I think I know why lately some of the economic numbers don’t look so hot. I think, because it’s hot and I think, because it’s summer. I know what you’re saying — this guy is cracked. But hear me out. I have a point: We spend way too much time …
Read More »Bush Meets With Teamsters
WASHINGTON – President Bush met with Teamsters union officials Thursday to call for a national energy policy which he says is a matter of national security in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. The roundtable also included members of the Seafarers, Carpenters, and AFL-CIObuilding trades unions. Bush enlisted the …
Read More »Conservative To Play a Conservative in TV Series
And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! The Right Man for the RoleA conservative has won the role of New York District Attorney. Not in real life but what fans see as the closest thing to it — the television series Law and …
Read More »The Real Story About the War in the Middle East
The real story about the war in the Middle East, that is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. Pull up a chair and listen to this. Secretary of State Colin Powell will meet with Ariel Sharon, and Israel will begin pulling back its forces. That’s my prediction. This …
Read More »Justice Department Clarifies Ashcroft's View of Islam
WASHINGTON – A Justice Department official has clarified the opinion of Attorney General John Ashcroft after Arab groups criticized widely-circulated remarks about Islam attributed to Ashcroft. The New York Daily News reported this weekend that the Arab American Institute called for an apology or resignation from Ashcroft for comments printed …
Read More »Muslim Man Being Held Over His Turban
And now the most fascinating two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Broadening the Definition of TerrorThe definition of the word terrorism in the Arab media continues to broaden. Columnist Kinda Balkhair, writing today in the government-controlled Saudi News, harked back to Israeli Prime Minister Sharon’s alleged …
Read More »Same-Sex Schools Get Government Boost
WASHINGTON – After years of debate, the federal government has formally cleared the way for the funding of single-sex public schools throughout the country — a movement that supporters say will benefit poor and minority children but opponents argue is discriminatory under gender equality rules. “Single-sex schools can provide an …
Read More »Return of the Death Tax?
Do you remember the death tax? In less than a decade, as things stand now, it’ll be no more. But as things also stand now, unless something changes, it will be re-instated right after that. So President Bush wants to make it permanent. Just like he wants to make permanent …
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