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As the 2004 U.S. presidential election nears, there is no doubt the result will be crucial for America and the rest of the world. George Bush deserves his second term. John Kerry deserves to be beaten -- and the more resoundingly he is beaten, the better it will be for American democracy. Kerry is the poster-face of those Americans who drew the lesson from Vietnam that misuse of U.S. power is endemic because it serves an inherently exploitative capitalist economy. Vietnam made these Americans -- predominantly liberal and influenced by the radical left -- turn their backs on the foreign...

The American military must stay on the offensive if it wishes to end terrorism, Vice President Dick Cheney told airmen and their families at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, today. Cheney spoke at what many people consider the real birthplace of aviation. The Wright Brothers returned from Kitty Hawk, N.C., to their home in Dayton and used what is now the base to experiment with the Wright Flyer. Cheney said that same spirit of adventure continues at Wright-Patterson, now the home of the Aeronautical Systems Center. "You are helping our country keep that vital edge in aerospace technology," he said....

Melissa Gilbert. Wasn't she on Little House on the Prarie? Oh, her name is McDermott. Well, she has a BSc in Broadcast News from the University of Kansas, doesn't she? (A science degree in broadcast news?) She and her CBS husband, Todd, used to co-anchor the news in Kansas, didn't they? That's where the little house was, isn't it? (Or was that where the yellow brick road was?) Anyway, both Melissas make a living reading fictional scripts, don't they?. Quantico, Virginia – the woman in the gas mask laying on her side in the willows is not dead. She is...