It's impossible to adequately sum up any year, and 2002 is probably
more difficult than most to grasp. Bursts of militaristic fervor bracketed
the 12 months, which began in the terrible aftermath of 9/11 with the
United States...
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26 December 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- I got out the quote-box for today's column, on the theory that we could all use a little more insight and humor at this season than one measly journalist can provide. I suppose you could call this a cheap column, but I...
24 December 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- Cheap irony and Christmas don't go well together. Christmas and war is another bad combination. But there it is. The only president we've got went down to the Capitol Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C., the other day for a...
23 December 2002
When they realized that Sean Penn had arrived in Baghdad unannounced,
the Western journalists in the city were taken aback. But they ultimately
seemed more surprised by the great distance between media images and the
man they actually...
19 December 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- All right, fellow procrastinators. Of course, we have days to go before Christmas -- no point in precipitously plunging into purchasing yet. On the other hand, it is not too soon to begin thinking about just how long we...
13 December 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- Gosh, I'm feeling ever so much better about the economy with the new Bush team on the job. William H. Donaldson to head the Securities and Exchange Commission: just the man to take on the Establishment! Founder of the Wall...
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