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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 …

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 — …

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 …

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 …

The “gimme” generation finally has a spokesmodel. She is 18-year-old Liesel Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt hotel chain. She is young, beautiful, and ostensibly, wealthy.She co-stars in movies with Harrison Ford (Air Force One) andplayed — prophetically, as it turns out — the title role in the 1995 Warner Brothers …

You know, it’s amazing to me the criticism this country’s been getting in the foreign press for these corporate scandals. The Financial Times writes, “another sad chapter in America’s wanton excess.” A Parisian investor sniffs, “they like to tell the world how to do things, but clearly can’t do it …

And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! From Politics Back to ShowbizCombining his two careers, law and acting, Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., is on track to be the new chief prosecutor on NBC’s Law and Order. The Hollywood Reporter says Thompson will join …

When you’re behind on your bills, do you cut your pay? Sounds silly, doesn’t it? Then why do states and countries behind on their bills, seriously consider cutting your pay by hiking your taxes? I’ll tell you why. Because it is easier to slap on a tax or a surcharge …

NEW YORK – Everyone knows the “Kevin Bacon” game, which relies on the theory that links a shoe salesman in Sparks, Nev., through a series of six or fewer relationships to, say, the president of the United States. But now, a Columbia University professor is testing the idea that there …

Columbine shooting survivor Mark Taylor is suing Solvay Pharmaceuticals alleging the anti-depressant drug Luvox made shooter Eric Harris psychotic and violent. U.S. District Court Judge Clarence Brimmer, hearing the case in Denver last week, ruled the lawsuit could proceed and Taylor’s two scientific “experts” could testify. One of Taylor’s experts, …