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...hearing, after eight years, "And now for the Democratic response." Dick Armey and Tom DeLay, standing next to each other, were bouncing up and down and looked like they would have hugged each other if they didn't think it would cause them to go to Hell. Meanwhile, Phil Gramm's body literally jiggled as he applauded. They just don't make cowboys the way they used to. Halfway through the speech, I realized that some guy named Dennis Hastert was sitting in Newt Gingrich's chair next to Dick Cheney, then I went back to ignoring...
...night: a big win for Steely Dan for their boring, old-school album "Two Against Nature." Grammy had passed over D'Angelo and Fiona Apple, sided with the bigoted but talented Eminem, and ended up with a winner that was several decades out of date. At an afterparty, Phil Selway of Radiohead suggested he was glad his band didn't win Album of the Year. "It was really Eminem's award. Nothing against Steely Dan, but people were expecting Eminem...
...without Clinton around, the protest wattage looks awfully low. Big Bad Bill's grandstanding skills were so formidable that GOP senator Phil Gramm on Thursday was blaming last year's pork-barrel budget on "Democrats working with the President." (Um, Phil, weren't you guys in the majority last year?) And this year the tax cut is coming the other way - from Pennsylvania Avenue to a still-unified Republican majority - and it's a few lower-income compromises away from winning over some Democrats as well...
...chairman's second trip up the Hill this year, this time for his semi-annual courtesy call on Phil Gramm's Senate Finance Committee, Greenspan started off with the good news. Though "for the period ahead, downside risks predominate," Greenspan said - despite some surprising January strength, including Tuesday morning's retail sales numbers - the long-term economic picture "remains quite favorable...
...concerns about Africa's AIDS crisis, for example, the IOP helped him create a group that seeks solutions to the epidemic. The IOP intends to conduct an Institute-wide effort to address the declining interest of youth in public service. One of our resident fellows, Politics Online President Phil Noble, will aid with these action-based projects. He plans to work with students to create an online tool-kit for activists who want to spread their message with the Internet. Noble will also work with students to encourage public officials to use the Internet to serve and connect with young...