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 …
Read More »High-Profile Cases Shut the Door on Cameras
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 …
Read More »Another Ludacris Situation
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 …
Read More »The Will to Fight
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 …
Read More »Kerry-Kennedy Ties Not Just Geographic
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, …
Read More »Redistricting Endangers Sandlin in Texarkana's 1st CD
WASHINGTON – Of the 435 House seats up for grabs Nov. 2, very few have captured national attention, and even fewer are considered truly competitive. FOXNews.com has attempted to bring most of them into focus for our House Hunting series since March. Our last such installment takes place in a …
Read More »The U.N. Stops Making Sense
Do you want me heading a commission on proper eating? How about leading a fitness class? Let me save you the trouble. The answer is no. After all, do I “look” like a guy who should be imparting dietary advice? Again, no. It would be stupid and it would be …
Read More »LeRoy Neiman: An American Artist
“We can forgive a man for creating something useless as long as he admires it intensely,” said Oscar Wilde. “All art is quite useless.” Practically speaking, it’s hard to argue with that quotation.After all, what use does art, in any form, really have, but to be admired? The key for …
Read More »Did You Trek Your Facts?
And now the most telling two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Terrorists Taken Into Custody? Coalition forces in Iraq have captured the first known members of Al Qaeda there, that according to a U.S. army commander in northern Iraq. Col. Joe Anderson — whose brigade controls …
Read More »Yoko Edits Herself Into John Lennon's History
Yoko’s Revenge |Cyndi Lauper |Weekend Notes Yoko Edits Herself Into John Lennon’s History Yoko Ono is not making fans of John Lennon very happy right now. She’s been busy editing Lennon’s videos and changing songwriting credits. Call it her revenge on old enemies like Paul McCartney and May Pang. Ono’s …
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