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Well, I’m home, actually, but I’m far too preoccupied with the 9/11 Commission to manufacture Amusing Thoughts.
Ashcroft has just begun his statement. It’s pretty clear that he’s going down, though I suppose he might surprise us all. But the old woman on the steps of the Capitol this morning who warned him to […]

From this weekend’s Capitol Gang:
O’Beirne: …Senator Kennedy’s angry rant this week was a disgrace! We have young soldiers engaged in bloody battles. Imagine how that sounded to those young Marines and soldiers in the field, that he’s giving a morale boost to their enemies.
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Well, that’s nothing new. If you criticize the President […]

INT POLICE STATION - DAY
[A grubby police headquarters in Los Angeles. CHIEF PEMBROKE sits behind his desk, talking on the phone.]
PEMBROKE: What? Are you sure? Really? Okay, I’ll put my best man on in. [He hangs up.] God help us all. Rice! Get in here!
[Police Detective CONDOLEEZZA […]

From The Baltimore Sun
Bush, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and L. Paul Bremer III, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, labeled the adversaries variously as “terrorists,” remnants of Saddam Hussein’s regime and outlaws, and continued to deny that the deadly fighting this week reflected growing opposition to the United States and its plans for Iraq. […]

From CNN
MALIBU, California (AP) — Kenneth W. Starr, who led the investigation into President Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky, has been named dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law, a school official said.

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[Significant alterations from last year’s listings are in italics.]
502 - Jurisdiction and Choice Of Law
The course deals with the […]

WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (CNN) — National security adviser Condoleeza Rice planned to deliver a speech on September 11, 2001, about national security that said nothing about Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda or Islamic fundamentalist groups.
A description and excerpts of that undelivered speech were first reported in The Washington Post on Thursday, and the excerpts were confirmed by […]

If you’re in the business of extracting the Funny from the day’s news, there’s a simple maxim today: Avoid Fallujah. This, by the way, also makes an excellent travel advisory. There’s absolutely nothing amusing about what went on there yesterday, so it’s a topic that we’d ought to avoid.
But I can’t. […]