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The news of President Reagan’s death hit me hard. I was sitting here in my London flat, Sky News was on the television, chattering in the background as I was working on my laptop. Then the announcer said, “We’ve just been informed that President Ronald Reagan has died in his home in Bel Air, California.” Portrait of the Conservative as a Young Man This was not unexpected news. The fact that he had Alzheimers had become a background fact of life: the Great Man was making a long, slow march to the gates of Heaven, becoming one with eternity by...

Bill Clinton is supposed to publish his 900 page memoir before the November election.I'm surprised that no one has yet done this, it seems so obvious.Let's try to steal a little of his legacy building to guess who he will bad-mouth in an effort to make himself look less corrupt.He can say nothing that will make Willie look worse. He can say nothing that will make Hillie look worse. He can say nothing that will make the dems or any of their primary constituencies look worse. Who, then, can he vilify in an effort to make himmself look not quite...

<p>YES, “everyone” is to blame for 9/11. “Everyone” is also to blame for the outrageous, silly and counterproductive nonsense coming out of the 9/11 commission’s quest to assign blame.</p> <p>Let’s take the second point first. Bush made a strategic blunder by essentially insisting he would not do anything differently if he could relive the pre-9/11 months over again. This is not only obvious nonsense, it’s politically dumb.</p>

Clinton Defends Counterterror Policies in Meeting With Sept. 11 Panel WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Clinton defended his counterterrorism policies in a private meeting with the Sept. 11 commission and said intelligence wasn't strong enough to justify a retaliation against al-Qaida for the 2000 bombing of a Navy ship. Clinton met for nearly four hours with the 10-member bipartisan panel in a closed-door session shortly after the conclusion of national security adviser Condoleezza Rice's public testimony, broadcast live on national television. Commissioners described Clinton's testimony as frank and informative. Bob Kerrey, a former Democratic senator from Nebraska and now...

<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks isn't getting a full picture of former President Clinton's terrorism policies because the Bush administration won't forward all of Clinton's records to the panel, a lawyer said.</p> <p>Bruce Lindsey, Clinton's legal representative for records and a longtime confidant of the former president, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that only about 25 percent of nearly 11,000 pages have been turned over.</p>

<p>As if the difficulties of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan weren't bad enough, now Kosovo is back in the headlines.</p> <p>On March 24 five years ago, President Clinton ordered the bombing of Serbia to get that country's government, led by Slobodan Milosevic (currently on trial at the Hague as a war criminal), to stop oppressing the Albanian majority in Kosovo, a province of Serbia then and now.</p>

Teeth unravel Anglo-Saxon legacy By Paul Rincon BBC News Online science staff History books say Anglo-Saxons replaced the Britons in England New scientific research adds to growing evidence that the Anglo-Saxons did not replace the native population in England as history books suggest. The data indicates at least some areas of eastern England absorbed very few Anglo-Saxon invaders, contrary to the view in many historical accounts. Chemical analysis of human teeth from a Medieval cemetery in Yorkshire found few individuals of continental origin. Details of the work are described in the scholarly journal Antiquity. There are practices that are being...

After witnessing a weekend of self-congratulatory festivities marking the January 1st debut of Houston’s MetroRail transit system, the hometown newspaper’s editorial board could hardly contain its exuberance. “Viewed from any angle,” opined the Houston Chronicle, the kickoff celebrations were a sure “sign of good things to come.” To the board, itself a merciless campaigner for rail, the roughly 15,000 people in attendance suggested that a “large helping of crow” was in order for transit critics. Reports from Houston spread quickly causing the Arizona Republic’s editorial page to gloat “critics rail at light rail to no avail.” After all, what...

Gays in the Military (1993) "Don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding homosexuals reaffirmed and codified in military regulation. This revolutionary decision ushers in an era of reduced tensions in America regarding acceptance of homosexuals into society. Further, this renewed focus on the privacy of homosexuals' own affairs satisfies the needs of this group, and brings calm to a heated debate. World Trade Center Bombing (1993) Violence and terror strikes New York City as a horrific explosion detonates in the garage beneath the World Trade Center. A swift apprehension and just prosecution of the direct perpetrators of the act ensures that...

Sex, Lies, and... If a college professor graded Hil-LIAR-y's latest book, the grade should be......"INCOMPLETE!." It seems that this 'tell-all' memoir leaves out a few details that the American people deserve to know. For instance: TRAVELGATE: Hil-LIAR-y, along with David Watkins, moved to oust the White House travel office in favor of World Wide Travel, Clinton’s source of $1 million in fly-now-pay-later campaign trips. The White House fired seven long-term employees for alleged mismanagement and kickbacks. The director, Billy Dale, was viciously and wrongly charged with embezzlement, and was acquitted in less than two hours by a jury. The American...

