Symbols and Symbolism

by Mark Silva Federal health authorities see "encouraging signs'' that the new flu outbreak is not as severe as many feared when much of the attention toward "swine flu,'' now called the H1N1 virus, focused on deaths in Mexico. While......

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama's pledge to close the U.S. military's detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without a suitable alternative for holding the dangeous terrorists there poses a risk to the nation's security and peace of mind, a......

We're steeped in symbolism here. And it's for sale. Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi promised "a revolution" against property taxes on Tuesday. Anti-Suozzi demonstrators draped a couple of tea bags _GOP anti-tax symbols_on Suozzi's shoulder at a...

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama was quick, within days of taking office, to announce that he will close the U.S. military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- a symbol of past policies which the new president has abandoned. But......

by Mark Silva It may not be the "reset button'' that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented her Russian counterpart earlier this year - a symbol of the need to start over again in relations between the United States and......

It???s too early to tell if the CARS program will be a success, but initial reports from a metro Detroit auto dealer show a lot of positive signs, according to the Detroit News. Jay Sturtz, office manager of Village Ford......

by Mark Silva ` "Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy,'' President Barack Obama said today at the public funeral for the last of the three Kennedy brothers who held or sought the presidency.......

Political reporter Tony Man blogged from inside the meeting U.S. Reps. Alcee Hastings and Robert Wexler, both Democrats who represent Broward and Palm Beach counties, are due this afternoon at a town hall meeting west of Delray Beach. The event......

by Mark Silva The recession has not only taken a toll on American jobs, President Barack Obama says today in his weekly radio and Internet address, but it also has obliterated $2 trillion in retirement savings. The president, touting signs......

by Mark Silva Mark this as the week in which one of the potential players for 2012 set out to brand herself: Sarah Palin, the "common-sense conservative.'' Three years from now -- think about that phrase a moment -- we'll......

by Mark Silva President Barack Obama, who has warned the public against "jumping to conclusions'' in the alleged killings of 13 and woundings of 29 more at Fort Hood, Texas, by an Army major and pyschiatrist and Muslim said to......

Could breathing gasoline fumes actually contribute to road rage? That???s the hypothesis Cairo University???s Amal Kinawy tested when she exposed lab rats to gas fumes. Kinawy found that rats who breathed in the fumes showed signs of heightened aggression...