AUSTIN, Texas -- I'm sorry, but every now and again a girl just finds it necessary to lay her head down on the table and howl with laughter. I wrote a column warning that USA Next, a Republican Astroturf (meaning "fake grass-roots") group...
25 February 2005
An Associated Press dispatch from a Thai fishing village summed up the
media spin a few days ago: “Former President Bill Clinton’s voice trembled
with emotion as he and George H.W. Bush put aside their once-bitter
political rivalry...”...
24 February 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- I have been observing the flappette over the sexist remarks of Harvard's president, Larry Summers, with some amusement. Initially, it was hard to sort out whether we had a case of an educator trying to provoke an...
22 February 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- Among those still interested in fiscal sanity, and that includes quite a few Republicans, I bring your attention to two tax cuts that should be repealed right now for the sound reason that they are perfectly nuts.
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20 February 2005
Dear Free Press:
In modern political parlance, the word "liberal", like Jesus who exemplified it, has been crucified. Only we must not expect its resurrection in our lifetimes.
My fellow Democarts, we should turn the...
16 February 2005
AUSTIN, Texas -- Sometimes the ironic timing of events in our public life is so striking as to cause one to wonder if the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky isn't trying to make a point. Thus, the word that the U.S. Senate voted for tort deform...
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