Midway through this month, a Wall Street Journal headline captured
the flimflam spirit that infuses so much of what passes for mass
communications these days: “Despite Slump, Students Flock to Ad
Schools.” Many young people can recognize a...
16 October 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- I'm a card-carrying member of The Great Liberal Backlash of 2003, one of the half-dozen or so writers now schlepping around the country promoting books that do not speak kindly of Our Leader's record. As a group, we are...
10 October 2003
Now that California’s electorate has rewarded a dramatic recall
effort, some sequels are likely elsewhere in the near future. It’s a
good bet that political operatives in many states will try to learn
from this fall’s Golden State...
08 October 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- Not that any of us is in a position to
criticize the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky, but don't you think She's been
going a little heavy on the irony lately?
All those folks who had...
All those folks who had...
07 October 2003
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Much as I hate to interrupt what is apparently
a deeply felt triumphalism on the American right, now that it's over, does
anyone see any reason for our having invaded Iraq?
I realize that's what...
I realize that's what...
06 October 2003
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