1.31.2004 Bill is pending to limit powers under Patriot Act. Ashcroft is against it. Pointer from Howard Bashman

1.31.2004 Waxman and Conyers re: Cheney and Scalia. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. A copy of their letter to Justice Rehnquist is here. Scalia has a duck blind spot. Sierra Club wants more facts. Pointers from Howard Bashman

1.30.2004 Farmer claims that plants from genetically modified seeds are spreading like weeds. See also this. Pointer credit to Kurt.

1.30.2004 "At the very height of terrorist peril, in a United States court, American law, under which third parties may not challenge the secretary of state's designation of an FTO, is supplanted by international law - and not the usual amorphous, kumbaya variety, but the kind that pointedly contradicts central U.S. policy. And all for the purpose of creating a loophole that enables useful idiots to help terrorist organizations better husband their resources." Andrew C. McCarthy in National Review Online Here - close to the bottom.
Pointer from Howard Bashman

1.30.2004 "the wife is to subordinate herself to the husband" and a woman "is to place herself under the authority of the man" in a marriage. Bush's judicial nominees. Pointer from Howard Bashman

1.29.2004 The stock market does better under Democrats.

1.28.2004 Here is an index of Paul Krugman columns. He writes:
"The real division in the race for the Democratic nomination is between those who are willing to question not just the policies but also the honesty and the motives of the people running our country, and those who aren't." Here
"More important, having a few months of good news doesn't excuse a consistent pattern of dishonest, irresponsible leadership. And that pattern keeps getting harder to deny." Here

1.28.2004 An interview with Paul Krugman and Richard Perle.

1.28.2004 Federal judges disparage Anti-Crime Law sentencing requirements. Pointer from Howard Bashman

1.28.2004 Supreme Court considers patients' rights to sue HMOs. Pointer from Howard Bashman

1.26.2004 Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional

1.26.2004 Clinton and Bush court appointments contrasted here.

1.26.2004 Another book report of "An End to Evil".

1.25.2004 Book report of "An End to Evil": "The Finality of Evil, America vs. Human Nature", by Jeff Taylor. Compares Perle and Frum's ideas to those of Dr. Jeffrey Reason. See 1.14.2004 at the bottom of this page.

1.23.2004 Halliburton and Cheney are reportedly under investigation for bribery: Short version -- Long version

1.21.2004 The French are trying to suppress head scarves, while Americans ban masks at public rallies.
Anderson Cooper says that he didn't know that the Klan was so interested in accessorizing. See this article from a secular Iraqi regarding the head scarves. (edit>find>"topic of the day") Topic of the day, [It's-my-right-to-cover-my-head] demonstrations

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