Especially this one from the Los Angeles Times. Re where Davis receives political contributions: What difference does it make where a prostitute conducts business; the intent is the same anywhere. Ed Pollack Apple Valley That one's funny. This one is simply too true -- and representative of how a great number of Californians feel. So, […]
So sayeth the Union-Tribune's James Goldsborough in his Monday column. While making some well-considered points regarding the recent 10-day siege of Arafat's compound by Israeli forces, Goldsborough systematically ignores the plight of Israeli civilians who face suicide bomb attacks on an almost-daily basis. Not only is America nearing the brink of war with Iraq, but […]
I was never treated particularly well by cheerleaders in high school, so anytime I hear stories of cheerleaders living up to their ditsy stereotype, I express a kind of peculiar glee. At a local high school football game last Friday night, five varsity cheerleaders showed up sloshed. They were caught (of course) and received a […]
If you haven't been closely following the story on the purported e-mail that "proved" army secretary and former Enron executive Thomas White knew about the funny accounting going on at that company -- thereby complicit in duping investors -- then Patrick Sullivan has an excellent "the story so far" piece here. (Thanks to Henry Hanks […]
You can debate the wisdom or accuracy of Jerry Falwell's comments on "60 Minutes" last week calling Mohammed a terrorist, but Zakaria might want to watch it when he says, on ABC's "This Week," that those comments and similar ones made by Pat Robertson and Franklin Graham are "un-Christian." Christianity is a unique among religions […]