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JACK Nicklaus's response to the bombardment of questions from deferential rookies at the US Masters has been to scribble down a list of the six most important shots to be struck at Augusta National. His compilation serves two important purposes: it provides an education for greenhorns while also shutting them up.

On February 2, 2003, when seven-year-old Danielle van Dam disappeared from her family home in the middle of the night, every mother’s nightmare was played out on national television for almost a month while authorities searched for the girl. When Danielle’s body was found at the end of that month, the police and prosecutors discovered a frightening story about a neighbor of Danielle’s who had computer files filled with child pornography and even a sickening cartoon video of the rape of a young girl. According to a report by Robert Peters, president of Morality in Media, on the link between...

Jim Moran (Democrat, Virginia) and some troublesome thinking.Representative Jim Moran (Democrat, Virginia) has issued an apology. Odds are pretty good you didn’t know there’d been a controversy, what with Moran being a Democrat and all, but some particularly interesting things were said by the Congressman about two weeks ago in a Reston, Virginia church. “If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this. The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going and I think...

Talking about the Jim Moran imbroglio regarding Jewish influence vis a vis the war, Pat Buchanan sticks his foot in mouth once again by refering to the Jewish lobby as the "Amen Corner". I like Pat, he is a patriot with a good soul. But is this not stupid? Egad.

Israel has asked the United States for $4 billion in aid and an additional $6 billion in loan guarantees, Israel Radio reported Wednesday. The request was made by Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz who is on a visit to the US. According to the radio Israel was initially contemplating a request of only $2 Billion in aid and the rest in guarantees. However, when the US gave Israel favorable signs regarding the request it was decided to ask for the full $4 billion in aid.

"U.S. AID TO ISRAEL" * * * Dear HonestReporting Member, This month's "Lack of Balance Award" goes to the Christian Science Monitor, for its article, "Economist Tallies Swelling Cost of Israel to U.S." (December 9, 2002) The article vastly overstates the size of American foreign aid to Israel, saying that Uncle Sam spends twice as much money backing Israel "in its drawn-out, violent dispute with the Palestinians" than it did on fighting in Vietnam. Charitable donations aren't spared the poison pen despite the fact that they're private, because the donations are a "net drain" on America's economy. The issue of...

Fifty-five years ago this week, President Truman helped create the Jewish State. How did it all happen and what would Truman think of the current situation? Revisiting Resolution 181. ..................................... The holiday of Thanksgiving and the festival of Chanukah share some interesting similarities. Both are anteceded by specific events; both are celebratory symbols of survival and endurance; both have come to represent hope and the promise of a better day. This year an unusual calenderic alignment has them both overlapping with the anniversary of yet another historic event. Fifty-five years ago, on November 29, 1947, the United Nations passed...

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