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Alexander's call for a citizen legislature in Washington that would meet only six months a year became a lot less attractive to the G.O.P. rank and file after they swept into power in 1994. His demand on the stump to "cut their pay and send them home" remains a crowd pleaser. But congressional experts are worried that for government to function during the "off season," the President's power to commit troops and spend money would become enhanced far beyond the checks and balances the Constitution envisions. These uncharted waters seem a high price to pay for reforms that...
Council members will call 546 students and ask them if they think the council should accept the money from PepsiCo. They will then ask students to rank five choices ranging from having a free concert to giving the money to student groups to donating the money to a Burmese pro-democracy group, Wolinsky said...
...finally, the Jews and the State of Israel rank high on the Buchanan list of scapegoats. In 1989, he declared, "To orthodox Catholics, the demand to be more sensitive to Jewish concerns is becoming a joke. Referring to Congress as an "Israeli-occupied territory" and as a Parliament of whores incapable of standing up for U.S. national interests, if AIPAC is on the other end of the line," Buchanan has deservedly been subject to charges of anti-Semitism. Furthermore, Buchanan is known for his hyper-sensitivity to comparisons between him and Hitler--I wonder why. Is it because he referred...
Last year's revolt against the Clintons led by Newt Gingrich was all about the dislike, even hatred, that Talents and Lifers feel for Mandarins. Gingrich and some of his key lieutenants are failed Mandarins--recall that as a historian, Gingrich was denied tenure at a third-rank college--ho despise the Mandarin path for its air of self-satisfaction and for having been so blind to the abilities of Gingrich & Co. when young. When Gingrich rails against the corrupt "elite," he's talking about the Mandarins--and hitting a nerve. Mandarin resentment has enabled the Republican Party, whose home...
Sophomore forward Allison Feaster and co-captain Elizabeth Proudfit rank among the league's top ten scorers. Feaster is also second in rebounds, with an average of 9.6 per game...