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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday responded to a question about former President Trump’s latest critiques, but the governor refused to criticize the former commander-in-chief, maintaining that attacks are coming “from all angles” and noting that his landslide victory in the state shows that his leadership style has been effective. When asked about Trump’s latest critiques, DeSantis quickly responded, “What I would just say is this: I roll out of bed. I have people attacking me from all angles.”

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Democrat Barack Obama on Monday sharpened his critique of lead rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, warning against a return to "divisive, special interest politics" that had demoralized the country even before President Bush took office. "As bad as this administration has been, it's going to take more than just a change in parties to truly turn this country around," Obama told supporters at a Labor Day rally. "George Bush and Dick Cheney may have turned divisive, special interest politics into an art form, but it was there before they got to Washington. If you and I don't stand...

Seersucker's out. Pinstripes are in. And no one in the press corps is safe from the president's light asides on fashion choices. WASHINGTON — Even as he talked about North Korea's nuclear ambitions and other weighty matters, President Bush on Wednesday returned to his occasional role as fashion critic to the White House press corps. "If I might say, that is a beautiful suit…. And I can't see anybody else that even comes close," the president told NBC's Kevin Corke, who was wearing pinstripes, in the course of a Rose Garden news conference that focused on North Korea-related diplomacy and...

My first post-modern, deconstructivist essay--well, sort of1. Sartreist existentialism and subcultural theoryThe main theme of the works of Eco is not narrative, as dialectic libertarianism suggests, but neonarrative. Sargeant[1] suggests that we have to choose between Sartreist existentialism and Debordist situation. Therefore, the premise of subcultural theory implies that reality comes from the masses. Baudrillard uses the term 'cultural capitalism' to denote the common ground between society and class. It could be said that if subcultural theory holds, we have to choose between cultural capitalism and the neodialectic paradigm of consensus. Lacan suggests the use of cultural desublimation to challenge...

In Greensboro, Gorbachev critiques U.S. war with Iraq Justin Catanoso The Business Journal 3:42 PM EDT Thursday Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev, in his first-ever visit to North Carolina, decried the lack of world leadership in general and specifically criticized the United States' war with and occupation of Iraq. "Implanting models from the West has never worked; you must take into account the uniqueness of other cultures," said Gorbachev, who while president moved to extricate his country from a losing cause in Afghanistan in the mid-1980s. Gorbachev, 73, met with local journalists Wednesday evening at the Greensboro Coliseum complex...

<p>Joe Montana has a word of advice for Terrell Owens: shhhhhhh.</p> <p>The Hall of Famer is tired of hearing Owens knock quarterback Jeff Garcia and the 49ers.</p> <p>Owens took some recent jabs at Garcia on his Web site, terrellowens.com, although the receiver and his agent, David Joseph, said the comments were taken out of context and not intended for media consumption.</p>