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News: Vacation 2002 '2002 Vacation (July 6-13 Saturday-Saturday)' Brian's home page 4/29/2002 Kim's car 2002 '1999 Honda Prelude' Caroline 6/3/2002 Kris and Caroline 6/3/2002 Another Lesson in Rioting 101 by Michelle Malkin 4/3/02 '... No consequences, no control. No limits, no respect. ...' Choosing your children over the President by Linda Chavez 4/30/02 'When Karen Hughes announced she was resigning her high-power White House post to spend more time with her family, it' came as no surprise to me.' "Good" Teachers by Thomas Sowell 4/18/02 'The next time someone receives an award as an outstanding teacher, take a close look at the reasons given for selecting that particular person. Seldom is it because his or her students did higher quality work in math or spoke better English or in fact had any tangible accomplishments that were better than those of other students of teachers who did not get an award.' Caught out by cellphone's secret message by Eugene Bingham 3/23/02 'Mark Lundy was bugged with a locator beacon ... just like the one millions of New Zealanders carry. The tracking device was so powerful it could pinpoint his location to within several hundred metres. It was a cellphone.' Courtroom lies by Thomas Sowell 3/22/02 'When the sentence for Andrea Yates' killing her five children was announced, most of the media reported it as a life sentence and some noted that she would be eligible for parole in 40 years. In reality, Andrea Yates can be freed at any time by any present or future Texas governor for any reason, ...' Restraint Returns by Mark R. Levin "The Great One" 3/13/02 'For the last eleven years, the United States has taken action in the Middle East, ...' Sharon's no Churchill by Don Feder 3/15/02 'Ronald Reagan had an 11th Commandment for the GOP: Thou shall speak no ill of a fellow Republican.' Where have all the teachers gone? by Maggie Gallagher 3/5/02 'When it comes to education reform, especially in American cities, no issue is more important than getting good teachers into the classroom. Why is this proving so hard?' Growing old by Thomas Sowell 3/8/02 'Random thoughts about growing old: ...' The Veto Speech by Mark R. Levin "The Great One" 2/27/02 'This is the kind of speech President Bush should consider making when presented by Congress with the' campaign-finance bill now headed for passage: ...' Washington's birthday by Thomas Sowell 2/21/02 'The holiday we have just celebrated, now called "President's Day," was within living memory called "George Washington's Birthday." It is our loss that we no longer have any sense of this great man, who had more than anyone else to do with our being a free people today.' Politicians and Enron by Thomas Sowell 2/19/02 '... The Social Security taxes that people pay are used not only to pay current pensions but also to go into a so-called "trust fund" to pay future pensions. When the trust fund money is used to buy government bonds, that reduces the national debt -- on paper. But only on paper.' The high cost of shibboleths by Thomas Sowell 2/15/02 'A recent e-mail from a reader said that he could not find the word "shibboleth" in his desk dictionary, even though he had seen this word in my column. That was an unfortunate omission in his dictionary because shibboleths explain a lot about what is said and done in politics today. Back in Biblical times, the word "shibboleth" was used as a password, because people from one side could say it easily and their enemies couldn't. It identified who you were and which side you were on.' DancingBush #1 8/24/01 DancingBush #2 8/24/01 DancingBush #3 8/24/01 Wellfleet Vacation 2/18/01 'July 7th (noon) - July 14th (noon)' Ireland Vacation 2/18/01 'Coming soon, maybe ...' Roast Lamb with Peppercorn Crust 4/14/01 'Have Fun ...' Which is Less Likely? Life After Death or Life After the Big Bang? by Marvin Olasky 4/10/2001 'This is the pre-Easter week in which normally Christophobic national news magazines make their annual bow to the improbable event believed in by many of their readers.' Potential for peril by Balint Vazsonyi 4/10/2001 'The time has come to start thinking about the current events in the South China Sea in a more realistic context.' Phone chat with veep is nice touch by Charlie Reese 3/22/01 'Got a personal call from Vice President Dick Cheney the other day, and we had a nice chat for about 15 minutes. ... The vice president also heads an inter-Cabinet task force on energy. He said OPEC's decision to cut back on oil production will speed up the work of the task force. "We haven't had an energy policy in the last eight years, and it showed in crises -- heating oil in the Northeast, gasoline in the Midwest, and the energy problems in California where they deregulated wholesale prices but not retail prices. It's a mess." ... At the end of the interview I told him I had not enjoyed a campaign victory so much since Ronald Reagan's in 1980. "Well," he said, laughing. "I can tell you I've never thought as much about Florida in my whole life as I did last fall." Being on the receiving end of an outreach program reminded me of the days long ago when I was a flack in a governor's administration. I strongly advised my governor to call a certain editor and blow a little smoke in his ear. "Why in the hell should I call him? I don't even like him," the governor said. And that was that. Fortunately Dick Cheney is a more accommodating kind of guy.' Japan on the brink by Mortimer B. Zuckerman 3/19/01 'Weather forecasters may have sounded a false alarm for much of the East Coast last week, but economists have harder evidence that an economic tsunami is bearing down on Japan. A financial disaster of the size implicit in their latest numbers would send huge waves everywhere. Japan is the largest economy in Asia. The spending power of its 127 million residents