Patrick Granfield Archive
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Sep 04, 2008
Sarah Palin, the vice presidential candidate, has stormed into the hearts of Republicans with her debut speech. Read Article A voice cries out in the wilderness
Nov 02, 2008
The choice of American Catholics for president has been a faithful indicator of which candidate has won the popular vote in each contest since 1972. Read Article Catholics are a faithful reflection of outcome
Nov 03, 2008
Candidates make a final appeal to voters during 'Monday Night Football' but fans seem ready for the whistle to blow on the campaign trail. Read Article Weighing the election in gridiron terms
Jan 16, 2009
second home While even the New York Yankees have abandoned the "House that Ruth Built", Yankee Stadium, Boston's Fenway Park remains much the same since it opened in 1912. Read Article Small park, but full of history
Jun 28, 2009
Men's fashion special Our deputy comment editor takes his first visit to a spa and ends up feeling like a Nissan Sunny in a Formula One pit. Read Article Special treatment
Aug 27, 2009
When great men die young, they leave their survivors not only the weight of all they had yet to accomplish but also the impossible memory of their perpetual youth. Few people understood these burdens better than Edward "Teddy" Kennedy, the senior Senator from Massachusetts, who died on Tuesday. Read Article Kennedy's legacy of reform survives weight of history
Oct 13, 2009
George Soros is putting at least one of his billions where his mouth is in fighting climate change. Read Article Soros' Cap and trade vision an illusion
Mar 04, 2010
James Baker has never won elected office himself, but the Texas lawyer has long been a prominent player both in Washington and in international affairs. Read Article A power behind the presidents
Mar 09, 2010
Victory for Avatar would have put the Academy's stamp on an important changing of the guard in Hollywood: Americans replacing the British as the go-to bad guys. Read Article And the loser is ... the British villain in Hollywood
Sep 28, 2010
The Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al Faisal made one of the more poignant, if unlikely, observations in the recent debate about Facebook and Twitter. Read Article Facebook brings out the inner Neanderthal in all of us
