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PARIS, FRANCE--Notre Dame sits proudly in the middle of the River Seine, which winds its way through this ancient city. It is an impressive Cathedral, with its towering gothic arches and vaults, its captivating chapels, and its rich history. Although the French still celebrate July 14, when a rowdy mob of radicals freed some non-political prisoners from the Bastille, they are still sober about the excesses of the French Revolution. For one, they seem to realize that it was silly for those Revolutionaries to expel the Church from France and turn Notre Dame into the "Temple of Reason." Still, they...

...Mr. Bush... has called... for personal retirement accounts in Social Security. His opponent John Kerry, the darling of the self-regarding intelligentsia, called for the brain-dead policy of no change in a Social Security regime that any sensible person understands is in the long run unsustainable. Mr. Bush wants something better. Mr. Bush has also called for an expansion of market-based health-care reforms like health savings accounts. And he has called, in exceedingly vague terms, for broad-based tax reforms, freeing up savings from taxes to encourage investment and wealth accumulation. ...Mr. Bush... has risked giving his policy proposals too little political...

Updated June 3, 2003 11:48 PM Ex-coach charged with indecencyBy CRAIG KAPITANEagle Staff Writer A former high school coach in Livingston was arrested Tuesday for allegedly molesting two of his male students during weekend trips to Bryan. Shannon “Doc” Wheat, 39, admitted to several school officials — as well as the parents of both alleged victims — that the accusations were true, court documents state. He had been taking advantage of male students for more than a year, he is reported to have told school officials. Wheat resigned from the school district in March, after a third boy told authorities...

Hollywood has shown it's true colors again, only this time it is personal because they are making a covert effort to turn my kids against President Bush.

<p>In November, 1990, the United Nations authorized the use of force to expel Iraq from Kuwait.</p> <p>In January, 1991, the United States Congress authorized the use of force in accordance with the UN's decision.</p> <p>Overwhelming majorities of congressional Democrats opposed the resolution. In the House, 86 Democrats voted aye while 179 voted nay. Senate Democrats voted 10 aye and 45 nay. Only three Democrats outside the South voted aye - Connecticut's Joe Lieberman and Nevada's Harry Reid and Richard Bryan. The list of nays included such liberal icons as Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Patrick Leahy, and Tom Daschle.</p>