Editorial | Watchdog watch
Name almost any other post - even Major League Baseball commissioner - and William H. Webster would be a natural choice. After all, he's been a federal judge and director of both the CIA and the FBI.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Editorial | Saxton in N.J.
When he sails New Jersey's intracoastal waters, Rep. Jim Saxton remembers a time when Barnegat Bay was lined with treetops, not rooftops. That's why he has fought to expand the state's wildlife refuges and preserve its estuaries.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Editorial | A trio for Pa. Senate
Philadelphia's state senators generally don't get serious opposition. This year, though, a Republican offers voters a serious choice in the seat that straddles Cobbs Creek Parkway, reaching into Delaware County.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Letters | Forrester deserves to be in U.S. Senate
Once upon a time a great American, and a great president, said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." During this time of uncertainty, can we afford to elect a person to the U.S. Senate who will weaken this country, the same country that John F. Kennedy loved? I say no!
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Letters | Pennsylvania's 'house' is beautiful
In your zeal to endorse a candidate for governor ("Rendell for governor," Oct. 20), you completely ignored how far Pennsylvania has come over the last eight years under the leadership of Govs. Mark Schweiker and Tom Ridge.
( 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Larry Eichel | Exhausted, raspy and ready, Rendell nears goal of 20 years
It's the morning rush, and Ed Rendell is working the commuters at the El stop, shaking hands, grabbing shoulders, signing autographs, posing for photographs and distributing his campaign's newest handout.
( By Larry Eichel, 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Trudy Rubin | Brazil says, 'We love Lula'
Events of great importance are still occurring around the world that have nothing to do with snipers. Or terrorists. Or Iraq. One such event was Sunday's presidential election in Brazil, where a landslide victory was won by a trade unionist named "Lula," who quit school at 12 and wears a red star on his lapel.
( By Trudy Rubin, 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)

Don't read these headlines! Bad news, but not a bad world
There are times when the world seems a cold and forbidding place. The last month is an example of the widespread cruelty, indifference and anger that break out so often in this country that they threaten to become routine.
( By Claude Lewis, 10/30/2002 03:01 AM EST)