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| Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:00:00 EST David Gergen: In the Bush bunker |
| In her splendid new book, "Team Of Rivals," historian Doris Kearns Goodwin tells of a day when men were true leaders. Unexpectedly beaten for the Republican presidential nomination in 1860, William Henry Seward of New York could easily have sat out the election; instead, he threw himself into the fall campaign and sent his former rival, Abraham Lincoln, to the White House. Lincoln could have dismissed three of his rivals for the nomination; instead, he recruited them for top posts and formed one of the best cabinets ever. Democrat Stephen Douglas could have worked against Lincoln's presidency; instead, he held out his hand and helped his old nemesis govern. |
| Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:00:00 EST John Leo: Remaking the judge |
| Note to readers: This is my final column in these pages. Thanks to all of you for the steady flow of suggestions and comments, and for sticking with me over the years. |
| Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:00:00 EST Bernadine Healy, M.D.: When the beat goes awry |
| All you baby boomers can be sure of one thing: You will not have your fathers' hearts. What emanated from the American Heart Association annual meeting in Dallas last week is that the heart faces problems that were not center stage even a generation ago, thanks to greater longevity and increased survival with underlying cardiac disease. Look at atrial fibrillation. Once its focus was as much about overactive healthy hearts as diseased ones. Now the emphasis has shifted from those fleeting bursts of fast, wild rhythms in the young to chronic AF in the older set. With age and survival, it's estimated that the 2.3 million Americans with this condition will double their numbers in the decades ahead. |
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| Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:42:52 GMT Bush Gets Promises, Not Actions, From Hu (AP) |
 AP - U.S. President George W. Bush pressed China on Sunday to expand religious, political and social freedoms and won renewed promises — but no concrete actions — from President Hu Jintao to open China's huge markets to U.S. farmers and businesses.
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| Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:07:40 GMT Iraq Ambush Kills 15 Civilians, Marine (AP) |
 AP - An ambush on a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol northwest of Baghdad left 15 civilians, eight insurgents and a U.S. Marine dead from a roadside bomb and the firefight that followed, a U.S. military statement said Sunday.
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| Sun, 20 Nov 2005 15:45:01 GMT Rumsfeld Won't Set Timetable for Iraq Exit (AP) |
 AP - While some lawmakers press for a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made no promises on Sunday and said commanders' assessments will determine the pace of any military drawdown.
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