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Feb. 12, 2001 — The Bush Tax Wars You’d be surprised at how knocked on their heels Senate Dems have been acting for the last couple weeks while waiting for Bush to send up his tax bill. But today’s news that Senators Jim Jeffords, Olympia Snowe and Linc Chafee want to scale back the president’s […]

Darryl King was the very model of a model inmate. While serving 25 years for murdering a police officer — he continues to protest his innocence — he earned a college degree, taught disabled inmates, opened a law library, and served as commander of his prison’s chapter of the American Legion. Since his 1995 release, […]

This week, a bus attack in the heart of Israel — a Palestinian bus driver struck Israeli passengers waiting at a stop in South Tel Aviv — killed eight and left 12 wounded. The government’s response was swift. It sealed off the Palestinian territories by air, land and sea. Palestinian residents are forbidden from entering […]

February 22nd, 2001 — The Scoop on Hugh Rodham Top Five Reasons why Hugh Rodham (Hillary’s brother) getting $200,000 (now returned) to lobby in favor of pardons and commutations for convicted drug trafficker Carlos Vignali and herbal supplement king Almon Glenn Braswell ain’t as bad as it looks: 5. Hugh Rodham won’t need those secret […]

March 6th, 2001 — Bush Miffing Dems Here we have yet another sign that President Bush’s tactic of reaching out with his fists may not be having the intended results. This article from The Washington Post says Democrats from Bush-leaning states don’t seem particularly intimidated by his pushy visits. And a number seem like they’re […]

Following George W. Bush’s first official policy speech to Congress, most conservatives were exultant. They remarked on Bush’s conspicuous lack of verbal blunders (apparently the only mistake he made, quickly corrected, was calling education “not my top priority”). They marveled at his shrewdness in pitching his tax cut as a Following George W. Bush’s first […]

This month, a 15-year-old boy — ridiculed as “Anorexic Andy” at his San Diego area high school — allegedly opened fire, killing two of his classmates and wounding 13 more. Bewildered students recall that teenagers taunted Andy about his wiry frame and big ears, and even stole his skateboard and shoes. Andy had talked of […]

Bill O’Reilly, the loud and combative anchor of Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, the loud and combative anchor of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, refers to himself as “a forlorn and misunderstood journalist.” Not that you’d know it from his book sales: The print The O’Reilly Factor spent ten weeks as the nation’s number one bestseller. […]

The greatest ideological bias of the mainstream media, as any serious person can tell you, is towards the center — and especially towards politicians who conspicuously, and piously, claim the label “moderate.” These are the virtuous pragmatists who, we’re told, are cutting through the gridlock, getting things done, reaching across the partisan divide, etc. The […]

“Hollywood diva Barbra Streisand has fired off a three-page memo to key Democrats on Capitol Hill, urging them to quit their whining and start hammering the GOP. ‘What has happened to the Democrats since the November election? Some of you seem paralyzed, demoralized and depressed,’ the ‘Funny Girl’ wrote in the memo.” — Roll Call, […]