exceeds that of the 1.8 billion inhabitants of East and Southeast Asia. It is also the world's largest gross and net international lender, with over $2.5 trillion outstanding-so that its financial troubles could disrupt global financial markets. A decade has passed since Japan's "bubble" economy burst. Its stock market is now down 67 percent from 1990. Urban land prices have fallen over 80 percent since their peak, with the greatest percentage drop last year. The value of the currency has eroded. The collapse of national wealth is estimated to exceed $18 trillion, or almost four times Japan's gross domestic product. During this period, the United States added $22 trillion in private net worth alone. The book net worth of Japanese companies is 6.5 times their market value; the net worth of households has declined by at least a third below their cumulative actual savings. This asset collapse has virtually bankrupted the Japanese financial system and suppressed aggregate demand. Japan has failed over an entire decade to restore self-sustaining economic growth. In the past nine quarters, Japan's nominal GDP growth has exceeded zero only twice, and the country is now into its second recession.' Lack of voter education contributed to problem by Scott McCabe 3/11/01 'One in every four over-votes cast Nov. 7 in Palm Beach County included a vote for not just two but three or more presidential candidates. ... But the number of ballots with three or more punches for president, 5,062, points to a second problem, experts say: lack of voter education. "It's almost certainly someone who doesn't understand how to vote," said Anthony Salvanto, a University of California-Irvine political science faculty fellow, who researches voting behavior. For example, a punch for Gore (No. 5) and candidates 7, 9, 11 and 13 represented the fifth most common over-vote in Palm Beach County, with 514. That is, 514 voters selected Gore and all the other candidates on the left side of the ballot -- except George W. Bush. Similar patterns proliferated among the ballots with three or more punches, indicating that many voters ignored the candidates on the right side of the ballot. But there were plenty of other combinations: Six ballots, for example, were punched for the four candidates on the right page.' Brian Knotts' Democratic Party OneMinuteSpeechMaker v1.5 by Brian Knotts 3/9/01 'Having watched the Democrats repeat essentially the same speech on a daily basis, particularly during the one minute speeches in the House; and being a patriotic American who wants to do his part; I have developed this OneMinute SpeechMaker to help House members on the Democratic side of the aisle.' The GOP and race revisited by David Limbaugh 3/7/01 'I almost fell out of my chair watching Fox News Sunday when liberal Juan Williams questioned whether the black community's unflagging support of Bill Clinton could be attributable to something other than Clinton serving the black community's interests.' Dementia linked to an excess of idleness by Mark Henderson 3/6/01 'People who take part in few recreational activities during youth and middle age appear more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than their more energetic peers.' Democrats in despair by Linda Bowles 3/6/01 'These are remarkable days for members of the Democrat party.' Gang Won't Shoot Straight by Michael Kramer 3/4/01 'You've got to admire the Clinton Gang. During years of adversity and scandal, they've mastered their craft. No one spins better than the former President and his former minions. They never give up _ and the two key tenets of their script, memorized long ago, never vary: Ignore all inconvenient facts with aplomb; offer even the most fantastic explanation with total certitude. Perhaps most amazing, the Clinton Gang plies its trade in the open, unembarrassed by anyone or anything. Trial balloons are their stock-in-trade. In full view of a nation mesmerized by their boss' outrageous behavior, they shamelessly offer multiple defenses until one seems to stick _ and then, no matter how improbable, drive it home until the last dog dies, just as the man they used to call POTUS taught them long ago.' Media criticism of Clinton: moral equivocation, again by Brent Bozell 2/28/01 'It's a crazy world we live in, isn't it? The Clintons have participated in endless acts of corruption, ...' The man has no dignity by Tony Snow 2/23/01 'Question: Name one thing beneath Bill Clinton's dignity. Answer: This is a trick question, ...' The Incredible Shrinking Ex-president by Matt Drudge 2/18/01 'Pleading bewilderment over the scandals surrounding his exit from the Presidency, ...' Clinton: Money talks and criminals walk by Eric Margolis 2/18/01 'William Jefferson Clinton did not leave the White House. He oozed out of it, leaving a trail of reeking corruption that left even his most faithful defenders gagging in revulsion.' Supply and demand realities by Charles Krauthammer 2/18/01 'In spring of 1996, gasoline prices shot up, topping $2 per gallon in California. It being an election year, President Clinton boldly stepped in and ordered an investigation by the Energy and Justice Departments. They found nothing. They found what any child could have told them before they wasted their millions. Supply was down (a particularly long winter delaying gasoline refining, a refinery explosion cutting capacity in California) and demand was up (people driving more and faster in ridiculously outfitted, combat-ready, all-but-armored SUVs). Surprise. Prices went up. Well, the silly season has returned. California is now experiencing a general power crisis, and almost 60 percent of Californians think that the rolling blackouts are a conspiracy by the power companies to raise rates. Politicians are thundering, fingers are wagging, and complicated theories are being hatched to explain the shortages. Here's