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What's become of Teresa Heinz Kerry? Preceding its Women Who Make a Difference Awards Dinner on March 1, the National Council for Research on Women is featuring "a conversation with Teresa Heinz," chairwoman of Heinz Family Philanthropies and, up until Election Day, the highly visible better half of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. "Teresa Heinz will speak to her commitment to women's economic security, including Social Security and retirement," writes the council, not bothering to mention her married name in several references. "I just checked, and she no longer uses her [entire] last name; only during the [presidential] campaign did she...

Paris on the Potomac Next May through September, the National Archives will present the exhibition "Paris on the Potomac," spotlighting Americans whose encounters with France have affected diplomatic, political, military or cultural life at pivotal moments in U.S. or world history. "Diaries, journals, photographs and film from the National Archives illustrates how these individuals felt about Paris or how Paris felt about them," says a sneak preview of the exhibit sent to Inside the Beltway. Since he is still serving his first of what will be two terms as president, and his official -- and unofficial -- correspondence with France...

'Freeper' sued President Bush's 60-million-vote re-election triumph might have helped Inside the Beltway readers forget those 36 days in late 2000, when it seemed that Al Gore's squads of lawyers might deprive Mr. Bush of his narrow victory in Florida. Providing moral support for Mr. Bush during the Florida recount nightmare were members of FreeRepublic.com. The "Freepers," as they call themselves, staged pro-Bush demonstrations across the country, from Palm Beach County to Washington, D.C., — where their chants of "Get out of Cheney's house" reportedly were loud enough to rattle Mr. Gore's nerves inside the vice presidential residence at the...

Tonight on Booknotes Washington Times columnist, John McCaslin, brings his unique and successful column to a full-length format in this collection of Washington’s funniest, strangest, and most touching stories. For more than a decade, John McCaslin has covered the Beltway beat for the Washington Times, in his extremely popular, widely quoted, award-winning column. Now, in his new book, McCaslin explores a vast array of little-known political tidbits, using humor, touching stories, and exclusive inside details to show readers exactly how the political game is played, revealing the humanity (for better or worse) of today’s biggest politicos. With his characteristic blend...

Walking U.N. [. . .] excerpt. . . New research by Burke's Peerage reveals that Mr. Kerry is the only presidential candidate in U.S. history who has genealogical descent from Muslims, Jews and Christians. "Senator Kerry ... is a virtual walking United Nations," says Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's. Mr. Kerry is kinsman of the Shi'ite shahs of Persia (the most famous was Shah Abbas I, who reigned from 1587 to 1629), as well as the Muslim kings of Tunisia, all of whom — Democratic presidential nominee included — descend from the prophet Muhammad.

Perhaps Sen. John Kerry does have an advantage after all over President Bush in understanding the complex political issues of the Middle East. New research by Burke's Peerage reveals that Mr. Kerry is the only presidential candidate in U.S. history who has genealogical descent from Muslims, Jews and Christians. "Senator Kerry ... is a virtual walking United Nations," says Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's. Mr. Kerry is kinsman of the Shi'ite shahs of Persia (the most famous was Shah Abbas I, who reigned from 1587 to 1629), as well as the Muslim kings of Tunisia, all of whom —...

During a 1997 debate on CNN's "Crossfire," Sen. John Kerry, now the Democratic presidential nominee, made the case for launching a pre-emptive attack against Iraq. So reveals Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, who appeared with Mr. Kerry on the program.Mr. King says the U.N. Security Council had just adopted a resolution against Iraq that was watered down at the behest of the French and the Russians. Yet the candidate who now criticizes President Bush for ignoring French and Russian objections to the Iraq war blasted the two countries, claiming that they were compromised by their business dealings with Baghdad.

During a 1997 debate on CNN's "Crossfire," Sen. John Kerry, now the Democratic presidential nominee, made the case for launching a pre-emptive attack against Iraq. So reveals Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, who appeared with Mr. Kerry on the program. Mr. King says the U.N. Security Council had just adopted a resolution against Iraq that was watered down at the behest of the French and the Russians. Yet the candidate who now criticizes President Bush for ignoring French and Russian objections to the Iraq war blasted the two countries, claiming that they were compromised by their business dealings with...

Coloring our world If anybody cares to send Inside the Beltway a George W. Bush coloring book, we'd be delighted to color it. In the meantime, pass the crayons, as we delve into "A Child's-Eye View of John Kerry," by Dougie's Books of Upland, Calif.Our favorite page shows Mr. Kerry standing next to his SUV, explaining that he doesn't own the gas-guzzling vehicle, his family holds the title. But let's start from the beginning. "John Kerry has lots of big houses everywhere that his wife bought," children read. "They go in their own jet and don't have to sit next...

