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...Attorney General Alberto Gonzales admitted when pressed about the purge of eight U.S. Attorneys viewed as unfriendly to the Administration. "Mistakes were made," President Bush agreed the next day. It's a bad sign when officials are left quoting Nixon spokesman Ron Ziegler, whose handling of Watergate set the standard for nonconfessions as well as nondenials. Flamboyant apology has never been in the Bush script. This is an Administration known for firing people for independence, not incompetence. But campaign season has arrived, subpoena power has changed hands, and suddenly everyone is in a purgative mood...
...spot. In the 1940s, faced with a postwar shortage of parking-lot attendants, he set up self-pay boxes to collect fees. His tactics, like attaching 50-gal. drums to the tires of unpaid vehicles, irked customers, but his idea caught on, helping make self-pay systems standard in lots across the country...
...think it’s high time—especially given the developments at Walter Reed—to question the patriotism of his administration, and whether its policies “support the troops.” Would a true patriot pursue a policy that sullies the American standard, that makes United States a pariah in the civilized world? Would a true patriot place thousands of American troops in harm’s way, knowing that hope for success in their mission is long since passed? Would a true patriot have sent thousands to war, knowing that...
...work differently.” NEVER FEAR, FANS McMahon’s stint with “Nip/Tuck” is certain to last at least another two years. Although production time on each episode is an alarmingly short seven days (as opposed to the standard 10-14) and the work is “consistently draining,” the role is one McMahon fought hard to get. “The medium of TV can get a little boring sometimes,” he says. Nevertheless, he is eager to start shooting again in June, when...
...home parents. Another conservative thinker, Yuval Levin of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, argues along a similar vein with a set of policy proposals that he calls "Putting Parents First." Bush's signature approach to domestic policy fell short in that regard, Levin wrote in the Weekly Standard. "Compassionate conservatism, for all its virtues, does not even try to address itself to parents. A conservative agenda that did so would not only cement a relationship with these voters, it would also appeal to many with similar worries who do not share the strong cultural predilections that have drawn middle...