The Republican Party no doubt figured it had gotten rid of a nasty problem when its U.S. Senators elected William Frist of Tennessee as majority leader to replace the disgraced Trent Lott. After all, Senator Frist has been declared, by himself and by friends in the media, as nothing less than the Beltway’s answer to Read More
Yes, he’s a lifesaving heart surgeon and media star, Bill Frist, the Republicans’ new Senate Majority Leader. And he’s on the fast track to move up to Vice President in 2004 (depending on the health of the current heart-patient incumbent) and maybe President thereafter. All the more reason to spend a little time looking at Read More
What is our state of mind? What is the enemy’s? How do these affect our prospects?
In Month 1 after the attack, almost everyone responded well: sad, united, angry. Month 2 hasn’t been so good, thanks to the anthrax scare.
The deaths we have suffered are grave, and since they were caused by weapons Read More
After the Group of 8 summit
meeting in Genoa, President Bush met with the Pope, who asked him not to permit
embryonic stem-cell research (ESCR). It might have been more timely for the
Pope to ask the Italian police not to shoot demonstrating anarchists, but Italy
is a modern secular nation and believes in maintaining Read More
In the midst of the questions swirling around Congressman
Gary Condit and the disappearance of Chandra Levy, The Wall Street Journal published a glowing article on Senator
William Frist, Republican of Tennessee, writing that he was shining proof that
Congress was not composed entirely of “lowlifes.” It seems that Journal columnist Al Hunt had dinner Read More
