Terrorist attacks have shattered the peace in more than half a dozen Indian cities over the past year. Yet none threatened India's secular and democratic polity as much as the carnage that jolted Mumbai last week. Mumbai is India's financial and commercial capital and arguably the country's most cosmopolitan metropolis. By targeting, among other establishments, two of the city's most opulent hotels - the Taj and the Oberoi Trident - where the rich, famous and influential congregate to advance their business and political agendas, the terrorists struck at the very symbol of a resurgent nation. ...more

November 30, 2008

In 1892, a Massachusetts court ruled that a policeman's speech rights had not been violated by a law forbidding certain political activities by officers. State Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "The petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be a policeman." ...more

November 29, 2008

You know Middle America is really nervous about the economy when an economic summit of the world's leaders can generate so much weekend buzz. ...more

November 18, 2008

This letter is to denounce letters by Flannery and Harrington. Flannery does not live in Lake Placid long enough to even be considered a resident. So he expects to have our sheriff at his beck and call? Just maybe he could see all the good that has been done in Benton's term as sheriff of our county! As people can read in your paper, she is showing her political adversary wrong, so now comes the letters from outsiders as has been the true accounts all along. They have found over half-missing or mis-filed evidence, due of course to the person the sheriff fired; not my words but words reported in this paper. Next, is the most hideous, flagitious letter from Harrington. Comments were made of our chamber of commerce. For his information, I personally do not use any business before checking with the chamber to see if local businesses can meet my needs, and yes they have, thanks to the chamber. So, for Harrington, look up the word flagitious! As for the chamber, I will apologize for misguided political agendas. ...more

October 17, 2008

For those who haven't heard, there's a primary election on Aug. 26. Many of the candidates on the ballot will be running for circuit court judge. ...more

August 17, 2008

The most comprehensive study in years of abortion in America underscores a striking change in the landscape, with ever-fewer pregnant women choosing abortion and those who do increasingly opting to avoid surgical clinics. ...more

January 17, 2008