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Radio talk-show host Hugh Hewitt today (3:30 PST, 2/4/04) made the comment that "I will never criticize anyone who served [in the military] and was honorably discharged." Oh, *really* Hugh? Then perhaps you will tell us why you felt it necessary to call Col. David Hackworth "a loser" last spring on your show? After a disagreement with Col. Hackworth during the Iraq War, Hugh and subsequent guests trashed Col. Hackworth. Then, weeks later, after the "fall" of Baghdad, dear old Hugh could not wait to list Col. Hackworth among his "list of losers." I know this is an election year,...

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 24 — To many people, President Bush — tax-cutter, born-again Christian, invader of Iraq — is the face of American conservatism. But here at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, many of the assembled are questioning whether he is conservative enough. Conservatives complain about the administration's spending on Medicare and education and its proposed spending on space exploration, its expansion of law enforcement powers to fight terrorism and its proposed guest-worker program for immigrants. To underscore the discontent, the American Conservative Union, which organizes the conference, held a dinner in honor of Republicans in the House of...

HOUSTON — U.S. Border Patrol agents, charged with enforcing the nation's border laws, are furious about President Bush's proposal to create a guest worker program for millions of illegal immigrants, union leaders say. In interviews this week, nearly three dozen current and former agents across the nation called Bush's proposal an insult to the thousands of men and women who have devoted their careers to fighting illegal immigration, including wave after wave along the California-Mexico border. The agents — many of whom otherwise support the White House — savaged the Bush proposal as a grab for Latino votes and a...

 "We're going for more. We're going for more." Such was Mexico President Vicente Fox's jubilant reaction to George W. Bush's proposal to grant de facto amnesty to an estimated 8 million to 11 million illegal aliens working in the United States, the majority of whom are from Mexico. President Bush believes that his plan "will make America a more compassionate, more human, and stronger country." In fact, this amnesty is neither compassionate nor just; it is simply a bipartisan assault on the public good.

Does anyone familiar with talk radio in the Southern California area know if George Putnam will be returning? He had mentioned coming back to KRLA but I have no information on the station's site and have had no response from them.