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• 02/13/2004 -- Iraq and Iran struggling with the basics of democracy
  Democracy remains elusive along the northern reaches of the Persian Gulf.
• 02/06/2004 -- Court nomination fight might revive sagebrush rebellion
  For anyone who has forgotten, the Sagebrush Rebellion grew out of long-simmering animosity in the US West over what tends to be seen there as federal oppression through land control.
• 01/30/2004 -- Energy policy moves forward without omnibus legislation
  As Congress decides whether to try to salvage the omnibus bill it has twice failed to pass, the oil and gas industry should recognize that with energy policy, good things can happen in small packages.
• 01/23/2004 -- Collapsed trade talks take two steps toward revival
  International trade, jeopardized by collapse last September of World Trade Organization negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, received two lifts this month.
• 01/19/2004 -- GORE SPEECH TURNS COMPLEX SUBJECT INTO POLITICAL CUDGEL
  Former US Vice-Pres. Al Gore has provided a fine example of all that's wrong with debate over global warming.
• 01/09/2004 -- Bush should show spending restraint in space initiative
  In anticipation of the space initiative US President George W. Bush soon will announce, the nation can only hope for prudence.
• 01/05/2004 -- Truckers in US set for more rest, higher fuel costs
  As 2004 begins, truckers face what Bill Hensel Jr., writing in the Houston Chronicle, has described as "the most sweeping changes in driving rules in 60 years."