18 January 2005
Character
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Molly Ivins
KEY WEST, Fla. -- Tough gig here. A weekend in Key West holding forth on the subject of humor with a lot of funny people. A pundit's work is never done.

Actually, being earnest about humor is deadly -- if you have to explain...
13 January 2005
Bush, God, Fox, and the International Criminal Court
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David Swanson
Here's an interesting theory for why Bush attacked Iraq.  He did so in order to violate international law.  This is what Eric Zuesse argues in "Iraq War, the Truth," a 188-page book from Delphic Press.

The book is better than...
13 January 2005
A flat out whopper
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- Cheez, I go to all this trouble not to call the president of the United States a liar -- perhaps misinformed, did not seem to know about, no one has told him, etc. -- and then he just comes flat out with a whopper...
11 January 2005
These people are slicker than bus station chili
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas --- Excuse me, but is that smoke in your ear?

I wouldn't go calling anyone a liar, but as we say in our quaint Texas fashion, this administration is stuffed with people who are on a first-name basis with the...
09 January 2005
Prior-roarities
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Molly Ivins
AUSTIN, Texas -- In the Texas legislature, they are called "prior-roarities," such a happy coinage. What should come prior?

When the pitter-patter of falling year-end columns comes again, not necessarily next year, but...
08 January 2005
What the election challenge means
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David Swanson
Thirty-three Members of the US House of Representatives, and one all-important Senator -- one more than four years ago -- voted not to accept Ohio's 20 electoral votes for George Bush. The votes were 33 to 260 and 1 to 72. The protesters...

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