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    Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Petoskey News

  1. Pope Francis: A humble image, but complex past

    VATICAN CITY (AP) — On the streets in Buenos Aires, the stories about the cardinal who has become the first pope from the Americas often include a very ordinary backdrop: The city bus during rush hour.
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — On the streets in Buenos Aires, the stories about the cardinal who has become the first pope from the Americas often include a very ordinary backdrop: The city bus during rush hour. Tales are traded about chatting with...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Arts and Culture, Jesus Christ, Theft, Christianity

    2. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Interview: Why the world is losing faith in democracy

    In the heady days of 1989, nondemocratic regimes fell like dominoes to the peaceful march of activists across Eastern Europe. Even China briefly appeared vulnerable to popular demands for a voice in how the country is ruled -- until the crackdown at Tiananmen Square.
    In the heady days of 1989, nondemocratic regimes fell like dominoes to the peaceful march of activists across Eastern Europe. Even China briefly appeared vulnerable to popular demands for a voice in how the country is ruled -- until the crackdown at ...

    Tags: Political Corruption, China, Freedom of the Press, Nelson Mandela, Elections

    3. Mar 26, 2013 | Daily Press

  3. Former Vermont Gov. backing VA House of Delgates candidates

    Former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is throwing his weight behind Democratic candidates in the 2013 House of Delegates election. Dean, who lost the Democratic primary for president in 2004, announced Tuesday...

    Tags: U.S. Air Force, Primaries, Government, Regional Authority, Hampton Roads

    4. Mar 13, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. China's Xi Jinping formally assumes title of president

    BEIJING -- Capping a highly choreographed transition of power, Xi Jinping formally assumed the Chinese presidency Thursday after a secret vote at the National People's Congress. The 59-year-old son of a former vice premier is the most successful of...

    Tags: China, Hu Jintao, Political Corruption, College of Cardinals, Beijing (China)

    5. Mar 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Kenyan presidential loser Raila Odinga contests result

    NAIROBI, Kenya -- In a setback for Kenya’s efforts to cement its democracy, presidential contender Raila Odinga on Saturday refused to concede defeat in a close election he said was fraught with fraud and irregularities.
    NAIROBI, Kenya -- In a setback for Kenya’s efforts to cement its democracy, presidential contender Raila Odinga on Saturday refused to concede defeat in a close election he said was fraught with fraud and irregularities. But he called for calm and...

    Tags: Kenya, Nairobi (Kenya), Democracy, John Kerry, Elections

    6. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Richard Collins dies at 98; onetime blacklisted screenwriter

    Richard Collins, a screenwriter during the McCarthy era who was blacklisted for several years before he cooperated with the Communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, died Thursday in Ventura.
    Richard Collins, a screenwriter during the McCarthy era who was blacklisted for several years before he cooperated with the Communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, died Thursday in Ventura. The onetime Communist Party member was 98...

    Tags: Television, Arts and Culture, Pneumonia, Michael Collins, Chinatown (movie)

    7. Feb 17, 2013 |Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  7. Stephen Goldstein: We're supposed to be a democracy

    According to legend, outside of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, at the end of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, a Mrs. Powel asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Franklin answered, "A republic, if...

    Tags: C-SPAN (tv network), Political Corruption, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Government

    8. Feb 16, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. 'Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism' looks at the president's moral evolution

    The evolution of President Abraham Lincoln's thinking about emancipation is clearly marked out in his speeches and public documents. The evolution of his views about suffrage for black people is harder to trace. The two issues are intimately linked, and to modern eyes they seem one and the same. In Lincoln's time, though, the issues of emancipation and suffrage pulled in different directions, and their history is tangled.
    The evolution of President Abraham Lincoln's thinking about emancipation is clearly marked out in his speeches and public documents. The evolution of his views about suffrage for black people is harder to trace. The two issues are intimately linked, and...

    Tags: Civil Rights, Arts and Culture, Feminism, Culture, Reconstruction

    9. Feb 1, 2013 |Column| Hartford Courant

  9. DeStefano Takes A Bow Fearing Voters' Push

    The Hartford Courant
    Let me put this in perspective for you. Two days after John DeStefano was first sworn in as mayor of New Haven, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was whacked in the knee with a police baton in an assault planned by rival figure skater Tonya Harding's ex-...

    Tags: Adrian Peterson, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), John DeStefano, Government, Super Bowl

    10. Feb 5, 2013 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  10. The problem with direct democracy

    Last week, top Maryland Democrats announced their intention to make it more difficult to put statewide policy referenda on the ballot. The move is a clear response to Republicans' success last year in putting to referendum policy questions in the hope of achieving victories the GOP couldn't win in the legislature.
    Last week, top Maryland Democrats announced their intention to make it more difficult to put statewide policy referenda on the ballot. The move is a clear response to Republicans' success last year in putting to referendum policy questions in the hope...

    Tags: Republican Party, Family, Government, Elections, Parties and Movements

    11. Jan 30, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Democracy activist arrives home after release by Vietnam

    L.A. NOW
    An American democracy activist accused of trying to overthrow the Vietnamese government returned home to Southern California on Wednesday night, more than nine months after he was first detained in Saigon. U.S. citizen Nguyen Quoc Quan was met by a......
    12. Jan 27, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. The cloud over China

    Beijing has some seriously bad air. How bad? On a scale of 1 to 500, the United States Environmental Protection Agency says anything over 100 is unhealthy and anything above 400 is an emergency. Recently, the pollution index for Beijing hit 755. For...

    Tags: Beijing Games, Environmental Issues, China, The New York Times, Government

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