Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Euros for Terrorists The insurgents in Iraq need money to keep attacking American and Iraqi forces and they’re getting some of it from a surprising source —- anti-American Europeans, who have started a campaign dubbed ‘Ten Euros for the Resistance” to provide …
Read More »Donkey Party's Assets Frozen
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Florida’s Democratic Party has had its assets frozen by the IRS (search) for failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in Social Security (search) and income taxes. The party owes about $124,000 in back payments and another $78,000 in interest and …
Read More »Madonna Sings About Kabbalah Founder
Madonna | David Gest | Jackie Wilson Madonna’s New Song About Kabbalah Founder Madonna likes to think of herself as being on the cutting edge, so she probably thinks a song called “Isaac” on her new album, about the founder of modern Kabbalah, is just the ticket. But Isaac Luria …
Read More »Alito Nomination May Bring Long-Anticipated Judiciary Fight
Just hours after President Bush nominated federal Judge Samuel Alito (search) to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, partisan warriors on Capitol Hill began preparing for a looming dogfight over the conservative jurist. In anticipation of what the White House hopes will be December confirmation hearings, Democratic lawmakers braced themselves …
Read More »Terror in Texas?
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Causes for Concern? President Bush’s approval rating (search) has dropped to 45 percent in the latest Gallup poll, down 7 points from a week ago. The figure represents his lowest approval rating in this poll since he took office. But the Gallup …
Read More »Violent Crime vs. Privacy Rights
As we reported last week, Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline wants 90 medical records of underaged girls and some women who have had abortions late-term for the women. Pro-choice groups and the liberal media are fighting Kline, saying privacy trumps criminal investigations. Let’s take a look at the facts and …
Read More »What to Do With Misguided Americans
Wendy, I’m withholding her last name, who lives in Michigan, wrote me an e-mail Wednesday night, saying: “O’Reilly, out of all the hate groups in America, you go after Ward Churchill (search) who speaks the truth. Have you read the real history of the USA? Attacks on this country, verbal …
Read More »True Colors?
This is to those congressmen still freaking out about not getting more advance warning about this errant plane over Washington on Wednesday: Shut up. While you were bitching, F-16 jets were flying over the Capitol (search) to protect you. Capitol Hill Police — paid a lot less than you — …
Read More »Battle Over Terri Schiavo Not Over
Terri Schiavo (search) is dead, but the family feud that launched a national debate is far from over. Schiavo’s death Thursday morning brought home the solemn point that at the heart of what was an intense, vicious feud was a woman lying on a hospice bed, unable to stand up …
Read More »Molesters Often Strike Again
Jessica Lunsford (search) and Jetseta Gage (search): two young girls recently kidnapped, molested and killed, allegedly by convicted, registered sex offenders who had served time and were back in the community. Criminologists say it’s all too frequent that the perpetrator in such cases is a pathological sexual predator, as is …
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