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American voters showed that they are "completely out of step with most of the free world," Carolyn Parrish said. The re-election of a war-mongering president shows Americans are "out of step" with the rest of the world, says a Liberal MP infamous for her blistering attacks on George W. Bush. Carolyn Parrish said Wednesday that she's "dumbfounded" by Bush's victory. "He has been reconfirmed as their commander-in-chief, and he is a war-like man." American voters showed that they are "completely out of step with most of the free world," Parrish said. "I guess it's a reflection of the profound psychological...

<p>Have Democrats in the Legislature noticed, perhaps, that the state has a budget crisis? If so, then why are they proposing expensive new education programs?</p> <p>A Thursday Register news article detailed how Democrats in Sacramento are piggybacking their new proposals on some welcome decentralization proposals being advanced by Richard Riordan, education secretary under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Mr. Riordan wants to send money directly to schools, give principals greater control over budgets and let schools determine the best way to meet state standards.</p>

Given the revolutionary changes in television technology over the past decade, it was bound to happen: Last month a seeming giant of the industry was under threat of being toppled from his throne. Some obscure functionary at the ABC network in Disney's vast empire had the temerity to conclude that Ted Koppel's once mighty "Nightline" program had become "irrelevant" to modern viewers. Citing the numerous 24/7 all-news cable channels like MSNBC, CNN and Fox for news junkies, and the pressures networks are having to retain and maximize viewership, it seemed the expedient thing to do – jettison Koppel's news-oriented program...