Jun 1st, 2006 · Perhaps the headline in the New York Post said it all: "DC's Stupid Scrooges Slash NYC Terror Aid and Splurge on the Sticks." On the other hand, New Yorkers seem to be taking in stride the news that the city's federal anti-terrorism funding will be cut about 40 percent. NPR's Margot Adler reports.
Jan 24th, 2006 · Alex Chadwick talks with Dahlia Lithwick about "signing statements " -- documents that the president attaches to laws he's signed to lay out his own interpretation of those laws. The issue of signing statements and presidential privilege became a major sticking point for Democrats during the confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. President Bush regularly uses signing statements when enacting the bills into law.
Jan 13th, 2006 · Surveillance video cameras on Thursday morning captured two young men beating a homeless man on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. with sticks and baseball bats -- one of three attacks on homeless men in a single night.
Dec 21st, 2005 · In the film The New World, writer-director Terrence Malick deals with the meeting of John Smith and Pocahontas. Though historians dismiss the idea that the two were romantically linked, the new film, like others before it, sticks with that version of the story.
Nov 29th, 2005 · Alex Chadwick talks with Slate political correspondent John Dickerson about why Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been willing to appear in public with President Bush at a time when other Republicans have been avoiding the president because of recent White House scandals and the public's declining support for the war in Iraq.
Aug 31st, 2005 · Food writer Betsy Block packs her kids lunches on brown bread, with celery sticks and edamame on the side. The hot fudge and brownies, she keeps to herself. Get her recipes for your secret stash.
Aug 24th, 2005 · Federalism and the relationship between Iraq's distinct regions and cultures is a sticking point in negotiations over a new constitution. Law professor Noah Feldman discusses the draft document.
Aug 23rd, 2005 · A draft constitution has been presented to the Iraqi National Assembly, but major sticking points on federalism and other contentious issues remain. We look at the document's provisions, as well as efforts by Shia and Kurds to garner Sunnis approval for the draft.