In 1990, George H.W. Bush, listening to then-White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu, nominated David Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sununu, who as governor of New Hampshire had nominated Souter to the Granite State's supreme court in 1983, assured Bush that Souter would be a "home run" ...
The 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon that Donald Trump announced ... is desperately needed. It must also be regarded with immense caution. Iran and mediator Pakistan believed that Lebanon was covered by last week’s US-Israel-Iran ceasefire, before Israel unleashed 100 strikes in 10 minutes – killing hundreds and wounding many more on “Black Wednesday”. Lebanon was pulled into this crisis by Mr Trump’s illegal war on Tehran, and should not have been excluded from his truce. The US president, desperately seeking an exit to the broader conflict, is now reining in Mr Netanyahu. But only ...
In a famous Supreme Court one-liner, reminding the legal community of the finality of the court's rulings, the late Justice William J. Brennan Jr. is reputed to have said that the Constitution means whatever any five of us say it means. This reflects the basic math that five is a majority of ...
Michigan Democrats had to choose between a Hezbollah-sympathizing radical and a perfectly respectable former Barack Obama attorney. Given the drift of the party, it wasn't a difficult choice — it was the virulently anti-Israel extremist all the way. At their convention over the ...
There used to be a somewhat grim aphorism about the old Cliffs-Dow site along Lakeshore Boulevard in the city of Marquette: The place is so toxic with old industrial pollution that even the crows pack lunches when they fly over it. Overstated? Perhaps. But clearly, decades of charcoal manufacture through hardwood distillation and God only knows what else has left much of the soil there foul and unusable. Just how foul and unusable? It appears, after years of discussion, a process will unfold this construction season to find out. Using an EPA grant, the city will oversee an ...
The White House Correspondents' Dinner is usually a predictable affair. Journalists and celebrities gather to reinforce their credentials as powerful insiders who should be the ones running the country. This year's dinner, to be held tonight in Washington, is likely to be something quite ...
