Feb 8th, 2010 · Critics call the president's plan to hold a summit between Democrats and Republicans on Feb. 25 a purely political gambit designed to give the appearance of momentum for the health bill. Even supporters of the summit see room for common ground with Republicans on only a few narrow issues.
Feb 8th, 2010 · Critics call the president's plan to hold a summit between Democrats and Republicans on Feb. 25 a purely political gambit designed to give the appearance of momentum for the health bill. Even supporters of the summit see room for common ground with Republicans on only a few narrow issues.
Dec 10th, 2009 · An impressively natural performance by Morgan Freeman anchors the true tale of a stunningly successful political gambit from Nelson Mandela: a move to bring his divided nation together behind a rugby team that had long been the darlings of South Africa's oppressive Afrikaner majority.
Jul 27th, 2009 · The Translantic Feedback, a documentary about an oddball band of American ex-GIs dressed up like monks and singing bitter songs, is out on DVD at last. Ed Ward explains the appeal of The Monks.
Feb 20th, 2009 · History credits Alexander Graham Bell with the invention of the telephone, but inventor Elisha Gray filed papers with the patent office describing a similar device on the same day. Who should get the credit? Seth Shulman, author of The Telephone Gambit, has the 411.
Feb 7th, 2006 · In the depths of the Great Depression, the small Washington state town of Gig Harbor started a rooster-racing competition -- complete with "rooster girl" cheerleaders and a Roosterville town center for the "athletes" -- to attract attention and money to their coastal hamlet.