my guess: Demand is up and supply is down.' Cheap shot Justice by Thomas Sowell 2/16/01 'While giving a talk in far-off Australia on February 1st, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg may have thought it was safe to take a cheap shot at a fellow American back home. Nor was she restrained by the fact that what she said was a lie. Back in 1997, Congressman Tom DeLay (R-Texas) said, "when judges exercise powers not delegated to them by the Constitution, impeachment is a proper tool."' Mid-Hudson has suite deals to offer ex-president by Jeremiah Horrigan 2/15/01 'Bill Clinton is considering an office space in Harlem, but local Realtors say he can do better. He's furniture-challenged and looking for a deal. He wants top-floor office space, and he's keen on security. And it doesn't hurt if the place has a spectacular view. Look no further for office space, Mr. Ex-President. The mid-Hudson region's got more than one place for you. ... 'But local corporate real estate experts say Clinton could do a lot better on every front if he were to extend his office space odyssey to include the mid-Hudson region. He could get his best deal in Newburgh. The old Bank of New York building on Broadway, for example, could save him a bundle. "He could have the whole top floor, no problem, with a river view all the way down to Bannerman's Island," said John J. Lease of Newburgh, the building's broker. "It's maybe an hour to Chappaqua." And the price? Eight dollars a square foot, tops. "And they'd probably throw in utilities," Lease said. Furniture? "Right down the street, two blocks, no problem ..."' Presidential Visit Photos (Fort Stewart) 2/13/01 'Fort Stewart Photos' Lay It On Me by Tony Kornheiser 2/10/01 'Hiya, hiya, hiya. Is everybody having a good time? Is everybody ready to laugh? Put on your party hats, here comes Mr. Tony. Not that I'm bitter. I only mention it because I've sacrificed the best years of my life to give you a smile. Even when something catastrophic happens -- when a volcano erupts and kills thousands, or, um, my cable goes on the fritz -- I'm still thinking about how I can make you laugh. See, it doesn't matter how much I have to suffer, as long as you're happy. I'm sure after all these years of mirth, you must be wondering how you can say, "Thank you, Tony"?' Wise versus smart II by Thomas Sowell 2/8/01 'The recent publication of a collection of Ronald Reagan's radio broadcasts from the 1970s is not only a fitting tribute on the occasion of his 90th birthday, it provides a great insight into the thinking behind his policies as president in the 1980s.' How the Clintons do it by Bill O'Reilly 2/7/01 'Do you care about the gifts the Clintons received while inhabiting the White House? I don't. If people want to give the first couple stuff, that's fine with me. But if they then turn around and do the old "quid pro quo routine" and allow those gifts to influence public policy, that's when I start caring. The Clintons have always been bold in their dubious dealings because they fully understand the short attention span of the American public and the reticence of the elite media to investigate the powerful -- especially the powerful with whom they ideologically agree.' George H. W. Bush's tee shirt posted 2/6/01 'Go Fast! Sports™ was asked to create and print a t-shirt to commemorate former President George Bush's 75th birthday skydive in College Station, TX on June 9th, 1999.' George H. W. Bush's Parachute photos posted 2/6/01 'Air Force 1.1 -- Photo by Tom Sanders/Aerial Focus/US Parachute Assoc. -- In 1944 a 20-year-old George Bush jumped for his life from a burning plane over the Pacific. This year, seemingly from one of those "you're never too old to do anything" ad campaigns, Bush declared he wanted to "do it again and do it right." So at 72, he did it with a smile from 12,500 feet.' Bush does it again posted 2/6/01 'Former President Bush took the plunge again today, celebrating his upcoming 75th birthday with his third parachute jump. He jumped from an airplane at 12,500 feet, floating down to the lawn of the George Bush Presidential Library on the Texas A&M University campus. Bush deployed his parachute after a free fall of about 4,500 feet. With a big smile on his face, he landed feet first and sat down as crew members gathered around to cushion his landing and help him remove the chute. "I just had one of the biggest thrills of my life," Bush said shortly after receiving a kiss from his wife, Barbara. "This is kind of a euphoric high -- landing safely." "It was exciting, rolling around in the sky. It was exhilarating." Asked if he would do it again, Bush responded: "I may, but I'll wait until I'm 80." After initially saying this would be his last jump, Mrs. Bush was more certain than her husband about a repeat performance: "I'm going to announce it right now: He's going to jump when he's 80." Bush will turn 75 on Saturday. Today's event was dubbed Operation Spring Colt by the U.S. Parachute Association, which organized it. "I feel like a spring colt," Bush told reporters. "I don't feel 75." Bush's first jump was during World War II, when he bailed out of his torpedo plane after it was disabled by Japanese fire. The second time was two years ago, in Arizona. He said then he had promised himself after his wartime jump that someday he would parachute for fun.' Third jump from plane marks Bush's 75th birthday posted 2/6/01 'Saying he felt like a spring colt, by golly, former President Bush marked his 75th birthday Wednesday by jumping from a plane 13,000 feet over his presidential library. "I've just had one of the biggest thrills of my life," Bush said after he completed a 4,500-foot free fall and then parachuted to a landing on a grass field across the street from the library at Texas A&M University. He said it was "just totally exhilarating." Bush, who turns 75 Saturday, said: "If