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A mere 17 months after September 11th, and New York’s city fathers have decided that we’ve now got enough distance from the WTC attacks to choose a suitable memorial/ replacement/ redevelopment/ park/ shopping center/ office complex.
Personally, I wasn’t aware that we’ve attained that much perspective already. Doesn’t the present condition of the site adequately […]

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“If we’re an arrogant nation, they’ll resent us; if we’re a humble nation, but strong, they’ll welcome us. And our nation stands alone right now in the world in terms of power, and that’s why we’ve got to be humble… […]

Washington, Tuesday (FA wire) - With today’s announcement that the U.S. is willing to release oil reserves independently of its partners in the International Energy Agency, the Bush administration acknowledged that it was fast running out of international agreements to renounce.
“We’re way ahead of schedule,” confided one State Department official, “If you had told me […]

Though you missed it, last night was the Grammy Awards. In case you’ve never heard of ‘em, the Grammys for the past few years have been an unsuccessful reality show in which a group of graying music industry executives heap every conceivable award upon a just-out-of-high-school female singer in the hopes of demonstrating to the […]

“President Bush said on Saturday the United Nations had a last chance to prove its relevance by adopting a resolution the United States will propose that could pave the way for war on Iraq.”
- from Reuters
Like that shady store down the street that has been having semi-annual Going Out of Business Sales for the past […]

Having just comleted the taping of this week’s “Wait Wait,” I find myself in beautiful Times Square with an hour to kill at America’s grungiest cyber-cafe (think “Blade Runner” in Smell-o-Vision). So why not take this opportunity, dear readers, to turn from world news to local events right here in the Free Republic of […]

Well now we’ve done it. Yes, liberals, I’m talking to you. For the past 40 years we’ve called every single bit of conservative penny-ante smear or casual demagoguery “McCarthyism.” But we couldn’t resist, could we? After all, until Watergate, it was the most prominent and useful bit of American lore for […]

Greetings from sunny New York! Here in Brooklyn, we currently have close to two feet of snow on the ground, with more on the way. As you’ve probably heard, a big portion of the US has fallen victim to the Presidents’ Day Blizzard, which strikes me as oddly appropriate for this holiday, and […]

Further Proof of Saddam-Terror Connection, White House Says
Washington, Saturday (FA wire) - Over four million members of the Al Qaeda terrorist network emerged briefly from hiding at various locations around the world today, chanting anti-American slogans and denouncing the United States’ upcoming war against Iraq, bolstering the Bush administration’s evidence of Iraqi-Al Qaeda collusion.
The terrorists […]