Always the political opportunist, on Wednesday Mr. Bush proposed expanding the Patriot Act to include the death penalty for terror-related activities, subpoena power without judicial approval, and suspension of bail for terror suspects. It is unclear how the proposals will fare in a Congress where Democrats and some Republicans have raised questions that the Patriot …
Alabama voters defeated a more progressive tax system (see below): “No one’s life is a complete waste. Some of us serve as bad examples. And Governor Riley is going to serve as a bad example,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. “Years from now, little baby Republican governors will be told scary …
Confession: I have a copy of Excitable Boy, probably purchased shortly after its release in 1978. I never listened to it thoroughly; for some reason it just didn’t click with me. So I don’t fit in with those who have sincerely felt the loss of Warren Zevon. I intend to give the album a fair …