AUSTIN, Texas -- You can already tell it's going to be a perfectly glorious political year in Texas. Four months out, and we've already got one gubernatorial candidate accusing the other of being a drug dealer, naturally causing the...
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06 August 2002
With the "New Economy" now in shambles, it's easy for media
outlets to disparage the illusions of the late 1990s -- years crammed with
high-tech mania, fat stock options and euphoria on Wall Street. But we hear
very little about the...
01 August 2002
Three and a half years ago, some key information about U.N.
weapons inspectors in Iraq briefly surfaced on the front pages=
of
American newspapers -- and promptly vanished. Now, with=
righteous
war drums beating loudly in Washington, let...
25 July 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- Now some fools want to fire Treasury
Secretary
Paul O'Neill, the only straight-shooter in the Cabinet. Tell you
what I like
about O'Neill: He's from Widget World. This Cabinet is
wall-to-wall
corporate America, but most...
25 July 2002
With huge financial scandals causing turmoil in the United
States,
this year has seen some vigorous reporting about high-level
misdeeds and
corporate manipulation. But many news stories just take the lead
from top
officials. In the...