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...DeLay, the Texas republican representative and former House Majority Leader, and his wife, Christine, sat down at their kitchen table in Sugar Land, Texas, on Monday with TIME White House correspondent Mike Allen to explain DeLay's decision not to seek reelection, and to give up his Congressional seat in the next few months. Joining the discussion were his campaign manager, Chris Homan, and his House press secretary, Shannon Flaherty...
Securing phony paperwork was part of the scheme, and corporate plant managers often knew in detail how the illegals got their papers. This was apparent in the following exchange between the undercover federal agent arranging for illegals and the manager of a Tyson facility in Glen Allen, Va. The manager is talking about a go-between named Amador who had delivered workers in the past...
...only thing that makes this Wal-Mart a green giant. There are photovoltaic shingles on the roof, exterior walls coated with heat-reflective paint and a high-tech system that automatically dims or raises the lights depending on whether it's sunny or overcast. Brent Allen, who manages the experimental store, says customers tell him all the time that "they drove out of their way to shop at this Wal-Mart." Which makes you wonder: If folks drive farther than they have to, aren't they burning extra gasoline in their pickups and SUVS? And isn't that offsetting...
...Animals,” James Rachels “The Expanding Circle,” Peter Singer “The Moral Animal,” Robert Wright “Passions Within Reason,” Robert Frank “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Woody Allen “Enemies: A Love Story,” Isaac Bashevis Singer “The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish” (in the collection “Strange Attractors”), Rebecca Goldstein...
...other Democrats in voting against John Roberts' Supreme Court nomination. John McCain has long been concerned about spending, but his loud rhetoric in recent weeks about cutting pork-barrel projects will help please conservatives worried that he is too moderate. Appealing to that same group, Virginia Republican George Allen has proposed to stop the paychecks for members of Congress if they don't finish spending bills by a specific target date and has proposed a constitutional amendment that would require Congress to produce a balanced budget...