Do you go to a movie based on reviews? The reason I ask is because I don’t. I generally like the movies reviewers hate and hate the moves reviewers like. That’s why I don’t put much stock in recommendations and apparently neither do Iowans. I mean just based on recommendations,Howard …
Read More »Analysts Ponder U.S. Basing in Iraq
WASHINGTON – During the first presidential debate, Sen. John Kerry suggested that the U.S. military is planning to make 14 bases now in Iraq “a permanent concept.” Whilethe major media overlooked the remark, instead critiquingthe style and performance of the candidates, security analysts are debating whether the United States plans …
Read More »No Votes Here for Denise Brown
Denise Brown | Gotham Magazine No Votes Here for Denise Brown Senate Talk I really had to laugh when I read yesterday that Denise Brown was considering a run for the U.S. Senate. The sister of slain Nicole Brown Simpson actually suggested this and the story ran on the wire. …
Read More »Questioning the Question
And now the most fascinating two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Satellite Surveillance The director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency — charged with interpreting satellite intelligence — says satellite images from before the war in Iraq began showing a heavy flow of traffic from …
Read More »Merry Old Soul
She is poorer than she was last year. Benefits that she grew to depend on are running out this year. Paralysis from a devastating neurological condition is worse this year. She looks older now. More feeble now. More vulnerable now. But it’s not until you talk to her, that you …
Read More »The Death of Shame in America
Hi.I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. The death of shame in America, that is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. RepublicanGovernor John Rowland (search)of Connecticut got free home improvements from a company that did contract work with his state. And the governor lied about it. …
Read More »Administration Seeks to Curb Revenge Legislation
WASHINGTON – Now that military operations in Iraq aremoving from armed force to reconstruction, the Bush administration is trying to avert congressional paybackaimed atnationsthatopposed the war. Instead, the White House is asking contemptuous Capitol Hill lawmakers to curb their hostilities toward anti-war countries and use this time to demonstrate U.S. …
Read More »Hillary's Baby
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is about to give birth June 9 to her $8 million baby. That’s the advance she got from Simon and Schuster for her book on the White House years. Her agent promises a “candid book.” The question I have is why should anyone expect the Senator …
Read More »Sharon Osbourne: Wynonna? Never Heard of Her
No Country for Sharon | Ricci Goes Theater | Joey Pants, Edie Falco | ‘Scarface’ Returns Sharon Osbourne: Wynonna? Never Heard of Her The very bad “Sharon Osbourne Show” got off to a rocky start yesterday with negative reviews and a puzzled host. According to set insiders, Osbourne had no …
Read More »Almost Half of British Citizens Say Prime Minister Tony Blair Should Quit
And now the most captivating two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! Majority Says Tony Has ‘Run Out of Ideas’ While President Bush maintains high approval ratings among Americans despite questions over pre-war intelligence, a new poll …
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