Well, the CBS Evening News has finally relented and initiatedcoverage of the Condit-Levy matter, and CBS has also done a poll in his California district. That’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. Sixty-five percent of his constituents believe Condit impeded the investigation into the disappearance of Chandra Levy. …
Read More »Targeting Our Kids
It’s not a good time to be a kid in America and that’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. The Factor is expanding. We’ll be reporting for the Fox Broadcast Network a few times over the next year and the first Factor special will be called The Corruption …
Read More »Lawmakers Debate Sending in the Troops at Home
WASHINGTON – For Americans, it’s a jarring sight: Uniformed soldiers, armed and dangerous, patrolling the train stations of New York, the bridges of San Francisco Bay and the streets of dozens of cities in between. It’s a sight common in much of the rest of the world, but one that …
Read More »Count Your Blessings
There’s an old expression that says, “count your blessings.” The idea is we should be grateful for what we have and grateful all the more for what we do not have. A woman named Sarah brought that point home to me today. She suffers from an incurable neurological disease, more …
Read More »Turning to Your Ex for Sex
NEW YORK – You’ve just been through the longest breakup on Earth, and are finally finished with your ex. Well, almost finished. Except for the sex. While some couples swiftly sever ties when the relationship ends, many succumb, again and again, to the familiar safety of their old flame. So …
Read More »Common Sense: Late to Bed, Early to Rise
How much do you sleep a night? Seven hours? Eight hours? A lot more? A lot less? The reason why I ask is because of a story in USA Today that purports to show the nation’s leading CEO’s get hardly any sleep at all. One guy, we’re told, is lucky …
Read More »Presidential Commission Mulls New Cigarette Tax
A presidential commission on tobacco wants to boost cigarette taxes by 17 cents a pack — a 50-percent increase — to pay farmers to stop growing tobacco. The commission, created last September by President Clinton and made up of tobacco growers, anti-smoking advocates and economic development experts, released a report …
Read More »The Immigration Bill Goes Down in the Senate
The immigration bill goes down in the Senate. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” The failure of the bill was not a partisan issue, 15 Senate Democrats joined 37 Republicans in driving a stake through the plan. Many politicians are down right scared of the folks …
Read More »FOX 411: Kelly Clarkson: 'My December' Trouble
Kelly Clarkson: ‘My December’ Trouble | Diddy Dallies; Davids Divide Fox 411: Kelly Clarkson: ‘My December’ Trouble Get ready for Kelly Clarkson as … Courtney Love. Clarkson’s new album, “My December,” is causing more trouble than anyone could have guessed. The album, Clarkson’s third, is at the center of a …
Read More »The Scientific Legacy of Sputnik
Fifty years ago this week, Sputnik chief designer Sergei Korolyov watched as a modified Russian missile launched into space from Kazakhstan’s lonely steppes carrying a very special payload. Sputnik 1 (“traveling companion” in Russian) was about the size of a basketball and weighed about 180 pounds. It was equipped with …
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