Status Quo news

The Post’s Ben Kaplan assembled a panel to dissect the various parts of the 77-year-old Canadian icon

For years, plans to improve U.S. 280 have been studied, circulated and ultimately rejected. About two years ago, Shelby County citizens and city leaders who live and work along U.S. 280 thought the problem might finally be solved.

Lots of tech companies make lots of money from content. So should they put music labels, movie studios, newspaper and book publishers on their shopping lists?

In retrospect, cultural upheavals look so dramatic. Yet we forget the day-to-day exhaustion that goes into resculpting the status quo. New York 1967: The Joffrey Ballet does the unthinkable, turning rock music, war and revolt into a new template for ballet. Ballet! It hadn’t been done before, and yet here was founder Robert Joffrey making a work called “Astarte,” with a rock band in the ...

But maybe grounds for progress, too

Ottawa and First Nations chiefs have agreed to a direction for future discussions after the conclusion of a day of meetings between Prime Minister Stephen Harper, senior government officials and hundreds of native leaders.

Dave Bidini: By most standards, an album like this would sit comfortably in a band’s discography. But, in the instance of Guided By Voices, it falls short of their better works

OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs head into Tuesday's landmark summit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper seeking the same elusive goal they sought centuries ago in meetings with the Crown: Peace.

Here's where the 2012 Republican presidential candidates stand on a selection of issues.

It's time the federal government "smashes the status quo" and allows aboriginals to become full partners in Canada, Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo says.

It's time the federal government "smashes the status quo" and allows aboriginals to become full partners in Canada, Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo says.