somebody doesn't like that or thinks it's frivolous, my answer is: Old guys can still do stuff. You might as well go for it."' George Bush Skydives posted 2/6/01 'Dan Pointer was the first to tell me. George Bush wanted to skydive and I was being considered to fly camera for the USPA team of civilians working in partnership with the Golden Knights.' It Takes a Pillage by Dick Morris 2/6/01 'It's a good thing that the Clintons couldn't fit the Washington Monument in their trunk. They seem to have walked off with everything else that wasn't tied down in our nation's capital. Apparently, it was not enough for them to establish a bridal-like registry to solicit almost $200,000 worth of china, silver and furniture for their Chappaqua and D.C. mansions. Now, we learn that they also helped themselves to $28,000 worth of furniture donated by public spirited citizens to the White House Permanent Collection. This is not an ethics violation. This is out-and-out theft.' Two new bills push bigger military pay raise by Tanya N. Ballard 2/1/01 'Two members of Congress introduced bills this week to increase military pay, pushing one of President Bush's campaign promises one step closer to reality. The Armed Services Appreciation Pay Raise Act (H.R. 298), sponsored by Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., proposes a 3.5 percent increase over next year's projected military pay increase of 4.6 percent. Across the aisle, Rep. John Murtha, D-Penn., has offered up the Military Pay Equity Act of 2001 (H.R. 244), which aims to raise military pay by 7.3 percent in 2002. While on the campaign trail, President Bush pledged to pump an additional $1 billion a year into service members' wallets.' At last, a real President by Charles Krauthammer 1/28/01 'With the hindsight of, oh, a week, one can already, and with certainty, contrast our current and just-departed presidencies. The Bush inaugural was remarkable for its modesty. It was spare, restrained.' bloviate from: The Learning Kingdom 1/27/01 'To bloviate is to speak loudly, verbosely, and at great length, without saying much. It's an American word that was used by (and to describe) President Warren Harding, who was known for long, windy speeches. To bloviate is to engage in bloviation [n. blow-vee-AY- shun]. In the early nineteenth century, it was fashionable to create "latinized" words by adding Latin endings to ordinary words, giving them an enhanced sense of importance or formality. From blow (brag, boast) was created bloviate, to describe the extended, self-important speeches of certain political figures. This word has gone in and out of fashion several times after mostly vanishing for the first half of the twentieth century. It is not found in most dictionaries, but is now heard again in the political arena, where such a word may live for years to come.' Finally, There's a Finneran Winner by Hondo 1/26/01 'At long last the time has come for Hondo to certify the winner of the 2000 Gerard Finneran Man/Perp Of The Year Award. The honoree might have lost out Sunday for the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie, and he might never have won an Academy Award (unlike his estranged wife Kim) or even an Emmy. But by golly, never let it be said that Alec Baldwin has never won the Finneran Man/Perp Award. Take a bow, Bloviator.' Trashing the White House by Tony Snow 1/26/01 'I had promised myself not to write again about Bill Clinton -- not to give the Big Creep the satisfaction of publicity -- but events have forced my hand.' Basic economics by Thomas Sowell 1/26/01 'One of the reasons for the confusion surrounding so many economic issues -- such as the current electricity crisis in California -- is an underlying confusion about what economics itself is all about. To many people, economics is about money. But economies and economics would exist if money had never been invented. The same principles would apply if we had a barter economy.' Bush vows no 'backing off' agenda by Bill Sammon 1/19/01 'President-elect George W. Bush yesterday served notice to Washington that he's "not backing off" of his conservative convictions and warned Democrats in Congress to work with him "or they're going to be left behind." As he prepared for tomorrow's ascension to the presidency, Mr. Bush had a blunt message for liberals who believe he stole the election in Florida and therefore has no right to appoint staunch conservatives to his Cabinet. "Too bad," Mr. Bush said in an interview with Brit Hume of Fox News Channel. "I'm going to." Mr. Bush then proceeded into a spirited defense of his victory in Florida, which handed him the presidency after 36 days of rancorous recounts. "First of all, every time they recounted, I won," he said. "It's just when they started to revote that I got a little nervous."' Both Clintons will be subject to strict ethics rules of Senate by George Archibald 1/19/01 'When they leave the White House tomorrow, Bill Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, will be subject to Senate ethics rules designed to protect the public from conflict of interest and influence-peddling by wealthy business interests. As New York's junior Democratic senator, Mrs. Clinton and her soon-to-be ex-president spouse can no longer enjoy a regal existence paid for by others. Senate ethics rules preclude lavish dinners and expensive weekends with powerful tycoons wanting to curry favor with big political donors. Even Mr. Clinton's future endeavors will be put under the spotlight. From now on, as the spouse of a senator, all his income over $1,000 from any source must be itemized in Mrs. Clinton's yearly Senate financial-disclosure reports' Swapping Presidential Goods Calls for Quick-change Artists by Michael Kilian 1/19/01 '"It'll be a matter of hours," said Richard Colwell, vice president of Washington-based Security Storage Co., which is in charge of moving