America has decided to revisit its mission to be a peacemaker between Israel and Palestine. This Wednesday in Annapolis, Md., President Bush met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president who leads the Fatah party in the West Bank. The leaders of the three countries set a goal [...]

New Hampshire has moved its primary to Jan. 8, and this gets me thinking about the slightly related topic of the Electoral College. No one I’ve spoken to is particularly gung-ho about the Electoral College; in fact, most are just the opposite. Why, then, does it seem that the glaring inadequacies of the Electoral College [...]

It seems like everybody wants to figure out Bob Dylan these days. In 2005, Martin Scorsese released “No Direction Home,” a revealing documentary that examined the linear evolution of Dylan’s expansive career. Now Todd Haynes has come out with his own exploration of Dylan with “I’m Not There,” a film that is far less linear [...]

Lars (Ryan Gosling) has been acting strangely. Although he is going to work and taking care of himself and his apartment in his brother’s garage, he is removed and despondent. His brother Gus (Paul Schneider) thinks he’s fine, but his sister-in-law Karin (Emily Mortimer) is worried. She has to tackle him to even get him [...]

Yes, I’m serious. I think you should Netflix the Spice Girls movie. I think it will not be a waste of your time. It will NOT, as one reviewer said, be “less exciting than watching a brick for an hour.” I am prepared to tell you that Spice World might change your life.
First, there’s [...]

Both the Whitman men’s and women’s swim teams placed second at the Northwest Invitational meet on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at Linfield College. The meet reflected the strong season the team has had so far.
“Our season has been both challenging and exciting,” said Coach Jenn Blomme in an e-mail. “We’ve suffered a few [...]

The Whitman men’s basketball team won their home opener on Saturday over the University of Great Falls 81-67. Junior captain Chris Faidley easily covered half of the team’s total himself, scoring 42 points. As a result, the team’s record swelled to 2-2 for the year.
Despite early success, the team is still concerned with replacing high [...]