After billionaire Michael Bloomberg won the race to become New
York's next mayor, the French news agency AFP noted that he "was among the
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06 November 2001
AUSTIN, Texas -- We Texans are sleeping more soundly at night
now that Land Commissioner David Dewhurst is on the job as state director of
Homeland Security, preventing attacks on important cultural monuments, such
as the statue of the...
01 November 2001
AUSTIN, Texas -- I don't see how we can call the House "economic
stimulus" package anything but war-profiteering. The bill is a disgrace, and
the usual suspects from Texas -- Tom Delay and Dick Armey -- hold large
responsibility for it...
01 November 2001
The World Series provided a heck of a photo-op for George W. Bush
when he threw out the first pitch one night, aiming at a large TV audience.
For the most part, the game that followed was a pleasure to watch -- midway
through a week...
31 October 2001
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- It now looks, with 20-20 hindsight, as though
he should have taken a few more deep breaths before smacking that tar-baby
that is Afghanistan. We're running out of time for three reasons -- winter,
Ramadan and the...
25 October 2001
AUSTIN -- Excuse me if my professionocentrism is showing, but I
believe the American media deserve a good chunk of all the blame that is
going around for Sept. 11 and its aftermath. Here we are trying to figure
out "Why Do They Hate Us?"...