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With the sure hand for snatching at defeat we’ve seen working ever since George W. Bush long ago alluded to all the accrued political capital he was going to spend on Social Security reform, the behind-the-scenes political savants of the Bush White House this Sunday gave the Times a story, which undoubtedly brought a smile to the face of every one of the president’s and the administration’s adversaries from Berkeley to Babylon. All members of the Presidential staff members are going to be required this week to attend “refresher lectures” on ethics and the handling of classified material. What could...

(Stepping up on soapbox) December 7, 1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor- result, men and women forming lines around the blocks outside the recruiting stations, including some of Hollywood's finest. There was: Gas rationing Food rationing Victory gardens Stars out selling Government Bonds Everyone collecting scrap iron Women with very baby fine hair (such as my mother) having their hair cut so it could be made into sights for the dropping on bombs on the enemy. Movies supporting the troops, the President, and the country and trying to lift people's spirits. America, Great Britain, countries all over the world united...

Cindy Sheehan, a fallen soldier’s mother whose pursuit of a meeting with President Bush made her a national anti-war figure this summer, will speak at the university Sept. 27 — a stop in her journey to attempt to talk with Bush. Sheehan drew national attention when she camped outside Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas for weeks, demanding to meet with him and discuss why his administration is still engaged in what she calls an “unjust” war in Iraq. Sheehan, along with university professor Shibley Telhami and antiwar activist Kevin Zeese, will speak at 8 p.m. next Tuesday at the Memorial...