AUSTIN, Texas -- For those interested in high points in the history of Bad Manners, there was rather a breathtaking moment last week when columnist and television pundit Bob Novak chose to use the occasion of Jimmy Carter's winning the...
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10 October 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- Have you lost your homeowner's insurance lately? Seven hundred thousand of us here in Texas have, after Farmers Insurance decided to pull out of the Texas market -- despite the fact that we pay the highest insurance rates...
08 October 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- We just lost the whole ballgame on corporate reform without the news even making it to the front page. The sick, sad tidings were tucked away discreetly on the business pages: "SEC Chief Hedges on Accounting Regulator."...
04 October 2002
News coverage of the United Nations gets confusing sometimes. Is
the U.N. a vital institution or a dysfunctional relic? Are its Security
Council resolutions profoundly important for international relations --
or beside the point because...
03 October 2002
AUSTIN, Texas -- One thing I have always admired about the U.S. military services is their ability to learn from their mistakes. They have institutionalized this ability in the form of remarkable After Action Reviews, which include...
03 October 2002
SAN FRANCISCO -- The conventional wisdom in Washington is that it's
pointless or reckless for Americans to speak with Iraqi officials. But
some on Capitol Hill are beginning to think otherwise.
Last month, for the...
Last month, for the...
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