the Clintons. "The old president has to be out Friday night. The new president is not allowed to move in until he has taken the oath of office. A lot depends on his schedule, but he should be fully moved in that day."' Dems to Drag Out Ashcroft Hearings by Nicholas Sanchez 1/19/01 'So herewith I have an idea for George Bush. The Democrats liberal advocacy groups have made it clear that they are out for blood. They want this nomination process to drag on for a good long while; and some (such as Kennedy) are even threatening to filibuster Ashcroft's nomination, which would be unprecedented and would set a new standard for incivility in the Senate. Why doesn't Bush -- acting on precedents set forth by his predecessor, William Jefferson Clinton -- appoint an acting Attorney General as one of his first acts as President? One qualified candidate that comes to mind is Roy Moore. You remember him, don't you? He is well-known for insisting that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in his courtroom. Last November, he ran on a campaign to "restore and preserve the moral foundation" of the law. He won and was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court this past Tuesday.' Black Group Says Jesse Jackson Does Not Represent Them by Maria Elena Kennedy 1/16/01 '... Joyce "Rejoyce" Smith of Rejoice Ministries in Houston, Texas ...' '... "I don't take that lightly," she told the group. "I did not see Jesse Jackson on C-Span or any of those 'Spans' repudiating that foolishness that my then-Gov. Bush had something to do with it." Smith dismissed criticism raised by Jackson and others, who complained that Texas does not have a hate crime statue. "All crime is hate," she said. "I don't understand no love crime. If you're going to have a hate crime, then you have to have a love crime," she told the crowd. ... ' The Clinton 'legacy' by Thomas Sowell 1/18/01 'It is perhaps fitting that Bill Clinton has been spending the last days of his presidency out on the road, in the manner of old washed-up entertainers who make endless "farewell" appearances, trying to cling to the fading limelight as long as possible. He is going out in character, even if not in style or with class. Nor is he likely to remain silent on the sidelines as new people take over the reins of government, as ex-presidents before him have done. His parting cheap shot at President-elect George W. Bush is probably a harbinger of what to expect in the years ahead. ' Thoughts on the inauguration of our 43rd President by Don Feder 1/17/01 'On Saturday, George W. Bush will take the oath of office as the 43rd president of the United States. A new president is always a harbinger of hope. The nation hopes he will make it proud, wonders if he is up to the demands of the office and prays that if America is tested by war or economic crisis he will be equal to the challenge. Bush has this going for him: The presidents who were underrated at the outset have been among our best.' Don't Let Them 'Bork' Aschroft by Robert H. Bork 1/16/01 'It's beginning to feel like homeweek with all the old crowd--People for the American Way, National Organization of Women, AFL-CIO, National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League and scores of other leftist groups and senators--gathered round to bring down and pick the bones of another presidential nominee. It's enough to make a man nostalgic. This time it's John Ashcroft, ... ' Sadly, this is not my last column about Clinton by Bruce Bartlett 1/17/01 'For eight years I have looked forward to the day I could write my last column about Bill Clinton. Sadly, this is not it.' Doing damage till the last dog dies by Mona Charen 1/16/01 'If Bill Clinton was ever moved by anything larger than his own narrow self-interest, it is difficult to recall it.' Dems employing the old double-standard trick by Howie Carr 1/17/01 'Where does that old reprobate Ted Kennedy get off asking John Ashcroft any questions about anything? Except maybe about whether Ashcroft thinks drunken driving should be made a federal crime. Or maybe, "Er, uh, um, Sen. Ashcroft, did you ever, uh, put a blonde in the pond?"' Walter Williams archives by Walter E. Williams 1/17/01 'January 17, 2001 Government cruelty January 10, 2001 Election 2000's message' ... and more Selected Syndicated Columns by Walter Williams by Walter E. Williams 1/16/01 'Political Exploitation of Ignorance, The Common Defense, A Couple Perplexities, To Keep and Bear Arms, Government Against Business, Let's Debate But Think Straight, Self-Imposed Starvation, No Excuses, Economic Nonsense, Mankind's Most Vicious Idea, Social Security Lies' "Stock Market" Cartoon by Delonas 1/05/01 Liberals don't think long term by Bruce Bartlett 1/15/01 'One of the prime differences between liberals and conservatives, I am convinced, is that the former generally see only the initial or first-order effect of a policy, while the latter are able to think it through and see the secondary impact.' Return of 'old math' good news by Paul Greenberg 1/13/01 'It was just about the best piece of news for American education last year. It came from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics -- which is not a teachers' union or another department of education composed of professors who haven't actually taught a child in years. These people are teachers -- not administrators or kibitzers. And they formally resolved to de-emphasize the new math, which there couldn't be anything older than by now. It's become as dated as bell-bottom jeans. The new math -- that misbegotten approach to complicating the simple -- has confused, thwarted and generally screwed up a whole generation of befuddled students. In math circles, there's even a name for the poor souls: the Lost Generation.' A letter from the vast left-wing conspiracy by Michael Kelly 1/11/01 'From: The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy To: The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy Dear Sirs and Token Non-Sirs,' Greenspan: Lord of Money by Robert Novak 1/08/01 'In a day when dictators no longer launch invading armies across borders, the one mortal who on his own can shock the world is a 74-year-old central banker. