June 30, 2003
Whistler's Mother

This weekend's Financial Times had an article on James McNeill Whistler and a show on the 100th anniversary of the artist's death. The story interested me because I enjoy Whistler's art and during high school I gave a presentation in my English class on Whistler. The reason I remember the presentation is because it was […]

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June 28, 2003
Stifling of Dissent

I don't support the recall of Gov. Gray Davis, mainly because I believe that four more years of his lack of leadership and pandering to special interests will seriously cripple the Democratic Party in the state. That being said, I think that this sort of behavior is out of line. Opponents of the move to […]

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June 27, 2003
My Guy Strom?

When word came into the newsroom last night that former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond had kicked the bucket, one of the copy editors asked me what I thought about "my guy Strom's" death. I responded that Strom, a segregationist, wasn't really my kind of guy. Though I'm sure we would agree on many things, […]

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June 27, 2003
Now this is a gun!

I just like the idea of a gun that fires a million rounds a minute -- and now it appears that it's real. I'm betting that Rachel Lucas would love this.

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June 27, 2003
Dumber than Dubya II

Today's winner is Democrat Rep. Patrick Kennedy, as reported by The Washington Times' Lloyd Grove: As sometimes happens with Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), he let his mouth race ahead of his brain Wednesday night at a gathering of Young Democrats at the Washington nightspot Acropolis. After presidential candidate Howard Dean spoke, Kennedy delivered an impassioned […]

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June 27, 2003
Should I call a Waaaaaahmbulance?

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman complains that the Republican party is becoming the dominant party in American politics. In "Welcome to the Machine," Nicholas Confessore draws together stories usually reported in isolation — from the drive to privatize Medicare, to the pro-tax-cut fliers General Motors and Verizon recently included with the dividend checks mailed […]

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June 27, 2003
Journalism 101

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who previously served as an associate managing editor at the Times and once won a Pulitzer Prize, shows how journalism is done at the paper of record. Since I've been accusing the Bush administration of cooking the intelligence on Iraq, I should confess my intentions. Countless Iraqis warned me […]

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June 27, 2003
Well, that makes a difference

From today's New York Times corrections column: An article on Wednesday about Congressional committee testimony by a top State Department expert on chemical and biological weapons misstated the response of other officials from several intelligence agencies who were asked whether they had been pressured to tailor their analysis on Iraq and other matters to conform […]

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June 26, 2003
Democrat? Did you see a Democrat?

The Media Research Center has watched the reports of the death of segregationist Governor Lester Maddox of Georgia and reveals that no network mentioned his party affiliation.

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June 26, 2003
Free at last

Wall Street Journal editorial writer William McGurn reports that Sarah Saga, an American woman who had taken refuge in the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia, has arrived in the United States. Unfortunately, without her kids. So why did Ms. Saga agree to give up her kids? The answer is simple: her fear that her father […]

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