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Pork-barrel politics is one thing when the federal government is running surplus a la Bill Clinton. But now that the country is facing a huge and dangerous budget deficit, Congress still passed an omnibus spending bill filled to the brim with gratuitous appropriations. In the wake of another bumper crop of cash for the unnecessary to the absurd in pet Congressional districts, some belt-tightening has to happen somewhere. Congress’ latest bright idea? Cut Pell Grants to poor college kids to make up some of the difference...
Indeed, with Harvard’s bumper crop of plaudits rolling in, it seems Yale’s status as a safety school for kids who didn’t have the scores, the grades or the clean arrest record to get into Harvard is becoming even more obvious. The Times Higher Education Supplement just ranked Harvard the best university in the world. Continuing to sow the seeds of mediocrity, Yale scored, you know, a respectable eighth. Even Stanford, famous for resembling the world’s biggest Taco Bell, managed to score higher...
...October surprise came in June. Has there ever been a campaign development quite like Fahrenheit 9/11? Everyone had heard of campaign books, but suddenly we all woke up to the election-season power of a shrewdly timed ... documentary. Michael Moore's bumper car of a movie crashed into Bush from all angles while attracting the kind of box-office gross (U.S. numbers: $119 million) that usually goes to Adam Sandler pictures...
SELF-HATE Kerryhatersforkerry.com lampooned Kerry's tepid charisma. Sample bumper sticker: HE'LL FLIP-FLOP...
This year’s presidential race goes way beyond the usual buttons and bumper stickers-—the paraphernalia war has reached new levels of intensity. In a town like Cambridge, left-leaning paraphernalia is most common. And while the savvy shopper may find some conservative items for sale, Republicans may have to head to the internet...