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From CNN, today -
Last week, Democrats joined by four moderate Republicans forced the Senate to approve a provision requiring that any tax cuts or spending increases for benefits like Medicare be paid for with other budget savings.
But Chairman Jim Nussle, R-Iowa, said he wants to push a bill through his House budget panel on Wednesday […]

Well, I’m back.
It was great week. My thanks to the people of the Dominican Republic, the warm waters of the Caribbean, the inventor of rum, and the three amiable dolphins who suffered me to swim with them (you know who you are).
And BIG thanks to Chris Regan. Despite his rather ungentlemanly attempt to […]

That’s what they call it, right? That’s at least what Todd Levin at tremble.com and Bob Powers at girlsarepretty.com call it.
Thank you all for reading and thank you to Adam for allowing me to drive the blog. It has been an interesting experience.
I’ll miss you, Tess. And you, Ken, Just Ken. And Murray. […]

I try to watch “The Apprentice” every week. And a lot has been said about Donald Trump’s hair. In fact, “The Haircut of The Donald” has generated almost as much interest among pundits as the program itself.
Perhaps some of you saw the billionaire on Larry King Live, yanking on the strands of his luminous, […]

A charitable organization in Akron, Ohio is spending 1000 dollars to ship 250 homeless people to a screening of “The Passion of the Christ” this weekend. Unfortunately for the homeless, they will be forced to purchase their own “Sno-Caps.” Give a man a fish…
As a New Yorker, I can tell you that the homeless and […]

According to CNN, turn-of-the-century footnote Osama Bin Laden “may be eyeing a move.” Sources say the noted Saudi terrorist is moving from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
Sources don’t explain how they knew he was in Pakistan or why he wasn’t apprehended in Pakistan, which is where he was, in Pakistan. I guess that definitely, without a […]

Although it’s easy to point fingers at our current “Big Guy,” the question still remains: Was Warren G. Harding our worst president? Was he a man chosen in a “smoke-filled room” to act as “lookout” for a handful of silk-suited felons trading government contracts for kickbacks? Or was he an inherently principled man too loyal […]

One juror called it a “victory for the little guys.” And by “little guys,” I’ll assume he means those loathe to eat the fluffiest of muffins while reclining on embroidered throw pillow, imprisoned in chambers of oak wainscoting ‘neath alabaster sea of authentic horsehair plaster.
Martha Stewart now faces prison for her efforts to […]

“Explored and claimed by Columbus on his first voyage in 1492, the island of Hispaniola became a springboard for Spanish conquest of the Caribbean and the American mainland.”
And later, it became a springboard for the lies of Adam Felber.
“Honeymoon in the Dominican Republic” is now shorthand for “contract dispute,” although any phrase containing five […]

Not for me, anyway. Because this weekend, Jeanne and I are leaving on our long-awaited, oft-postponed honeymoon! It only took us a year to get our act together. I’m looking forward to it; it’s high time we consummated this marriage, if only to make some fond memories before gay people utterly […]