Since this is Black History Month, I thought it might make sense to take a look at the latest controversy surrounding affirmative action - that is affirmative action for rich white people. That's what opponents call legacy admissions, the practice of giving the relatives of alumni and other big boosters special consideration when they apply to a college. With little public debate, the country is moving quickly to erase the practice from higher education, particularly at public universities. Sen. Ted Kennedy, a Harvard legacy, is pushing legislation requiring schools receiving federal money to disclose the race and income data of...

INTELLIGENCE FAILURE- THE REAL DEMOCRAT LEGACY The Church Commission, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton resulted it twenty-five years of intelligence mediocracy and ineptitude. We now are in the process of allowing yet another round of attacks on a Republican President trying to protect the United States and it's citizens. Sadly, the American people may well fall for the same simple-minded logic of retail politics, without consideration of the unintended consequences. The War on Terror actually began with the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. But as with all things Democrat, politics took priority. The dicision to launch a full...

Feb. 9 issue - John Kerry needed cash, and soon. In July 1996 the Massachusetts senator was locked in a tough re-election fight, so he was more than happy to help when he heard that a generous potential contributor wanted to visit his Capitol Hill office. The donor was Johnny Chung, a glad-handing Taiwanese-American entrepreneur. Chung brought along some friends, including a Hong Kong businesswoman named Liu Chaoying. Told that Liu was interested in getting one of her companies listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange, Kerry's aides immediately faxed over a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The next...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2001847694_satrdr31.htmlThe never-ending storyBy Max AlbertSpecial to The TimesIt seems some Democrats are these days blinded by fury, steering off the leftward cliff. "Gore Won in Florida!" bellows the Democratic National Committee's Terry McAuliffe; Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean wonders aloud if the president knew about 9-11 beforehand; and the mob clamors to burn (oil services provider) Halliburton at the stake for the unforgivable sin of charging for its services. Good grief, what ails these people? Never mind all the ballot reviews proving Gore would've lost whatever the decision of the courts to which he went running. Surely, they can't...

By now it should be evident, even to the casual political observer, that a major effort is underway to revise the entire history of the Clinton years. Throughout the mainstream media, Bill and Hillary are consistently being portrayed as "moderates," apparently to their own delight. While Bill is likely participating in this ruse largely for the sake of his legacy and his insatiable ego (one of several "insatiable" facets of his persona), to Hillary, such a "makeover" is absolutely essential if she is to have any hope of fulfilling her presidential aspirations in 2008. As is usually the case when...

STANFORD, CALIF. – History is a stern judge, and stingy, too. As Ronald Reagan once observed (quoting Clare Booth Luce), "no matter how exalted or great a man may be, history will have time to give him no more than one sentence. George Washington - he founded our country. Abraham Lincoln - he freed the slaves and preserved the Union. Winston Churchill - he saved Europe." What will George W. Bush's single sentence be? The answer is scarcely obvious. History often shows little respect for the most cherished opinions of contemporaries. Washington, to be sure, was first in the hearts...

A new year and another new Beatles release. This time it's a DVD documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the quartet's first American tour. Released early next month, The Beatles First US Visit promises "exceptionally candid footage" of a legendary event. It follows hard on the heels of last year's Let It Be ... Naked CD, which in turn followed the five-DVD Anthology box set, the Anthology book, the 1 CD compilation of "greatest hits" and the remastered Yellow Submarine DVD and "songtrack" CD. In fact, there has been a steady stream of Beatles product since 1994, when the Beatles'...

I spoke today with two of the principals involved in the Counter Clinton Library. If you are able to be of some help, they could use the help. With the Clinton Lie-Brary opening on Nov. 18, if this one is ready to go, it could get tremendous publicity. Here is info from their website.========================================== The Counter Clinton  "Dedicated to presenting the TRUE Clinton Legacy" HOME   Virtual Tour   Contributions   Word From Founders   Current Events   Endorsements   Freq. Ask. Questions   Gift Shop   Map to Library   Contact Us   Media Contacts   What People Are...

<p>Movie star-turned-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's first State of the State address and first budget overshadowed another historic political event this week: the retirement of Willie Brown after nearly 40 years in public office.</p> <p>Brown ended eight years as mayor of San Francisco on Thursday, turning over the office to designated successor Gavin Newsom. His mayoral reign followed 31 years in the state Assembly, a record 15 of them as speaker and the self-proclaimed "ayatollah of the Legislature."</p>

Legislators slam A&M over legacy admissions Role of family ties in acceptance called 'institutional racism' By TODD ACKERMAN Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Blood ties to alumni, sometimes known as the other affirmative action, are the deciding factor in the admission of more than 300 white Texas A&M University freshmen annually, according to data provided by the school. Such students -- known as "legacy admits" -- equal roughly the overall total of blacks admitted to A&M each year. Only a handful of black students a year are admitted because of legacy points. "That's a lot of kids being advantaged because A&M...