THUMBS DOWN ON ATTACK ON HOLLYWOOD
Bob Dole,73, celebrated his wife's 60th birthday by doing something he admits he does not do very often. He took her to the movies. They went to see "Independence Day,"...
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BIRACIAL PEOPLE FEEL `BOXED IN’ BY CENSUS FORM
It wasn't exactly the Million Man March. It looked more like a Hundred People Picnic, lots of green grass showing between little clumps of families and well-wishers. All listened earnestly...
IN BAD TASTE
From San Francisco comes a story of life, liberty and the pursuit of pizza. In a blow they tout as a national model for fighting neighborhood discrimination, the city's Board...
BEING THE BUTT OF REEFER JOKES HAS ITS HIGH SIDE
When the subject of Bob Dole's tobacco money came up for discussion recently on "Politically Incorrect," the nightly political chat show on cable TV's Comedy Central channel, I heard one...
NEXT TO DOLE, CLINTON LOOKS DOWNRIGHT DECISIVE
When did Bob Dole move into the waffle house? The question haunts the stillborn Dole presidential campaign. Recent polls show that a majority of voters trust Dole more than they...
TEST RUN ON `FAIR’ REPRESENTATION
Justice John Paul Stevens provided one of the least publicized, yet most revealing moments in all of the Supreme Court's oral arguments over racial redistricting, according to Elaine Jones, director-counsel...
DEATH UNDESERVED
It is the stuff of which movies are made. A crusading journalism professor assigns his students to take six months and tackle an 18-year-old double-abduction and murder case. The professor...
HOW CAN WE STILL IGNORE SLAVERY IN THE SUDAN?
The challenge came from Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan and it has been answered. The challenge came back in March at the end of a press conference in Washington,...
ON THE OTHER HAND
Cognitive dissonance, a mouthful of a term, describes the the holding of two incongruous beliefs and attitudes in your mind at the same time. It is often linked to politics....
IT’S A MESS: LEGAL CONFUSION OVER REDISTRICTING
What a mess. Instead of clarifying the sensitive issue of racial redistricting, the Supreme Court's latest decision only makes it more confusing. It invites states to be sued if they...