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Regarding the new lawsuit to try and block President Bush from sending in the troops to Iraq, a lawyer friend writes to me: “There is a question on every bar exam about it—the president wishes to send troops to (fill in the blank)…..what must he do? Obtain Congressional approval? NO!!!!! That’s only for a war… Continue reading

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The remains of the astronauts of the Shuttle Columbia have been identified and are being returned to their families. God rest them. It’s morbid to contemplate, but you can’t help wondering, what does remain after disaster like that?

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From the latest New Republic: On “Meet the Press” in January, Tim Russert reminded the freshly reinvented presidential candidate of four episodes in his past: His 1987 conviction for defaming a man he accused of raping Tawana Brawley; his 1993 conviction for tax evasion; his 1995 incitement against a Jewish store owner in Harlem, which… Continue reading