A national media spotlight has focused on the battle between the
Constitution of the United States and some religious fundamentalists who
viewed themselves as angels of Montgomery. The removal of a big Ten
Commandments monument from an...
26 August 2003
AUSTIN -- One problem I have with Arnold Schwarzenegger is that
he looks like a condom stuffed with walnuts. I realize that is superficial,
shallow and unbecoming to a semi-serious-minded liberal like myself, but
there it is. The other is...
21 August 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- When in the midst of a Blame Typhoon, with
charges and counter-charges being hurled in all directions, I find it most
useful to consult those two polar stars of utter wrongheadedness, Tom DeLay
and The Wall Street Journal'...
21 August 2003
The “Bulworth” movie -- with Warren Beatty playing a senator who
begins to speak disturbing truths in the form of rap lyrics -- caused quite
a stir when it came out five years ago. At the time, I wondered aloud in a
column about what might...
19 August 2003
AUSTIN, Texas -- It's the All-American Blame Game! A
Finger-Pointing festival. A perfectly circular firing squad of, "Told you
so." Bureaucrats perfecting their CYA moves. Politicians jumping on the
opportunity to make points...
14 August 2003
Contrary to media cliches about “the silly season,” this is a time
of very serious -- and probably catastrophic -- political maneuvers.
From California to the U.N. building in New York City to the sweltering heat of Iraq...
From California to the U.N. building in New York City to the sweltering heat of Iraq...
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