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...Today, Columbus should by all means have made the list of things deemed politically incorrect. But Columbus floats in limbo between public reverence and public outrage. Children learn that some Indians died when he came to America, but not that, as Spain’s first viceroy in the New World, Columbus was directly responsible for their deaths. And we still honor this man with a holiday in his name...
...outright alarming: students who register in their college town could be ineligible to be claimed as dependents on their parents' tax returns and might be in danger of losing tuition scholarships. The problem, according to youth-voter advocates and the IRS, was that these dire warnings were incorrect. After widespread outrage, the registrars backed off. But experts worry that the resulting confusion could sour first timers on voting altogether. "It's creating somewhat of a chilling effect," says Steve Fenberg, executive director of the youth civic action group New Era Colorado...
...Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, his childhood hero (1986-1991) • Moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and got his first major TV role in 1985 with a spot on the sitcom Sara, starring Geena Davis. The show was soon cancelled. • Created his first show, Politically Incorrect, in 1993. It premiered on Comedy Central and later moved to ABC. Maher called it "The McLaughlin Group on acid." Jerry Seinfeld was a guest on the first episode and the show became a huge Comedy Central hit. • Published a novel in 1994 and has written four other books • Said...
...Politics: • Endorsed Bob Dole in 1996, Ralph Nader in 2000, John Kerry in 2004, and Obama in 2008 • Has called himself a libertarian and supports the death penalty, but usually espouses liberal views • Got into hot water after Sept. 11 for saying, on Politically Incorrect: "We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly." (The show was cancelled several months later...
...There's nothing inherently incorrect about that answer: Zardari, whose wife Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by al-Qaeda, isn't in league with Osama bin Laden, and the vast majority of Pakistanis oppose terrorism. The trouble is that the same could be said of nearly every country in the world. But anyone who has picked up a newspaper in the past few months knows that Pakistan is now home to al-Qaeda's top leaders and serves as the staging ground for the dramatic increase in suicide bombings in Afghanistan - and that elements of its security services are indisputably aiding...