Failed presidential bids often have a terrible afterlife, plaguing us long
after the bidder has faded from the scene. Remember Gov. Pete Wilson, an
exceptionally nasty Republican governor of California? Years ago, Wilson
geared up for his...
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29 February 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- Oh, come now, Gov. Bush. None of us minds a little
exaggeration; a little polishing of the positive when it comes to your
record here in Texas. But now it's "liar, liar, pants on fire." Your nose is
growing, Governor....
24 February 2000
AUSTIN, Texas -- Like all the other political junkies, I am just loving
this -- wow, a white-hot primary; pollsters confounded; pundits wrong; he's
up, no, he's down; the people calling the shots; experts looking like fools.
What fun....
24 February 2000
Twenty million listeners are accustomed to hearing the refrain on the radio: "I'm Dr. Laura Schlesinger." While many assume that she's a licensed physician or psychologist, her doctorate is actually in physiology. What's most unfortunate...
17 February 2000
What if a big restaurant chain announced that it was hiring a chief inspector -- and filled the job with the person who'd been in charge of the company's kitchens? We might roll our eyes if the incoming inspector proclaimed from the outset...
10 February 2000
A specter is haunting cyberspace -- the specter of e-vandalism.
Media alarms have been loud recently: Electronic commerce is under siege. A virtual crime wave threatens to wreak havoc on the World Wide Web. Any site is...
Media alarms have been loud recently: Electronic commerce is under siege. A virtual crime wave threatens to wreak havoc on the World Wide Web. Any site is...
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