AUSTIN, Texas -- The trouble with Granny D, the 90-year-old crusader who
walked across the entire country to support campaign finance reform, is that
she makes the rest of us look like such schlumps. Whew, what a record for
citizen action...
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02 March 2000
For Americans watching TV news, March began in typical fashion. When five people were shot on the first day of the month in a town near Pittsburgh, cable networks swiftly jumped into action. They devoted hour after hour to the tragedy --...
01 March 2000
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...
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...
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