by Gil Friend | Aug 22, 2002 | Politics
Secret Court Rebuffs Ashcroft Justice Dept. Rebuked on Misinformation Washington Post, 8/23/02 Pg A01: The secretive federal court that approves spying on terror suspects in the United States has refused to give the Justice Department broad new powers, saying the...
by Gil Friend | Aug 22, 2002 | Politics
House Whip DeLay Calls Republican Critics ‘Apologists’ Washington Post, 8/21/02, p A13: House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) will issue a muscular defense Wednesday of President Bush’s proposal to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, criticizing...
by Gil Friend | Aug 20, 2002 | Politics
Abu Nidal’s ambitiously mercenary terror industry, and its termination by host Saddam Hussein: “Abu Nidal’s Assassination in Baghdad Is Saddam’s Warning to Arafat Not to Betray Him Or Collaborate with Washington” Mainstream press...
by Gil Friend | Aug 18, 2002 | Politics
Bush’s Waco economic forum “was a ‘forum’… in the sense that the Politburo was a ‘legislature’.” Frank Rich: “There are new headlines the administration wants us to forget. At the F.B.I…. the prehistoric...
by Gil Friend | Aug 18, 2002 | Politics
Francis Fukuyama: Has History Restarted Since Septermber 11? Topics covered: –What he means by the End of History –The nature of the rift between American and its allies –Is the rift genuine –Why do these differences exist? –Are we at the...
by Gil Friend | Aug 18, 2002 | Politics
SUPREME COURT RULES EARNINGS SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS “ART” Washington, D.C. (SatireWire.com) In a surprise decision that exonerates dozens of major companies, the U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that corporate earnings statements should be protected as works...
