A big win for the folks. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points” memo. The California Supreme Court today said no to gay marriage and invalidated all the marriage licenses granted by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Sorry,Rosie O’Donnell (search). Last February, we predicted that would happen. All …
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The poll numbers are in after the debate. That’s the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” A newABC News (search)poll and a“Newsweek” (search)poll both say Americans believe John Kerry won the debate by a decisive margin, but the polls diverge on what that means. ABC has Bush ahead, 51-46. …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The images were shocking. A trench with piles of clothed bodies packed tightly together. Men, women, little children. Even unborn children. Some blindfolded. Some with their hands bound. All slaughtered in cold blood by the henchmen of former Iraqi dictatorSaddam Hussein (search). All of this horror was …
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The latest from the Political Grapevine: Soldiers Stealing Organs? A major, government-controlled newspaper in Saudi Arabia is claiming that U.S. soldiers in Iraq are killing Iraqis to steal their organs and then selling the organs to hospitals in the U.S. The paper, Al-Watan, says each kidney is worth at least …
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And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Media Coverage of Reagan’s Death The day after Ronald Reagan died, the Washington Post ran a front-page banner headline saying — “Ronald Reagan Dies. Fortieth President Reshaped American Politics.” Four stories on Reagan were below …
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Environmental activists started the annualEarth Day (search)ritual in 1970 to bemoan the “havoc” wreaked on Earth by humans. Thirty-four years later, environmental activists still rant and rave about what we “bad” people do to the “good” Earth. And, of course, politics are never very far behind, especially in an election …
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Lights, no cameras … action! That’s what state judges in today’s high-profile trials might say if they sat in directors’ chairs. Barring cameras from courtrooms where celebrity and other well-known cases are tried is becoming a growing trend — especially in California, where so many of the cases unfold. Neither …
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Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Another Ludacris situation. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” You may remember a couple years ago that Pepsi hired gansta rapperLudacris (search)as a commercial pitchman. “Talking Points” objected, saying major American corporations have an obligation not to …
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Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. Happy St. Patrick’s Day. May the wind always be at your back. The will to fight is an Irish trait and it is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points …
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WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kerry (search)may stress a centrist stance while trying to woo primary voters on the campaign trail, but his voting record resembles that of one of the most liberal lawmakers in the Senate—chief backer andMassachusetts’ Democratic dean,Edward Kennedy (search). “He’s a dyed-in-the-wool liberal. He’s pretty much textbook, …
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