by Gil Friend | Jan 20, 2003 | Politics
Momma always said “slang could get risky,” Tara Sue. But hey, I’ve never had a public conversation with a major political figure before. 🙂 PS: Consider yourself nibbled.
by Gil Friend | Jan 19, 2003 | Politics
“The old Rovian game of hide the ball” [Media Whores Online]: Rice, who rarely issues these kinds of public statements and, as far as we know, has never done so on a domestic issue, claimed she spent a lot of time arguing for Bush to oppose the Michigan...
by Gil Friend | Jan 19, 2003 | Politics
Memo to the Democrats: Quit Being Losers! Tucker Carlson in today’s New York Times Magazine: This fall, for the second time in a row, the Democratic Party lost an election it should have won. Democrats offered no rationale for why they should be running the...
by Gil Friend | Jan 17, 2003 | Politics
US gone mad. John Le Carre, in the Sunday Times: Without bin Laden, the Bush junta would still be trying to explain such tricky matters as how it came to be elected in the first place; Enron; its shameless favouring of the already-too-rich; its reckless disregard for...
by Gil Friend | Jan 16, 2003 | Politics
Offered without comment Off the Wagon. As a drunk is to alcohol, the Bush administration is to budget deficits. By by Paul Krugman. [New York Times: Opinion] Clemency Without Clarity. Perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue...
by Gil Friend | Jan 16, 2003 | Politics
Can you say “unconscionable?” [NY Times]: In a reversal, the Bush administration has ruled that managed care organizations can limit and restrict coverage of emergency services for poor people on Medicaid. I tried to formulate an insightful observation in...
