Valley of the Dolls, Dallas| Adam Sandler| Richard Dreyfuss| Victoria Wilson| Goings On About New York Valley of the Dolls, Dallas Will Return There are few enough new ideas in Hollywood. Now comes word that my favorite TV show, Dallas, is coming to the big screen. Let the casting begin: …
Read More »Congressmen Visit Baghdad and Send Warning to the President
And now the most intriguing two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! Busting on Bush in BaghdadDemocratic Congressmen Jim McDermott and David Bonior, now on a trip to Baghdad from which they are criticizing Bush administration policy toward Iraq, were also opposed …
Read More »The Medicare Drug Benefit War
This week, it’s the Senate’s turn to consider its own unaffordable and unworkable version of a Medicare prescription drug benefit. Last month, the House narrowly approved the largest expansion of Medicare in 37 years. Few Capitol Hill observers expect any final measure to be enacted into law this year, but …
Read More »The President & the Corporate Scandal Situation
To watch “The Memo” click here. Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly, reporting tonight from Chicago. Thank you for watching us. We’ll have the latest in the Smart case in a moment. But first, President Bush is becoming a target in the corporate scandal situation. That is the subject of this evening’s …
Read More »Upping the Ante
Do you remember that Austin Powers flick, where Dr. Evil threatens to destroy the world unless he gets “a million dollars?” Then his son Scott pipes up and says a million dollars is chump change — if you’re gonna ransom someone, Dad, make it for something big. It was a …
Read More »Homelessness Back in Vogue
LOS ANGELES – The holidays are the time for eggnog, cheer and news reports of the down and out. So right on cue, the U.S. Conference of Mayors released the results of a survey last month reporting rising hunger and homelessness on the streets of America’s biggest cities. The Associated …
Read More »Phony Friends Phonier Countries
I remember once having this friend — at least he was someone I thought was a friend. To my face, he couldn’t have been nicer, or funnier. But apparently, he acted a little differently behind my back. Mocking my work, mocking my show, mocking this network. He was stupid enough …
Read More »'Tax on a Tax' Slams Middle Class
WASHINGTON – Some days, Nina Doherty worries that the Internal Revenue Service is going to seize her house. She owes them over $100,000 because of the alternative minimum tax, known as the AMT. “The IRS has sent me a letter more than once saying that they may put a lien …
Read More »Congress Considers Protection for Whistleblowers
WASHINGTON – Two lawmakers are introducing legislation Thursday to outline oversight jurisdiction at the Federal Bureau of Investigation that would also include increased protections for law enforcement agents who blow the whistle on misdeeds in federal agencies. Federal whistleblowers, members of Congress and activists turned out Wednesday to push the …
Read More »University Requires Reading of Koran
And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Required ReadingEntering freshmen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this year are being required to read a book of excerpts from the Koran, and not only to read it, but to attend …
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