A New, Mainstream Al Sharpton Woos the Rest of the Nation

Al on America , by Al Sharpton, with Karen Hunter. Kensington Publishing, 304 pages, $27.

Al Sharpton recently had a meeting with Al Sharpton. It was, he says, one of the most important events of his adult life, and it occurred in prison, during a 90-day sentence for protesting U.S. military bases in Vieques, Puerto Read More

Wall Street Journal Gets Ready for War, Cedes Battle Lines

After George Bush’s Oct. 7 speech in Cincinnati, where he evoked the Cuban missile crisis and laid out his case for waging war on Iraq, newspaper editors were wondering how soon they would need to tell their reporters to unpack their flak jackets and grab a satellite phone.

“It’s preparing for Wave 2,” said Paul Read More