The House passed the $56 billion arms bill, 348 to 2.* Few bills have been voted by such a big majority with so little certainty; Congressmen knew they were buying an enormous pig in a poke—a pig ...

Senators Leahy and Specter converse before the hearing begins, while photographers get their shots of the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, Sen.

The latest subject of Du Page political intrigue has arrived, grunting and squealing, from the countryside: a miniature Vietnamese pot-bellied pig. Although the breed originated in Asia, Illinois ...

Do you know where the expression “Don’t buy a pig in a poke” came from? Here’s one explanation I found online. This one is from The Word Savvy Site. The “poke” refers to a burlap bag or sack, which ...