WASHINGTON – Immigration reform is back, but this time around no one is talking of grand compromises. Republicans on Wednesday presented a large package of 15 enforcement-focused bills, many designed to shut off the flow of illegals. No provision in the package mimics the 2006 comprehensive immigration reform measures — …
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New Lopez Album’s Sales Drop With Puffy on Trial | Geraldo Doesn’t Disclose Rich Relationship New Lopez Album’s Sales Drop With Puffy on Trial There’s an old adage that any publicity is good publicity as long as your name is spelled right. For Jennifer Lopez, though, this appears not to …
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Mariah Carey | Mariah, Tommy Mottola and Sony Mariah Getting the Boot? A Laughable Idea Yesterday’s New York Daily Newscarried a pretty funny story about Mariah Carey. Business writer Phyllis Furmanquoted an unnamed source who claimed EMI Records was considering “dropping” Carey from the label because her album Glitter hadn’t …
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I recently got an e-mail from a viewer in Hawaii. “Jay” writes: “Aloha, Dear Mr. Pollyanna… Eventually, your economic predictions will be correct. However, in the meantime, you are a phony… I don’t think you are very qualified to host a business oriented show. I think you stink more than …
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Normally, I let my hate mail fly, even when it comes to that head stuff. It’s all in good fun, I figure. But these attacks that I’m only now getting on Greenspan’s case? Well, it’s getting on “my” case. Because it’s not true — not true at all. I want …
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Bob Dylan | William Kennedy and Frank McCourt| Harry Potter Bob Dylan Celebrates New York “You don’t have to ask me how I feel about this town,” Bob Dylanshouted at his sold out Madison Square Gardenshow last night. “Most of these songs were written here and the ones that weren’t …
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Rudy Giuliani| Donna Hanover| Rings Beats Ali Time‘s Man of the Year No Jersey Guy New York’s exiting Mayor Rudy Giulianiis not moving to Paramus, New Jersey. The Time MagazinePerson of the Year is so popular right now he’s certainly wanted in a lot of locales. Yesterday I was told …
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WASHINGTON – President Clinton may wonder if next month’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin is really worth the effort. Clinton is trying to pave the way for a limited missile defense system to protect against launches from rogue nations that liberals don’t think is needed, and conservatives don’t think …
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As some of you might have surmised, I’m a black-and-white kind of guy. I see things starkly simply — some might argue too simply. But it helps when it comes to complicated issues because I don’t see them as complicated. Take Social Security. It is broken. You might not see …
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Guilty. Fourteen-year-old Nathaniel Brazill has been convicted of second-degree murder. That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. Nathaniel would have gotten life in prison if the jury had convicted him of first-degree murder. Now he faces 25 years mandatory in prison. This is fair. The jury did the …
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