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So much for stealth candidates. So much for conciliation. In nominating U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. of the Third Circuit to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, President Bush has chosen a far-right jurist with a well developed and well known record. In the process, Bush has exacerbated the nation's culture wars, setting off what is likely to be a long and ugly confirmation battle in Washington and around the nation. Alito, whose legal opinions have earned him the nickname "Scalito" because they mirror those of the conservative Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, has...

The CBS reality show "The Amazing Race" concluded another contest last night. In an amazing display of p.c. B.S., it jumped the shark, in doing so. In the final leg of the race, the first place team, a white couple, was smart enough to beg their way on to a flight that was 1 hour and 15 minutes ahead of the flight the second place team, a black couple, appeared to have been trapped on to. In an amazing display of See-B.S. bull shiite, the black couple was actually able to get American Airlines to "ask" the captain of the...

Just signed up to see what The KKK and it's supporters are up to- as usual I found the most racist, sexist homophobic war monging hate mongering idiots I've ever seen gathered in one place all right here on this one website. It's good to know you assholes are can all be communicated to in one place- since most of you are illiterate and ignorant it will be easy to disseminate info to you redncek losers.

Well, as Grandma used to say, at least I still have my health. ... I often begin writing columns by interviewing myself. I did that yesterday, asking myself this: Why didn't I feel totally depressed after George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis, or even when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore? Why did I wake up feeling deeply troubled yesterday? Answer: whatever differences I felt with the elder Bush were over what was the right policy. There was much he ultimately did that I ended up admiring. And when George W. Bush was elected four years ago on a...