Efforts to pass the energy bill that fell two votes short of clearing the Senate in November will resume this month. Filled with subsidies and tax breaks for special interests andpork-barrel spending (search), the overall bill is hard for limited government-types like me to swallow. It does have one potentially …
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WASHINGTON – A year ago, thousands of fans now known as “Deaniacs” were crowding into local pubs and coffee houses to declare their support for their favorite Democratic outsider for president. Now, after a major loss in the primaries and a transformation into Democratic cheerleader, former Gov. Howard Dean (search) …
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To watch “The Talking Points Memo” click here. Hi. I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. How the media encourages poverty in America, that’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points Memo. At the People’s Choice Awards last night, Eminem won best male singer. That’s no surprise, since the …
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Over one foreign intervention, Democrats and Republicans are more or less united: Intervening in Sudan to stop the wholesale slaughter of hundreds of thousandsSudanese (search). Even Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., who fervently opposed U.S. involvement in Iraq, has called for intervention in the Sudan. But leave it to our Egyptian …
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Clint Eastwood |R.E.M.| Leo’s Money Man Clint Eastwood Gets ‘Mystic’ “I’m just about the only person not running for governor of California.” That’s what Clint Eastwood said when he took the stage Friday night at the New York Film Festival. The occasion was the premiere of Eastwood’s new Warner Bros. …
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As you may know,Al Gore (search)has endorsedHoward Dean (search), saying he’s the best chance to beat President Bush in 2004. That may or may not be true. Certainly the polls are not conclusive, but Mr. Gore is entitled to his opinion and to his endorsement. However, he should have called …
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When it comes to drama, viewers have a plethora of choices from which to choose: movies, theater, news and sports, to name a few. But it’s been professional sports that have provided some of the most surprising attention grabbing moments of late. Under a gorgeous Philadelphia sky Sunday afternoon, Phillies …
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Mad cow disease (search)was diagnosed in a Canadian cow this week, setting off a new round of predictable, but groundless panic. The U.S. government promptly banned imports of Canadian beef and cattle. Investors dumped the stock of beef-related companies, notablyMcDonald’s (search),which lost $1.5 billion in market value. And of course, …
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And now the most compelling two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Click here to watch it! U.N. Opted For Less American Security to Present A ‘Friendly Image’ It seems there was more to theU.N.’s (search)refusal of the U.S. offer of more …
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‘Kill Bill’ |Elvis Costello Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill’: A Pulp Fiction Sequel Success is a double-edged sword as we all know. Tomorrow, Miramax releases one of the worst films in its history, a misbegotten comedy called “Duplex”that stars Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore in a pale rip-off of “Meet the Parents.” …
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