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House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) has caused his fellow Republicans one headache after another, and it appears that the tide of support for DeLay within the Grand Old Party is beginning to ebb. Admonished last year by the House Ethics Committee, DeLay has recently been facing renewed questions about more improper dealings. In January, GOP leadership rammed through legislation altering ethics rules—changes which many Democrats felt served only to protect DeLay from a full-blown ethics investigation. Last Wednesday, however, the Republican-dominated House voted to repeal these changes. We applaud the Republican decision...
...important thing to keep in mind is that friendships do tend to ebb and flow. This reality doesn’t mean that you should lose all your remaining hope in the human race and your belief that real friendships last forever. But rather than trying to capture high school relationships in a bubble, you will appreciate those friendships more if you acknowledge that they will change. It is inescapable that different people will grow in different directions. Friendships are inherently evolutionary...
...another part of the world, it would be called tribal warfare. In Northern Ireland, the shootings and the bombings that have taken more than 2,500 lives over the past 17 years are more primly referred to as "the troubles." The spasms of killing have followed the ebb and flow of ancient hates and fears that divide the British province's Protestant majority and its Roman Catholic minority. Because so many attempts to break the deadly cycle of attack and revenge have ended in failure, it is a wonder that political leaders still have the courage to try again, when...
...created a great "woman's" comic, and I mean that without the slightest hint of derision. It focuses exclusively on female characters, examining the way they talk and the aspects of their lives unique to their sex, and then presents their stories in a way that reflects the ebb and flow of women's talk. Yet, unlike what would be labeled a "men's comic," it feels inclusive rather than alienating. "Embroideries" is as funny, opinionated, controversial and surprising as any good comic or conversation should...
...clear that there will be a battle over Social Security, and someone is going to lose. President George W. Bush and his supporters want to partially privatize Social Security, while most Democrats and some Republicans oppose the president’s misguided plan. Each day, newspapers report on the ebb and flow of the war of words, pundits bickering and economists continuing to snipe at the president’s innumerate advisors. But amidst it all, the confusion and manipulation of Social Security’s facts and figures—present and projected—continue to obscure...