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Don’t Mention It
6.13.03
So much goes without saying when you’re living history and being shaken down.
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Friday, June 13, 2003
Another Perspective
Pryor Convictions
Hunter Baker | 6.13.03
They’ve thrown the Democrats’ Grand Inquisitors for a loop.
To Be Absolutely Frank
Diamond Don
Francis X. Rocca | 6.13.03
When Donald Regan spoke, it wasn’t just the money talking.
Media Matters
Remembering David Brinkley
6.13.03
From the July 1988 American Spectator: Brit Hume reviews his then ABC colleague David Brinkley’s ”irresistibly quotable” book, Washington Goes to War.
Special Report
Cardinal Godfather
George Neumayr | 6.13.03
Roger Mahony is not just stonewalling prosecutors; he is even stonewalling the American bishops’ abuse panel.
Washington Prowler
Another Bill Comes Due
The Prowler | 6.13.03
Hispanic Democrats look ahead. Plus: A GOP Northeast (no kidding).
Thursday, June 12, 2003
At Large
Bush Out of Africa
John Corry | 6.12.03
The president’s proposed July trip will do much more harm than good.
Washington Prowler
Democratic Last Harrumphs
The Prowler | 6.12.03
Rahm Emanuel sounds off in presidential company. Hillary’s Lying History won’t keep.
Sports Arena
It’s All About the Show
Paul Beston | 6.12.03
Of course Sammy Sosa corks his bats — how could it be otherwise?
The Current Crisis
Lying History
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.12.03
The Clintons never let you down. They are always true to their nature. They lie — like the political culture that sustains them.
Reader Mail
What a Difference a Day Makes
6.12.03
Or a day in the life of the Middle East. Also: Gray, Martha, and lots of no-goodnik GOP governors. And one more prayer of no thanks to Tod Tamberg. Plus more.
Wednesday, June 11, 2003
Political Hay
South Heads East
George Neumayr | 6.11.03
Gray Davis loses his henchman, meaning he’s past the point of no recall.
The Current Crisis
Get Off Stewart’s Case
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.11.03
Vaguely written laws are a great benefit to two kinds of people: the inveterate criminal and the bullying prosecutor.
Latte Nation
The Horrors of Graduation
Jeremy Lott | 6.11.03
A New York Times reporter lets loose the clichés of war.
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Political Hay
The Taxing Life of Riley
David Hogberg | 6.10.03
Alabama’s new Republican governor, like many other tax-hiking Republican governors, is busily abandoning Reaganite principles to bask in liberal approval.
Loose Canons
Cannon Fodder, Terror Fatigue
Jed Babbin | 6.10.03
Fifty years of war takes a toll. And that toll is what can finally destroy Israel.
Special Report
Don’t Feed the Bears
Bill Croke | 6.10.03
Wyoming’s annual summer onslaught of tourists is upon us. Will they heed the old ranger’s saw: ”A fed bear is a dead bear”?
Washington Prowler
End of the Fiesta
The Prowler | 6.10.03
Hispanic voters up for grabs. Plus: Feline Democrats.
Movie Takes
Finding Nemo
James Bowman | 6.10.03
Lots of treacly sentiment, but kids will love this Disney computer animation.
Monday, June 9, 2003
Washington Prowler
Now Hear This
The Prowler | 6.9.03
A Clinton appointee’s static on Bush Radio. Plus: Don Evans comes into his own.
Movie Takes
The Man on the Train (L’Homme du Train)
James Bowman | 6.9.03
The French have never got over their postwar existentialism and its romance with the criminal, but Patrice Leconte does something interesting with it.
Reader Mail
Mahony Falls
6.9.03
An official spokesman’s cardinal sins. Plus: Weighing Hillary Lite. Fiber news flows. Plus much more.
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