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Atlanta Braves: Greg Maddux was tagged for nine runs, walked six and had an error in just four innings Friday as the Cleveland Indians routed the Braves 9-2. How rare was the beating? Maddux has never allowed nine runs in a regular-season or postseason game. The last time he walked six batters in a regular-season game was June 1, 1994 at St. Louis -- but he allowed no runs and won the game. In fact, Maddux has walked six or more hitters just seven times in 501 career starts in the regular season; he's walked six on six different occasions...

<p>WASHINGTON - "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall."</p> <p>This week, this old nursery rhyme has taken control of this column. From Washington to Pittsburgh by way of New York City and Los Angeles with important detours to China, Japan, India, Mozambique, Croatia, England, Germany and elsewhere in the world, we have been watching and reading about the great fall of Enron.</p>

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush (news - web sites) has been focusing more attention on labor issues of late, much to the chagrin of major union officials. Bush has repealed a Clinton-era rule favored by unions that prevents the government from awarding contracts to businesses that have broken environmental, labor, tax or other federal laws. He also has threatened a recess appointment of conservative labor lawyer Eugene Scalia, son of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia (news - web sites), to inspector general at the Labor Department (news - web sites). The Bush administration also has announced plans to eliminate ...

<p>We own the sky. We own the night. We can strike anywhere in the world. Only we can stop us. Our enemies have come to appreciate this. We must, too, or we will squander a historic opportunity.</p> <p>The U.S. military is -- absolutely and relatively -- the most powerful fighting force in the history of the world, and our relative superiority is likely to grow. The nation with the next best armed forces is Britain. But the British army, navy and air force put together are smaller than -- and not as good as -- the U.S. Marine Corps.</p>

I gave a little talk at the Fabiani Society in New York last night. If you haven&#146;t heard of the Fabiani Society, you&#146;re forgiven &#151; so long as you are not a movement conservative living in New York City who loves hard-core conservative wonkery, tomfoolery, and hootenanny. Named (with all the mockery and scorn one can muster in a free and democratic society) after Mark Fabiani &#151; the now-forgotten Clinton administration official who wrote the now-forgotten memo denouncing the &#147;vast right-wing conspiracy&#148; which now runs the country &#151; Fabiani Society meetings have a certain classical feel to them. You see, ...

Document Body Page Navigation Panel Pages 1--41 from books oxboroughhart-rudma Page 1 2 THE HART-RUDMAN COMMISSION AND THE HOMELAND DEFENSE Ian Roxborough September 2001 1 1 Page 2 3 ***** This study was funded under the U. S. Army War College External Research Associates Program (ERAP). Information on ERAP is available on the Strategic Studies Institute Homepage. ***** The views expressed in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the U. S. Government. This report is approved for public ...

JERSEY CITY, Oct. 18 — At almost every campaign stop, Bret D. Schundler recounts how he held property taxes down in his eight and a half years as mayor here by reforming government to make it more efficient. He impresses audiences with the story of how he closed a $40 million structural deficit soon after taking office. He says he did it all even as the state was drastically cutting its aid to Jersey City, simply by learning to do more with less. These claims — along with the resurgence of Jersey City's economy, its booming waterfront, and its plummeting ...

TRENTON, Oct. 18 — In their third contentious debate in the New Jersey governor's race, James E. McGreevey and Bret D. Schundler finally found common ground tonight: they both refused to forgo negative campaigning and attack ads, saying voters would be better served if they fought a bruising battle that highlighted their many disagreements on public policy issues. "I understand the intent of your question," Mr. McGreevey, the Democrat, said. "But I want to show that there are differences. Part of the reason American democracy works is because there are differences." He added, "People need to understand those differences in ...

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful Abortion is Murder, No ifs or buts... [Editor's Note: This is a reply to an article by Mr Edip Yuksel called "Abortion is Murder if......" in which the author expressed his opinion that abortion should be permitted in the first three months of pregnancy.] "Have you noted those who claim that they believed in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, then uphold the laws of idolatry? They were commanded to reject such laws. indeed, It is the devils wish to lead them far astray 4:60. ...

