2008 Woodie Awards
Last November, former president Jimmy Carter published a book appealing for a peaceful resolution to the violent conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors entitled: Palestine: Peace not Apartheid. Unique and unprecedented, this book offers its reader a perspective that seldom receives public attention.
Appearances, it seems, must be kept up. On Tuesday night, President George Bush delivered his seventh State of the Union Address in the House chamber. His previous six speeches began very simply, 'Mr. Speaker…" This time, however, was different, with a blatant and prominent mention of the fact that the traditional formality had to be altered to 'Madam Speaker,' in deference to the current holder of that position - Nancy Pelosi.