22 July 2004
AUSTIN, Texas -- We cannot let pass without salute Martha Stewart’s remarks after being sentenced to five months in prison. In the long history of amazing things said by people in peculiar circumstances, you must admit, this ranks right up...
14 July 2004
"On this night I would like to depart from the usual speech demanded on such occasions when, every four years, we celebrate the process of democracy. On this night, ladies and gentlemen, I would instead like to speak about America's...
14 July 2004
AUSTIN, Texas  -- I like Bill Clinton's book. I feel as though I should immediately apologize for saying that. I mean, it's gotten a bunch of bad reviews -- all sorts of superior people have peed all over it and pointed out he shouldn't...
10 July 2004
When, in future, you find yourself wondering, “What ever happened to the Constitution?” you will want to go back and look at June 8, 2004. That was the day the attorney general of the United States — a.k.a. “the nation’s top law...
10 July 2004
Peace activist and great dissenter Dave Dellinger died on May 25, 2004 in Montpelier, Vermont. Dellinger is perhaps best known as one of the “Chicago Seven” (originally eight, until they bound and gagged Bobby Seal).

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10 July 2004
Legendary labor activist and feminist, Mildred “Millie” Jeffrey, died March 24 in Detroit, Michigan. Jeffrey was the first woman to head a United Auto Workers Union department when she took charge of the UAW’s newly formed Women’s Bureau...

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