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan last Wednesday energized global markets with an unexpected drop in interest rates. But why? The answer has more to do with politics than economics. Only two weeks earlier on Dec. 19, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) under Greenspan's leadership determined that the economy was slowing down but the time was not ripe to lower interest rates. That disappointment for investors was reflected in a sharp market slump. During the blah business period between Christmas and the Fed's surprise move Jan. 3, however, nothing much happened financially. But there was something going on politically last Wednesday. President-elect Bush had assembled captains of industry for an "economic forum" in Austin, mainly to endorse his tax cut proposals. Greenspan's sensitive political antenna perceived that their mood about the economy -- and about himself as well -- was ugly. As interpreted by experienced Fed-watchers, he decided on a pre-emptive strike. The economy could wait until the next FOMC meeting on Jan. 31, but not the political imperatives.' Nov.-Dec. Was Coldest on Record by Randolph E. Schmid 1/05/01 'The suspicions of millions of shivering Americans were confirmed Friday by government weather experts - it was the nation's coldest November-December period. "Two months in a row of much below average temperatures resulted in the coldest November-December U.S. temperature on record, 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit," said Jay Lawrimore, chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch at the National Climatic Data Center. This broke the old record of 34.2 set in 1898.' Me**y Chr***mas by John Leo 12/27/00 Hollywood Needs Our Help by The Cynic 12/26/00 Keyless Keyboard May Offer Wrist Relief by ??? 12/21/00 'Is your keyboard a pain in the wrist? Those who suffer from repetitive stress disorders, including carpal tunnel syndrome, may now be able to put an end to their pain with a completely new style of typing called the "orbiTouch" keyless keyboard. The new typing system actually eliminates finger movement entirely and reduces wrist movement by up to 80%, according to inventor Dr. Peter McAlindon, of Keybowl, Inc. in Winter Park, Florida. The ergonomically designed keyless keyboard consists of two domes that the user places his or her hands upon. By moving the domes into different positions, the user can type the letters of the alphabet.' Bush Wins Electoral College Majority by Robert Tanner 12/18/00 'With unwavering support from his presidential electors Monday, Texas Gov. George W. Bush secured the Electoral College majority needed to become the 43rd president. With electors voting in their state capitals across the country, Nevada's four electors put him over the top with a total of 271 votes, one more than the Constitution requires.' ... 'Though Democrats and political reformers tried to persuade Republicans to defect, the only rogue elector was a Democrat from the District of Columbia who had been pledged to Gore but left her ballot blank as a protest against Washington's lack of representation in Congress.' Dummy in White House? With a Harvard MBA! by Alicia Colon 12/17/00 Feeding the Media Beast: Leaks, Rats and BlackBerrys by Howard Kurtz 12/15/00 'On the morning of Nov. 13, Al Gore's media men decided that they had to take Katherine Harris down. After a long, hard-fought campaign in which they worked relentlessly to shape the media coverage of their candidate, Mark Fabiani, the deputy campaign manager, and Chris Lehane, the press secretary, had plunged into an entirely different kind of race. With George W. Bush leading by a few hundred votes, they were determined to discredit Florida's secretary of state, who had just set an impossibly tight deadline of 5 p.m. the next day for hand recounts of the disputed ballots. "What do we know about her?" Gore asked. "She's very partisan," Fabiani said. "Does the press know that?" the vice president wondered. Fabiani felt that Harris could not be allowed to stand as a legitimate arbiter of the Florida vote. That would be a disaster. Lehane believed they could not wait four or five days for journalists to dig into her background as the co-chairman of Bush's Florida campaign. They started e-mailing negative material to the press. This, as Fabiani saw it, was their job, to wield the hatchet so Gore could remain above the fray. Fabiani told reporters that Harris was an "obvious political crony" of the Bush family who was orchestrating "an outrageous attempt by Bush to steal the election." Lehane called her a "hack" and a "lackey" who was acting like a "Soviet commissar." Even Gore told Lehane he had gone too far with that crack.' ... 'Throughout the twists and turns of the 2000 campaign, the Gore team devoted enormous time, planning and emotional energy to working the press. Through leaks, talking points, document releases, preemptive strikes, whispers, scoldings and the dangling of exclusive interviews, the campaign aggressively tried to shape media coverage to its advantage - ...' Language & legitimacy by Mark Goldblatt 12/16/00 Don't Sweat the Details by Elizabeth Mitchell 12/16/00 E-mail campaigners urge the Bush electors to change sides by James Bone 12/16/00 Election facts versus myths by Thomas Sowell 12/15/00 Congress to establish voter-fraud task force by Kenneth R. Timmerman 12/15/00 Presidential Electors Being Pressured to Abandon Bush by Jim Burns 12/14/00 New Laser Machine Offers Hope for Super Sight by ??? 