When I was a young boy and visited my grandparents in South Georgia each summer, I was always struck by the picture of a soldier that was prominently displayed in their living room.
It's been over a week since an earthquake devastated China's Sichuan Province, leaving over seventy thousand dead, missing, or buried in the rubble. More than forty thousand have lost their lives, but many parents have lost something they consider even more precious: their only children.
It had all the drama of victory. It had all the drama of closure.
Hillary keeps on churnin'. Tonight she told supporters that she's winning the popular vote. Umm.the Obama campaign may have a thing or two to say about that. Anyhow read a portion of her speech below:
Read Hillary Clinton's victory speech below or watch it by clicking on the play button on the media player to the right.
I have an exclusive Brody File tip: Hillary Clinton will win Kentucky tonight. OK...OK... I have been reading the poll numbers. Forget the exclusive tip.
You may have heard the news. Maybe you haven't. Sen. Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor. Read more here.
Here's your chance to sound off about the violence against migrants in SA.
Hope everyone had a good weekend ... here's your Monday edition of the Morning Five ...
1. Party Times
You'd think that this Peggy Noonan piece from the Wall Street Journal ought to be pretty effective in spreading fear and panic over the Election Day debacle that could lie ahead for Republicans….except that the GOP leadership seems to have numbed itself up with denial. Noonan spoke with Republican Congressman Tom Davis of Virginia, who told her the Republican Party is "an airplane flying right into a mountain." Davis wrote in a 20-page memo to the Republican