Month: September 2005

Shooting Out Their Brains in the Water

This title is a modified version of an English account of the massacre of Native American children.  The actual quote says children were thrown overboard “and shoteinge owtt their Braynes in the water.” I just...

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Bye, Bye New York Times Columnists

We come not to bury the New York Times columnists but to praise them. Well, some of them. But though we praise we also bid a fond farewell. The Times columnists are disappearing as we speak behind the veil of a $49.95 a year...

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The Empty Presidency of an Empty Man.

As I write today, the deliberate impoverishment of the American people at the hands of the Republican zealots appears to be nearing a peak.The NYT quotes a Professor of Business today that more and more workers are getting...

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Petulant Lott Considers Retirement

Poor Trent Lott. With his home destroyed he may decide not to run for reelection. Among the factors tempting him to call it quits: His career in Congress has already crested, and Hurricane Katrina destroyed his family home...

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