Saturday, November 16, 2024

The power of words in crisis: Who hits mark, and who misses?

WASHINGTON (AP) — In moments of crisis, of war and terror, of loss and mourning, American leaders have sought to utter words to match the moment in hope that the power of oratory can bring order to chaos and despair.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

The power of words in crisis: Who hits mark, and who misses?

WASHINGTON (AP) — In moments of crisis, of war and terror, of loss and mourning, American leaders have sought to utter words to match the moment in hope that the power of oratory can bring order to chaos and despair.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

The power of words in crisis: Who hits mark, and who misses?

WASHINGTON (AP) — In moments of crisis, of war and terror, of loss and mourning, American leaders have sought to utter words to match the moment in hope that the power of oratory can bring order to chaos and despair.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of color who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that seem to be making them sick.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Americans pivot from red-hot Trump to Biden's seasoned cool

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a crystallizing moment at the last presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden fielded a question about people of color who live alongside chemical plants and oil refineries that seem to be making them sick.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Message of Election 2020: Trump lost, but Trumpism did not

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lost. But Trumpism did not.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Analysis: Virus pulls federalism debate into 21st Century

WASHINGTON (AP) — A flu pandemic was ravaging the world, killing indiscriminately in almost every country, including more than 600,000 deaths in the United States. The states were in a panic, but there was almost no call for broad federal assistance — at least, not one heeded by the president.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Analysis: Virus pulls federalism debate into 21st Century

WASHINGTON (AP) — A flu pandemic was ravaging the world, killing indiscriminately in almost every country, including more than 600,000 deaths in the United States. The states were in a panic, but there was almost no call for broad federal assistance — at least, not one heeded by the president.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Of America and sacrifice: Is the country ready to step up?

WASHINGTON (AP) — For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or passed on through a book or movie.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Suddenly, in the course of a few weeks, John F. Kennedy's “ask what you can do for your country” injunction has come to life.

WASHINGTON — For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or passed on through a book or movie.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Of America and sacrifice: Is the country ready to step up?

WASHINGTON (AP) — For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparent or passed on through a book or movie.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO