Zacarias Moussaoui may be put to death for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, a jury found Monday. The jury will consider in a second penalty phase that begins Thursday whether to recommend death or life imprisonment for the Al Qaeda devotee. The …
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Can we trust the polls? That’s the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” A new CBS News poll shows President Bush’s job approval rating at its lowest level ever, 34 percent. That is because of the continuing chaos in Iraq, the port controversy, and Dick Cheney‘s accident. The feeling …
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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Who Likes Hamas? With even the Arab League blaming Hezbollah and Hamas for the violence in the Middle East, it seems the terrorist organizations’ last bastions of support are Iran, Syria — and parts of California. Left-wing protesters chanting their support for …
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Brooke Shields’ Revenge on Tom Cruise | Star Actress Wanted for New Drama | Mercedes Rules; Warden Remembered Brooke Shields’ Revenge on Tom Cruise Brooke Shields has infamously crossed swords with Tom Cruise on the subject of psychiatry — the pint-sized film star openly criticized Shields for taking antidepressants to …
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Bush ‘Death’ Film | Toronto: All About Penelope Bush ‘Death’ Film: Placing a Target on the President? I’m guessing there are a couple of things Americans, no matter what their party affiliation or political ideology, really don’t want to see in a movie. One would be the assassination of a …
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Jacko Shirks Shrink | ‘Queen’ Rules Jacko Avoids Shrink Evaluation I told you last Tuesday in this space that Michael Jackson was on the verge of settling his custody agreement with ex-wife Debbie Rowe concerning their two children, Prince and Paris. Late Saturday, word came from the lawyers: The deal …
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Since Mr. Smith went down to Washington, Hollywood filmmakers have been using and re-using the concept of sending a regular guy inside the Beltway. From “Dave” to “Bulworth” to “An American President” (with lobbyist Annette Bening as the voice of reason in the White House), there has been no shortage …
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Going long will take on new meaning next week when an astronaut tees up and sends a golf ball flying from the International Space Station (ISS). ISS Expedition 14 flight commander Mikhail Tyurin will whack the golf ball as part of a six-hour spacewalk planned for Nov. 22, the night …
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Senator Barbara Boxer and the War on Terror. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” First of all, I’m not coming at this from an ideological point of view. There are some great liberal thinkers in America who recognize the grave danger worldwide terror is posing, but …
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I don’t think there is anything that so grips the living as images of the dead. The wrath of Mother Nature played out again and again on TV screens across the globe showing how 150,000 and counting lost their lives on this globe. I have little to add to all …
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