President Barack Obama will deliver his fourth State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on February 12. The following materials offer a guide to understanding issues high on the president's priorities list.
Richard Gamble's book, In Search of the City on a Hill: the Making and Unmaking of an American Myth, helps make sense of exceptionalism's evolution. Gamble traces the “city on a hill” metaphor, from Puritan leader John Winthrop, who took it from the gospels, to its reincarnation in the 20th century as an explicitly political idea at the heart of foreign policy debates.
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The Supreme Court's ruling last June was only the end of the beginning as far as Obamacare litigation is concerned. Myriad lawsuits unrelated to the individual mandate have continued and — following Nancy Pelosi's advice to dig deeper into what's in the law — others have been filed based on new developments. Issues range from employer mandates to the constitutionality of Chief Justice John Roberts's health insurance nonpurchase tax, from infringement on religious beliefs to a separation-of-powers... Читать дальше...
Rafa Nadal has made his return to the game after several months of absence due to ongoing knee problems. This return begs the question, what are the greatest comebacks in tennis history? Tennis Now answers with this countdown list.
Li Na talks about the tough competion at Indian Wells this year and what she sees as her biggest challenges, plus find out what she enjoys doing while not playing.
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Watch highlights of Rafael Nadal's comeback win on the ATP World Tour, beating Federico Delbonis in the VTR Open second round on Wednesday.
Video courtesy Vive Deportes VTR and youtube.com/ATPWorldTour
Rafael Nadal discusses his first singles match after seven months at Vina del Mar on Wednesday.
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The filmmaker Sofia Coppola captured an intimate conversation with T’s cover subject, Lee Radziwill, in her New York City apartment.
A hairstylist by day, Janet Stephens has become a "hair archaeologist" studying the intricacies of ancient Greek and Roman hairstyles. As WSJ's Abigail Pesta reports, she's been published in the academic community on her research, which she says proves the intricate hairstyles were not wigs.
Miss Universe Olivia Culpo concedes her concerns about upsetting pageant owner Donald Trump, in this excerpt from a longer interview. Trump recently won $5 million in damages in a legal fight against a Miss Universe contestant for comments she made that were deemed defamatory.
