IRVINE, Calif. - Marilyn Brewer, a leading Republican candidate for the nation’s only open House seat, stared into the TV camera and proclaimed her support for the president.
She was not talking about George W. Bush.
“I stand side by side with Ronald Reagan on less taxes and less government,” Brewer told voters at a candidate […]

WASHINGTON (Sept. 29) - The American public has doubts about whether the Bush administration policy of promoting democracy internationally will make the world a safer place.
A poll done at the University of Maryland found that just over a fourth, 28 percent, say they think the world is safer when there are more democracies, while more […]

By SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL
President Bush has no adviser more loyal and less self-serving than Karen Hughes. As governor of Texas, he trusted the former Dallas television reporter-turned-press secretary with the tending of his image and words. She was mother hen of his persona. In the White House, Hughes devoted heart and soul to Bush as his […]

In writing about the indictment of House Majority Leader, Tom Delay (R-Tex) I neglected to discuss the lack of Federal charges against him. However, due to the level of persistent screaming about DeLay’s indictment being strictly a political matter perpetrated upon the country by a Democratic district attorney, I felt that the issue of […]

NEW YORK A federal judge ruled today that graphic pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison must be released over government claims that they could damage America’s image. Last year a Republican senator conceded that they contained scenes of “rape and murder” and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said they included acts that […]

“THE HAMMER” TRIES TO AVOID “PERP WALK”
AUSTIN, Texas - The next step in the criminal proceedings against Republican leader
Tom DeLay is a trip to Austin to be fingerprinted and photographed.
DeLay was indicted Wednesday on one count of criminal conspiracy for his alleged role in a campaign finance scheme that helped give Republicans power […]

COVERAGE IS 20% BELOW AVERAGE FOR TIME OF YEAR: DESTRUCTIVE CYCLE COULD AFFECT EARTH’S WEATHER
Global warming in the Arctic could be soaring out of control, scientists warned yesterday as new figures revealed that melting of sea ice in the region has accelerated to record levels.
Experts at the US National Snow and Data Centre […]

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has given subpoena power to investigators looking into the stock sales by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, said sources familiar with the matter on Wednesday.
Moving to protect the Frist inquiry from any future criticism for not being thorough, the SEC changed its status to […]

A group called the Bible Literacy Project is unveiling a 392-page textbook Thursday entitled “The Bible and Its Influence,” which its members hope will be embraced by English, history and social studies teachers and form the basis of elective high school courses across the country.
The project’s founder is an investment banker from a powerful […]

The politics in America began shifting when the press finally sensed a chink in the armor built by Karl Rove. Rumors of his potential indictment caused some members of the fourth estate to begin looking into other places in the administration and other parts of the federal government to find more weakness. Then […]