The Bush administration is having trouble telling the other side of the story inIraq (search). While the major media focus on the problems that include the occasional shooting of coalition forces, many good developments are ignored. The result is a skewed impression and a distorted picture. Secretary of DefenseDonald Rumsfeld …
Read More »Analysts Urge Mending of U.S.-Russian Relations
WASHINGTON – As both a “deeply devout American patriot,” and a “best friend of the Russians,”Rep. Curt Weldon (search)has no problem blaming both sides for the current diplomatic freeze between the two nations during and since the war in Iraq. But the Pennsylvania Republican, who for the last 20 years …
Read More »Hormone Therapy Link With Alzheimer's Is Premature
“Hormone replacement linked to dementia” dominated health news coverage this week. More than just the most recent scary headline, the story is yet another bizarre attempt to discredithormone replacement therapy (search)(HRT) for post-menopausal women. Women given an estrogen-progestin form of HRT reportedly had twice the rate of “probable dementia”— mostlyAlzheimer’s …
Read More »Dean Spared So Far From Political Clashes
WASHINGTON – Howard Dean (search)has up until now avoided serious attacks from his Democratic presidential primary opponents,but some campaign experts suggest the former Vermont governor may soon be in store for a political pounding. If not, experts warn, the other nine Democratic presidential candidateswill miss an opportunity to define themselves …
Read More »Pop Musicians Sing Out About War
NEW YORK – Like their 1960s-era predecessors, a host of high-poweredAmerican musicians have recently begun singingtheir sentimentsover a possible war with Iraq. The Beastie Boys this week became the latest big-name act to release asongor video to protest war, with their single “In a World Gone Mad.” And coming up …
Read More »Congress and Weapons of Mass Destruction
To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi. I’m Bill O’Reilly reporting tonight from Washington. Thanks for watching us. Congress facing a serious problem with this weapons of massive destruction business. That is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. Unfortunately, the WMD situation …
Read More »Will the Real Howard Dean Please Stand Up?
Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly, reporting this evening from Boston, Massachusetts. Thank you for watching us. Will the realHoward Dean (search)please stand up? That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. Former governor of Vermont got a couple of big Labor [union]endorsements this week. And many in the press have …
Read More »Day Eight in Modesto
Dear Viewers, The preliminary hearing is in Day Eight. I am surprised that there are actually empty seats in the courtroom. I suppose this is because the first witness is a DNA expert–not seemingly exciting but extraordinarily important. The D.A. [District Attorney]wants to connect a hair in a pair of …
Read More »Dateline Used Supermarket Tabs as Sources
NBC News’ Dateline Used Supermarket Tabs As Sources NBC News’ Dateline may have crossed the lineMonday night not only in good taste, but in ethics as well. There’s a lot they didn’t tell youabout their reporting on Michael Jackson. Let me tell you now. For one thing, the show did …
Read More »On the Docket Oct. 14: Minorities, Informants & Pedophiles
Case: Bartlett v. Strickland Date: Tuesday October 14, 2008 Issue: Whether a racial minority group that constitutes less than 50 percent of a proposed district’s population can state a vote dilution claim under Section 2 of the 1973 Voting Rights Act. Background: More than a century after the end of …
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