You've heard of resume inflation? You've heard of people who lie about having Ph.D.s or Ivy League pedigrees in order to get ahead?
Bush Confesses to Waterboarding. Call D.C. Cops!
São Paulo, Brazil - As Israel celebrates 60 years of statehood this month, Palestinians are taking the opportunity to remember the catastrophic shattering of their society in 1948. It is not simply a question of recalling the past; they continue to struggle for self-determination and to have their rights recognized under international law.
Whew! I'm certainly glad to hear the "snippets" from Rev. Jeremiah Wright's sermons "in context."
Jimmy Carter returned from his visit to Hamas, having embarrassed his country, infuriated the Israelis, and accomplished nothing.
Creators Syndicate - You could see the pain, anger and frustration in Sen.
Why Is America So Mean?
Chicago Tribune, in an editorial: "For a man who so resents being summed up in sound bites, the Rev.
The senior U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, will have "all the time he needs," President Bush vowed earlier this month. But whether the United States has all the troops it needs — for Iraq, Afghanistan and other potential world hot spots — is another matter entirely.
Creators Syndicate - "This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper," wrote T.S. Eliot in the closing couplet of "The Hollow Men."
Medford, Mass. - The United States is fighting the "global war on terrorism" in the wrong way. The key to defeating Al Qaeda doesn't lie in trying to undermine its extremist ideology but in defeating its strategy. And right now, Washington has a historic opportunity to do just that.
Creators Syndicate - Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obama's spiritual advisor and former pastor, holds a charter membership in the white-man-done-me-wrong, things-remain-the-same, we-feel-your-pain club.
Al Franken, the erstwhile comedian turned U.S. Senate candidate from Minnesota, admits he owes $70,000 in taxes to 17 states for income derived from speaking engagements since 2003.
John McCain's broad appeal is grounded in his reputation as a candid man of principle, the rare politician who speaks uncomfortable truths, no matter the political cost.
Remember those days when your teacher unexpectedly called in sick? Some hapless substitute walked in, briefly struggled to teach a lesson and then surrendered class time to "study hall."
High Unemployment and High Inflation Make This Recession Different
Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 33 - 5/12/2008 - Last week's highly entertaining episode of the Jeremiah Wright Show didn't tell us anything new about the demagogic reverend. He stands by his sick notion that American foreign policy and jihadist terrorism are equivalent, his defense of Louis Farrakhan, and his wacky conspiracy theory that the AIDS virus was cooked up by the federal government.