In an article today on fox & friends written by John McCaslin , John McCaslin said that Kerry submitted a report saying he had a dog who was blown off the boat from a bomb, but no veterans remember seeing a dog, this could lead to uncover more lies by John Kerry.

August 25, 2004 Posted at 12:30 PM, Pacific DID THE DOG GO INTO CAMBODIA? DID THE DOG BARK AT THE CIA MAN, THUS PROMPTING THE CIA MAN TO GIVE KERRY THE HAT? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOG? This Washington Times story by John McCaslin raises a host of new questiosn for John Kerry: "VC surfaces A new four-legged angle -- actually a dog named "VC" -- has suddenly materialized surrounding Sen. John Kerry 's swift boat service in Vietnam. In a 2004 presidential candidate questionnaire for Humane USA, Mr. Kerry was asked whether any pets have had an impact on...

VC surfaces A new four-legged angle — actually a dog named "VC" — has suddenly materialized surrounding Sen. John Kerry's swift boat service in Vietnam. In a 2004 presidential candidate questionnaire for Humane USA, Mr. Kerry was asked whether any pets have had an impact on his life. "I have always had pets in my life, and there are a few that I remember very fondly," Mr. Kerry replied. "When I was serving on a Swift Boat in Vietnam, my crewmates and I had a dog we called VC. "One day as our Swift Boat was heading up a river,...

I just caught the tail end of an interview with a columnist whose name I didn't catch, who said that John Kerry answered a written question about his favorite dog with yet another lie about his four months on the swift boats. I remember reading that Kerry's answer to the question began, "When I was in Viet Nam..." Well, he said they had found a dog in VN and named him VC. Now, the story goes, VC was on the swift boat with them when the boat hit a mine. The dog was thrown from the boat, flew through the...

    Hold the bacon     Apart from Hurricane Charley, we've been following a most intriguing story out of Orlando, Fla., where a woman says she was fired from her job because she ate a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich at work, offending Muslim employees.     According to the Orlando Sentinel, Lina Morales has filed a religious-discrimination lawsuit against Rising Star Telecommunications, saying she lost her administrative position because she violated a policy banning pork and pork products from the workplace.     She says the rule "constitutes religious discrimination because it is based in Islamic law for the benefit of some Muslim employees who were...

The Beltway Beat has confirmed that an "incident" is under investigation at the Alexandria Detention Center involving accused terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui and his reported use of a personal cell phone belonging to a jail employee. A source close to the Alexandria Sheriff's Department tells this column that he was told yesterday that the phone belongs to a sheriff's deputy who has guarded Moussaoui, the so-called "20th hijacker" being held under otherwise-tight security. "He (the deputy) is accused of allowing Moussaoui to use his cell phone to make personal calls," says our source, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "The guard...

Inside the Beltway By John McCaslin Bush 1, Kerry 0 Louise R. Kilcullen knew the end was near, so the 86-year-old Alexandria woman, who died last Wednesday, made sure she voted by absentee ballot in the 2004 presidential election (we have it on good authority she cast her vote for President George W. Bush). "She was kidding around ... in the hospital that she wouldn't be around on November 2, and she wanted to make sure she voted before she died," the Rev. Dennis Kleinmann, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Old Town Alexandria, tells Inside the Beltway. "I'm...

<p>The family of U.S. Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone was shocked to learn that video footage of the major's Arlington National Cemetery burial was included by Michael Moore in his movie "Fahrenheit 9/11."</p> <p>Stone was killed in March 2003 by a grenade that officials said was thrown into his tent by Sgt. Hasan K. Akbar, who is on trial for murder.</p>

Dismayed by "deepening divisions" in America and specifically the South, a dozen prominent white Southerners - historians and academics alike in cahoots with former President Jimmy Carter - have set out to retake the country. "Of course, other good books dissecting the Bush regime have appeared, but ours will be the first critique of the government coming out of the South's white liberal tradition, a segment usually lost in the overwhelming tide of the region's conservatives," Mildred Inge Wakefield, publicist for "Where We Stand: Voices of Southern Dissent," tells this column. The launch of this 12-essay anthology - penned by...

<p>U.S. travel visas, far more difficult to obtain since the September 11 terrorist attacks, were a hot topic of discussion when Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski met at the White House with President Bush earlier this year.</p> <p>"To improve the ease and safety of such travel, the United States will establish in Warsaw a program to pre-screen visitors traveling from Poland to the United States," Mr. Bush assured the visiting head of state, who had made clear that "millions and millions" of law-abiding Poles and Polish Americans were counting on improvements in the visa process.</p>

<p>It's been exactly one month since Brian J. Kennedy, communications director for the House Resources Committee, suspected that the Democratic Party was nearing completion of a four-part strategy to obfuscate simple supply and demand principles and obstruct passage of President Bush's national energy policy.</p>