RSSEditorials / Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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Clinton can't win without Obama
By David Broder
On the day last week when Hillary Clinton suffered the first of two costly defections by Indiana superdelegates, I went to see an old friend working in her national campaign. I knew he was loyal to her, but I also calculated that if he were guaranteed anonymity, he would give me an honest answer to the vexing question: Does the Clinton camp still see any realistic way she can deny Barack Obama the Democratic nomination without blowing up the party?
Reflections on Yom HaShoah 2008
By Rabbi Michael Samuel
Martin Gilbert in his book “The Holocaust” tells the story about a 16-year-old named Zvi Michalowski. On Sept. 27, 1941, Zvi was supposed to be executed with 3,000 other Lithuanian Jews. He had fallen into the pit a fraction of a second before the Nazis shot their guns.
Human face reflects lessons of history
By Times Staff
The human face. It is what Rabbi Michael Samuel points to in today’s guest column as the most vivid reminder that we all share the same human traits. “Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer,” as William Shakespeare wrote in “The Merchant of Venice.”
Obama’s rhetorical fraud revealed
By Charles Krauthammer
“I can no more disown him (Jeremiah Wright) than I can disown my white grandmother.”
Class of 2008 considers staying close to home
By Times Staff
They are staying here — for college, at least.
Investment brings hope to once-glamorous hotel
By the Times Editorial Board
The Davenport hotel at the foot of the Government Bridge has had about as many names as exterior colors. In 44 years, it’s had its share of ups and downs, closings and reopenings. A recent report even promised a waterpark that never materialized.