12/11/00 'Laser eye surgery has become almost routine around the world, but a new machine offers the prospect of super sight for everyone.' Staffing W. by Kate O'Beirne & Ramesh Ponnuru 12/13/00 Bush looks to avoid defections by Brian Blomquist 12/13/00 Recount Deadlines Glance by AP 12/06/00 Frequently asked questions on the Electoral College prepared by The Office of the Federal Register 12/13/00 One Leg at a Time by John Derbyshire 12/12/00 'If President Bush does not do this, if he maintains this eirenic pre-election twaddle about "bringing us together," I shall be disappointed _ as disappointed as I was when his Dad told the electorate that "you didn't send us here to bicker." Oh, yes, we did, Mister. We sent you to bicker, and we want you to out-bicker the other guys. We expect you to win the bickering. That's what politics is all about.' Today's deadline only 'symbolic' by Julie Mason 12/11/00 Did Al Gore say it? Or was it the Unabomber? (a Quiz) by Ken Crossman 12/10/00 Enough! by Mark R. Levin (aka The Great One) 12/9/00 The Gang of Four by Mark R. Levin (aka The Great One) 12/9/00 Florida Justice Isn't Just Blind, It's Deaf & Dumb by Steve Dunleavy 12/9/00 They've Created Constitutional Conundrum by Deborah Orin 12/9/00 Natural gas price hikes take toll on industry by Bloomberg News 12/9/00 Let dual candidates duel it out by Steve Dunleavy 12/8/00 It's the return of Super Mario by Brian Compton 12/8/00 Democrats deserve nothing but scorn by Don Feder 12/7/00 The ignored elephant by Thomas Sowell 12/7/00 America's Low Budget Movie by Tom Bevan 12/6/00 Hill of beans by Christopher Caldwell 12/6/00 No Threat by Mark R. Levin (aka The Great One) & Arthur F. Fergenson 12/6/00 A nation polarized by Walter Williams 12/6/00 'We've had close presidential elections before, but this one is emblematic of dangerous, unbridgeable and growing gaps among the American people. Some of this can be seen by examining a map showing U.S. counties won by George Bush and those won by Al Gore. In general, the densely populated counties along the East and West coasts, Midwestern counties mostly along the Mississippi River and a smattering of counties in the southwest were won by Gore. But if the election were to be decided by who won the greatest number of the nation's 3,142 counties, Bush would have bested Gore by at least 2,500 counties. While who won how many counties is irrelevant to the presidential selection process, it says something about the degree of national polarization.' ... 'So here's my question: Should we Americans continue to forcibly impose our wills and values on one another, or should we part company and be friends?' It's time to part company by Walter Williams 9/13/00 'One political question we have to answer is whether George W. Bush or Albert Gore shall be president, and just which party will control the House of Representatives and the Senate. But I'd suggest that there's a far more important long-run question we must answer: If one group of people prefers government control and management of people's lives, and another prefers liberty and a desire to be left alone, should they be required to fight, antagonize one another, and risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences, or should they be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways?' ... 'Some independence or secessionists movements, such as our 1776 war with England and our 1861 War Between the States, have been violent, but they need not be. In 1905, Norway seceded from Sweden, Panama seceded from Columbia (1903), and West Virginia from Virginia (1863). Nonetheless, violent secession can lead to great friendships. England is probably our greatest ally and we have fought three major wars together. There is no reason why Texiana (Texas and Louisiana) couldn't peaceably secede, be an ally and have strong economic ties with United States. The bottom line question for all of us is should we part company or continue trying to forcibly impose our wills on one another?' No Court Can Save Us by Robert H. Bork 12/5/00 Accustomed to lies by Balint Vazsonyi 12/5/00 Text: U.S. Supreme Court Hearing by eMediaMillWorks 12/01/00 Swingin' Sandra holds key to the White House by Mark Steyn 12/3/00 Amazing Politics by Thomas Sowell 12/02/00 Journalism fails when it misrepresents facts by Jon Ham 12/01/00 What Part of 'Legislatures' Does Gore Not Understand? by Ann Coulter 12/01/00 Gore's dream world by Tony Snow 12/01/00 Gore's entitlement by Cal Thomas 11/30/00 Gore's last, desperate chance by Robert Novak 11/30/00 Deconstructing certification by Brent Bozell 11/30/00 Nonsense in Seminole by Daniel H. Lowenstein 11/30/00 Like Father, Like Son by Michael W. Lynch 11/30/00 Torching democracy in order to "save" it by Michael Kelly 11/29/00 Our democracy is courting trouble by Rod Dreher 11/29/00 Still Counting... by The Cynic 11/29/00 Clinical Al -- A vice president who can't deal with reality by Mark R. Levin 11/28/00 Explicit statistical evidence of massive ballot tampering in Palm Beach, Fl by Robert A. Cook, PE 11/09/00 America's Narrow Escape -- Inside Al's Mind by John Derbyshire 11/28/00 American soldiers are citizens, too by Col. David Hackworth 11/28/00 Our Aaron Burr by Noemie Emery 11/27/00 (recommended reading, 4 stars out of 4) IT'S OFFICIAL: BUSH WINS by The NY Post 11/27/00 President-elect Bush by The Washington Times 11/27/00 Dems Lose on Overseas Ballot Issue by Bill Kaczor 11/27/00 Every guess must count? by Thomas Sowell 11/27/00 The Divider by David Horowitz 11/22/00 Conservative Group Begins Its Own Florida Recount by Jim Burns 11/27/00 U.S. Drug, Tobacco Stocks Rise as Bush Declares Victory by Josh P. Hamilton 11/27/00 Revealed: Names of Americans in military whose votes did not count by Drudge Report 11/26/00 Released: Democrat memo on how to disqualify military votes by Drudge Report 11/19/00 No More Rule Rewrites by Charles Krauthammer 