Attempting to appeal directly to potential voters, Bret Schundler this week took out full-page advertisements in various newspapers around the state and mailed a biographical video to 250,000 independent voters. The newspaper advertisement, which appeared in The Press of Atlantic City and other state newspapers Tuesday, focused on the New Jersey's response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and his plan to prepare for needed responses in the future. A picture in the advertisement shows Schundler sitting with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, obviously tying his candidacy to the current popularity of the president in this time of ...

<p>There were these footnotes to the story of America's war on terror.</p> <p>Those anti-globalization protesters who planned to disrupt the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund this weekend in Washington had no trouble adjusting to the cancellation of those meetings.</p>

September 29 By Gerry Daly September 26, 2001 In any social movement there is a vanguard and a mass. On one side, the vanguard, are groups of people who are more resolute and committed, better organized and able to take a leading role in the struggle, and on the other side, the mass, are larger numbers of people who participate in the struggle or are involved simply by their social position, but are less committed or well-placed in relation to the struggle, and will participate only in the decisive moments, which in fact change history. The Marxist theory of the ...

September 29By Gerry DalyPublished September 26, 2001In any social movement there is a vanguard and a mass. On one side, the vanguard, are groups of people who are more resolute and committed, better organized and able to take a leading role in the struggle, and on the other side, the mass, are larger numbers of people who participate in the struggle or are involved simply by their social position, but are less committed or well-placed in relation to the struggle, and will participate only in the decisive moments, which in fact change history. The Marxist theory of the vanguard, in ...

A plane from Austin was surrounded by police on the tarmac in Chicago at O'Hare. 3 in custody after demonstrating suspicious behavior. The luggage and plane are being swept now. American Airlines flight 528.

Quiz on Terrorist Organizations By Gerry Daly September 17, 2001 Here is a little quiz for determining if you have the requisite skills and outlook to be a member of the major United States media. The quiz involves one question. Ready? Pencils up! What commonality, other than them all being terrorist organizations, can be found between these groups? Sinn Fein. Northern Ireland's nationalist terrorist organization. In 1969, it split into official and provisional wings, each working towards the same goal via different means. The Marxist oriented official Sinn Fein eventually became the Worker's party, while the provisional wing continued to ...

No different from the rest of our nation, players from the New York Jets have sat paralyzed in front of television sets watching the horrific fallout from the terrorist suicide attacks on the World Trade Center towers. Different, however, from many others around America is the effect the Jets players are feeling from the sickening tragedy. Some players, such as Curtis Martin and Vinny Testaverde, are still awaiting word from friends of theirs who worked in the towers. Some, like Wayne Chrebet, have been spending countless hours with close friends whose loved ones are believed to be lost in the ...

DO NOT POST ANY MILITARY INFORMATION YOU HAVEIt is imperative during this time period that no one and I mean no one post any information they have about our military except to report on the crash of the plane at the Pentagon. There have been several postings tonight giving information about bases near where they live -- please do not discuss your local bases on the open forum. Use freeper mail to people you know. Our men and women of the Armed Forces will most likely be put in harm's way soon enough without our telling people what is going ...

Tilling Common Ground In The Garden By Gerry Daly Conservatism has long been a political movement with many different factions. Pulling all of them together often is akin to trying to herd cats. Not only do each of the cats have an independent streak that says "follow me, my way is the right one", many cats simply do not like each other. Try getting a paleoconservative and a neoconservative to get along and you will quickly see this truth. This is problematic, since in the political realm as in many others, there is strength in numbers and power in alliances. ...

The Decision's Keyes The recent decision by President Bush regarding embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) has spurred considerable comment and debate from across the political spectrum. Pro-life conservatives who feel that the President's decision was wrong have found a voice to rally behind in Dr. Alan Keyes. Dr. Keyes has pulled no punches in his condemnation of the President's decision, and within conservative circles and discussion forums there has been heated debate that has threatened to cause a lasting fissure in the conservative movement. Dr. Keyes is someone who's positions I have often agreed with completely. Some of his advocates ...

On Thursday, September 13, former attorney general Janet Reno will speak at Baylor's Ferrell Center at 7:30 P.M. Tickets go on sale on August 20. Her speech is part of the President's Forum, a Baylor-sponsored lecture series that has brought Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes, and the commentators of PBS's The McLaughlin Group to campus. Reno's impending visit has been the most controversial so far, said Larry Brumley, Baylor's associate vice president for external relations. "The president wanted to have speakers in the series who would provoke discussion about issues," said Brumley. The Reno appearance is a ...