Reasonable, intelligent people can disagree over whether five accused 9-11 conspirators should be tried in federal courts in New York City for that day’s horrendous destruction.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammed Salih Mubarak Bin Attash, Ramzi Bin Al Shibh, Ali Abdul-Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed Al Hawsawi could have been brought before the military commissions that have evolved from lengthy struggles over proper procedures for prosecuting suspected terrorists detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison. Read more

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AARP has exhibited breath-taking defiance of its more vocal members by backing the House healthcare reform bill.

Many seniors in this summer’s heated town-hall meetings heard plenty of loaded phrases that they believe applied mostly to them: rationing of medical care, death panels, Medicare "cuts." Polls consistently show that the elderly represent the stiffest opponents to reform. Read more

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Fort Worth and Dallas have gone toe-to-toe before.

First, in baseball. Read more

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — If America’s less-than-rapid response to the H1N1 pandemic is an indicator of how the U.S. public health system would react in the event of a bioweapon attack, we are in deep, deep yogurt, folks.

It’s taken more than six months to ramp up production of a vaccine for a contagious disease that health officials worldwide knew was coming. Read more

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If anybody needed more proof that poverty has grown "outside the loop" in Tarrant County, even in what historically have been thought of as wealthy areas, this should be it. The U.S. Census Bureau has published statistics about the number of poor students in the county’s public school districts.

The shift has profound implications for communities and schools where poverty is increasing. Read more

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To everything there is a season,

A time for every purpose under heaven: Read more

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