11/27/00 When cornered, liberals lie by R. Cort Kirkwood 11/26/00 Certify the electors, then the judges by Ann Coulter 11/26/00 Al Gore's military by Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough 11/25/00 The Greenwood Position by Peggy Noonan 11/24/00 (recommended reading, 4 stars out of 4) The rules of the game by Maggie Gallagher 11/24/00 Oh, how I wish that I'd never voted for Gore by Andrea Peyser 11/24/00 Ploys R Us by Thomas Sowell 11/23/00 Kangaroo Coup by Ann Coulter 11/23/00 'Fair and just' by Thomas Sowell 11/22/00 Stump: Gore Backers 'Disenfranchising' Military Personnel by Challenging Ballots by PRNewswire 11/22/00 Hypocrisy Watch by Mark R. Levin 11/22/00 Send in the Thugs by Michael Kelly 11/22/00 Seven corrupt judges find for Gore by James Henry 11/22/00 Gore's Son Pleads Guilty by Associated Press 11/22/00 The Noose Is Tightening by Larry Kudlow 11/21/00 How Democrats Wage Political War by Cleta Mitchell 11/21/00 Kangaroo Court Set to Jump for Gore? by Dan Frisa 11/21/00 Gore Rewrites the Rules to Win by Stephen Bronars and John R. Lott Jr. 11/21/00 Phony issues in Florida by Thomas Sowell 11/21/00 Disqualification of ballots by Democrats 'systematic' by Rowan Scarborough 11/21/00 Our heroes are now left fighting mad by Dan Mangan 11/21/00 Vote-tossing Gore backers are lawbreakers by Steve Dunleavy 11/21/00 The Will of the Lawyers by (WSJ editoral staff maybe) 11/20/00 More desperate, more ugly by Thomas Sowell 11/17/00 I'm only thinking of him by Mona Charin 11/17/2000 Media Pressure Bush Elector: Would You Vote for Gore? by Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff 11/14/00 Dem in scheme to 'flip' electors by Brian Blomquist and Deborah Orin 11/17/2000 The thanks of a grateful nation by Oliver North 11/17/2000 Democrat hid voting machine in his car by Philip Delves Broughton 11/17/2000 Elections in Clintonville by Ann Coulter 11/13/00 Just Go! by Ann Coulter 11/10/00 Al Gore 11/6/2000 (Pic) Al Gore 11/6/2000 (Pic) Al Gore 11/6/2000 (Pic) Al Gore 11/6/2000 (Pic) The Gore Plan to Steal the Presidency and What Bush Can Do About It by William R. Darcy 11/14/00 Prepare for political war, GOPer by Rod Dreher 11/14/00 County Map 11/13/00 'The vote Tuesday, county by county' Counties: Bush 2434 (78%), Gore 677 (22%) County Population: Bush 143M (53%), Gore 127M (47%) Voters should be committed by Don Feder 11/13/00 The Perils of Hand Counting by Jim Boulet, Jr 11/11/00 Book review: The Duel by Robert Baldick 1970 Encyclopedia: Alexander Hamilton Encyclopedia: Aaron Burr The stakes in the election by Thomas Sowell 11/02/00 The slide into dictatorship by Paul Craig Roberts 11/01/00 Breakthrough as scientists discover cure for arthritis by Robert Matthews 10/29/00 'THE first evidence of a safe and effective cure for rheumatoid arthritis, the crippling disease that affects more than 750,000 people in the United Kingdom, is to be unveiled tomorrow by British scientists. Until now doctors have been able to offer only limited pain relief. Now a team of researchers at University College, London, has identified drugs that produce significant improvements in patients. In results to be announced at an international scientific conference tomorrow, the team will show that patients see a dramatic improvement after a single treatment, with some apparently cured of the disease completely.' Voters could elect a new supreme court in November by Don Feder 10/25/00 Gore's sugar daddy by Mona Charen 10/24/00 Brain drug reverses chronic Alzheimer's by Anthony Browne 10/22/00 'The brain of a 70-year-old woman suffering from severe Alzheimer's disease has been brought back to life by a new drug, leading scientists to believe that the illness could be reversible. The researchers in Southampton showed that the drug Aricept revived whole regions of the woman's brain, leading to such a dramatic improvement in behaviour that her daughter declared: "My mother is back!" ' Grandfather Economic Report on Federal Government Debt by Michael Hodges 10/2000 Heads up: Bust may be as wild as boom by By Steven Syre and Charles Stein 10/13/00 Al Gore says he invented the Internet. What does he mean? by By Virginia Postrel 5/99 A Lifetime of Lies - It's time to hold Al Gore accountable by William J. Bennett 10/11/00 Missing character by Paul Craig Roberts 10/12/00 Young Flunk Vote Quiz by Carl Campanile 10/11/00 Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness by By David Maraniss and Ellen Nakashima 3/19/00 Looking back by Thomas Sowell 9/7/00 'Whenever a puff piece praises me for overcoming disadvantages and rising from poverty to a professional career, it makes me feel uneasy -- not out of modesty, but because it is not completely true. Being a black orphan born in the Jim Crow South during the Great Depression may not seem like a promising start in life. But that is also not the whole story.' Search Yahoo News for latest on "cancer vaccine" Immortality protein may offer cancer vaccine by Maggie Fox 8/29/00 Cancer vaccine 'close' 8/28/00 Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting the star Epsilon Eridani by David Whitehouse 8/4/00 Planet hunters find new worlds by David Whitehouse 3/29/00 Six new exoplanets found orbiting nearby stars. Total now 28. by David Whitehouse 11/30/99 Light can travel faster than in a vacuum ... source: NEC Research Institute 7/19/00 Scientists break speed of light by Jonathan Leake 6/4/00 More on STI-571 ... by Hallie Levine 5/23/00 Saudi billionaire buys up Internet stock during decline 5/19/00 FDA approves drug-laser treatment for fighting macular degeneration 4/13/00
Amazon Buys 45% Stake of WineShopper.com by Kathleen Cholewka 4/19/00
How Nasdaq can beat Dow to 50,000 (around 2010) 3/3/00 by Dr. Paul B. Farrell
Simple pill (ZTI 571) zeros in on Cancer cells by Robert Bazell 4/7/00
Therapies to Soothe Repetative Strain Injuries (by Karyn Hunt) 3/12/99 |
