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TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: Maggie GallagherQUICK LINKS: HOME | NEWS | OPINION | RIGHTPAGES | CHAT | WHAT'S NEWtownhall.comMaggie Gallagher (back to story)September 11, 2001Boundaries: what a chappaqua stripper can teachA little more than a week ago, according to police reports, a woman named Nicole walked into the Wiens' house with a bottle of whipped cream and some sex toys, looked around at the mob of boys and girls, and said something like, "Aren't some of these a little young for my act?" The rest is history, yet another chapter in the Chappaqua, N.Y., sex diaries. Chappaqua is a nice ...

TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: William F. Buckley, Jr.QUICK LINKS: HOME | NEWS | OPINION | RIGHTPAGES | CHAT | WHAT'S NEWtownhall.comWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. (back to story)September 11, 2001The grief of Senator DaschleSen. Tom Daschle, looking as if he were struggling to avert his gaze from the sack of Rome, tells us on television two or three times every day that he cannot stand the mere thought of it, that Candidate Bush would say one thing about Social Security and the fiscal surplus and contemplate, now, something else. The thought of a politician contradicting word by deed is too much for ...

<p>FRESNO, Calif.  — In the strongest sign yet that Rep. Gary Condit won't seek re-election, his political ally and protege Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza plans to run for his seat, a state senator said Monday.</p> <p>"As of today, [Cardoza's] running for Congress," said state Sen. Don Perata, an Oakland Democrat who has a leading role redrawing political boundaries.</p>

<p>Failure to pay would hurt the Bush administration's standing among allies and strengthen the perception that the United States is "an arrogant solo player who doesn't care about the rest of the world," said Timothy Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation, which was created by a $1 billion gift from Ted Turner.</p>

Weapons Stolen from Top-Security Military Site Story by Paola Farer September 10, 2001 - 10:03pm The FBI is investigating the theft of high-powered weapons from a military installation in Nebraska. The theft was discovered on Saturday morning by military police. It happened at a missile alert facility in southwestern Nebraska, near Kimball. An M-16 machine gun and the grenade launcher for that weapon along with ammunition and an M-60 machine gun were stolen. No nuclear components were taken from the site. The missile alert facility is set up so crew members work in an underground area, the weapons are stored ...

Click here to browse our bookstore for great college resources. Or click the image to order. Heterosexist Housing by Matt Kaufman In case you thought the quest to accommodate gay activists had gone about as far as it could go, think again. At Swarthmore College near Philadelphia, co-ed dorms will be introduced this fall — for gay students. The Swarthmore alumni magazine reports that the college’s housing committee has endorsed a proposal made in December by one Timothy Stewart-Winter and members of the Swarthmore Queer Union. "Mandatory same-gender housing is heterosexist," the proposal argued, "in that it fails to ...

Transcript of Ari Fleischer Press Gaggle To Travel Pool U.S. Newswire 10 Sep 17:14 Transcript of Sept. 10 Press Gaggle To The Travel Pool By Ari Fleischer in Jacksonville, Fla To: National Desk Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2580 WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is the transcript of a press gaggle to the travel pool by Ari Fleischer: Office of the Press Secretary (Jacksonville, Florida) 3:28 P.M. EDT Q: -- reduction of Social Security? MR. FLEISCHER: The President is going to continue to keep his eye on the economy, because he believes that the economic recovery plan ...

OSCOW, Sept. 10 &#0151; Ronald Reagan liked to say, "Trust, but verify," in a world that bristled &#0151; and still does &#0151; with nuclear weapons. But the Russian defense minister, Sergei B. Ivanov, suggested today that Al Capone said it better: "It is much better to persuade someone with a pistol and a pleasant smile than without a pistol." With this flourish of Russian grit, Mr. Ivanov expressed Moscow's resolve to oppose America's missile defense plans on a day when President Bush was on the telephone to President Vladimir V. Putin. Mr. Bush was seeking to buttress their personal ...

MADRID, Sept 10 (AFP) - A Spanish journalist locked himself in an apartment in Madrid on Monday wearing only his underwear and with nothing but a credit card and a computer connected to the Internet -- all in the name of science. Inaki de la Torre, 28, from Quo magazine, has sworn he can last out a month locked alone in the flat living off food he can buy through the Internet. Alone in the apartment, which is connected to a water and electricity supply, De la Torre is expected to clothe and feed himself, find furniture and buy basic ...

LBUQUERQUE, Sept. 10 — It can be difficult enough for first- time candidates, informing voters who they are and what they stand for. Here in Albuquerque, the challenge for some is compounded by an unusual city charter statute that limits campaign spending on local elections. But as one of the seven mayoral candidates in a nonpartisan election next month, Rick Homans has won an early battle to remove the limits in a case that could reach the United States Supreme Court as the next big test of campaign spending as a protected form of free speech. "I've made a ...

ASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — The Treasury Department is considering letting some children take advantage of the tax break that resulted in a $300 rebate check this year for most other income-tax payers. The benefit would go to children who have sufficient income to file tax returns in their own names but who are claimed as dependents on their parents' returns. They were not entitled to rebates under the law Congress approved in May. But the law was not explicit on whether they could take advantage of a 10 percent rate, instead of a 15 percent rate, on the first ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican man whose Oklahoma death sentence has been criticized by the Mexican government won an indefinite stay of execution on Monday from the state's highest court, citing a ``serious matter'' of international law. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals acted on an appeal from defense lawyers seeking a new trial for Gerardo Valdez based on an international treaty and new evidence the lawyers say shows Valdez was mentally impaired at the time of a 1989 murder. The appeals court issued an order extending a 30-day stay granted last month by Gov. Frank Keating, who put ...

ASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — The National Academy of Sciences has concluded that arsenic is so dangerous in drinking water that stringent levels set by the Clinton administration and later suspended by the Bush White House were justified but perhaps not strict enough. Details of a report by the academy that were made available tonight by government officials, give the Bush administration little latitude in which to maneuver on this sensitive issue, one that even President Bush has acknowledged was a public relations disaster for his administration. For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency set an acceptable arsenic level of 50 ...

lizabeth Dole, a former presidential contender, plans to return to her mother's house in Salisbury, N.C., today to announce that she will run in 2002 for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jesse Helms, two Republicans said yesterday. Mrs. Dole, 65, will join a Republican field that is still in formation. But she received good news this weekend when former Senator Lauch Faircloth announced that he would not run for the seat. Mr. Faircloth, 73, lost election to a second term in 1998 but might have competed aggressively next year for the conservative votes that are ...

ASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — Key figures in both parties responded to the darkening economic outlook today by exploring possible compromises on additional tax cuts, and the Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee suggested that such a deal could involve the politically perilous step of tapping temporarily into the Social Security surplus. Pressure mounted on President Bush to drop his cautious approach to dealing with the weakening economy, much of it from within his own party. Republicans are voicing growing concern that the White House has underestimated public unease about the economy and the threat it poses to members ...

New York Settles Hells Angels Suit Over Police Raid NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has agreed to pay the local chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club a settlement that could reach $250,000 in return for dropping a civil rights suit alleging that police wrongfully raided its clubhouse, a lawyer for the group said on Monday. Under the agreement, filed in Manhattan federal court, the city will pay $194,570 plus attorneys fees and expenses to 14 Hells Angels members and associates in exchange for dismissal of the suit. Ronald Kuby, a lawyer for the group, said when fees ...

NII must support Nahariya suicide bomber's 2 widows, 10 orphans By Nina Gilbert JERUSALEM (September 11) - The widows and children of Muhammad Shaker Habeishi, the Israeli Arab suicide bomber who killed three people in Nahariya on Sunday, are now entitled to as much as NIS 10,000 a month in state support, National Insurance Institute Deputy Director-General for Benefits Yehezkel Bakal confirmed yesterday. Bakal said the law is "liberal and ensures equality among widows and children" and does not discriminate against relatives of those who have committed crimes against the state. "The law would have to be changed to prevent ...

OK Freepers, I can't believe it, but my oldest of three sons is a Sophomore in High School. He's attending a private prep school here in Austin. It's time for us to generate a list of colleges to survey. When pressed (slightly) he told me this evening that if he had to choose tomorrow he would major in History, Psychology, or Business. I'd guess he'll graduate in the second quartile of his tough school (no genius, but respectable), will score 1200-1250 on SAT, and has been reasonably active in outside activities/volunteer work. Let's assume total costs of $20K - $25K/year ...

GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 10, 2001 AP Dole at the 2000 Republican national convention (CBS) Elizabeth Dole will announce Tuesday that she is entering the race for the North Carolina Senate seat being vacated by Jesse Helms, reports CBS News Chief White House Correspondent John Roberts. Dole is expected to make the announcement at 1 p.m. ET in her hometown of Salisbury, said a Republican source. Salisbury is between Charlotte and Winston-Salem. "She is running. She's going to let everyone know then," said a GOP officeholder who had spoken to Dole earlier in the day. Dole was in Washington on ...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Elizabeth Dole plans to file papers Tuesday to run for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina next year, Republican officials told CNN Monday.</p> <p>"She told me, 'I'm definitely running and I'm going to campaign in all of North Carolina's 100 counties,'" said state GOP Chairman Bill Cobey.</p>