The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.

When politicians rush to fix things, it's a sure sign that either the intended patient is dead or fully healed.

That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

President Bush has committed billions to the fight against AIDS, thus making retroviral drugs available to millions of HIV-positive Africans.