to Biden's visit this week. Now it must rebuild Washington's trust.

When nonproductive government spending and unfunded government mandates are half the national product, and another quarter come from paper-shuffling financial institutions or service industries where the product is rapidly and totally depreciated, such as news and entertainment media, recreation, travel, lodging, food service, communication, etc., ...

A recent attack ad put out by Keep America Safe, a conservative national security organization headed by Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, twists the very values it purports to defend.

The other night at dinner, I was seated next to someone I shall call T.P. Fox. I give him this sobriquet on account of his obsessive-compulsive recitation of the Talking Points he has heard on Fox News.

The Obama administration and Democrats in general are in trouble because they are not urgently and effectively addressing the issue that most Americans want them to: the frightening economic insecurity that has put a chokehold on millions of American families.

For many, a car right off the showroom floor just isna t good enough. Luckily, therea s the aftermarket to help cars make more power, handle better and look better.

IN THE U.S., voter turnout is often influenced by such mundane things as weather and the charisma of candidates.

It has already been pointed out many places that Kathryn Bigelow, director of The Hurt Locker, winner of the Oscar for Best Picture, is the first woman to capture the Best Director award.

U.S. Postmaster General John Potter will suggest the termination of Saturday mail delivery and raise rates on certain postal services.

What has gone so wrong that it's the byword for evil in popular culture? T HERE are two Homer Simpson syndromes, the first has the animated character's brain cushioned by an especially thick layer of fluid, which partially accounts for his stupidity.

Published: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 3:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 2:25 p.m. NEW ORLEANS Leonard Pitts Jr.

WASHINGTON - In a city where the phrase "bipartisan initiative" is becoming an oxymoron, the urgency of containing the damage the Supreme Court could do to our electoral system creates an opportunity for a rare convergence of interest and principle.

This is not the way Sandy Levin would have wanted it. The Michigan Democrat became acting chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee last week after its former chairman, Charlie Rangel of New York, stepped down because he was censured by the House ethics committee for going on a corporate-financed junket.

A convicted felon has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a Winter Haven man in critical condition, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported.