“Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview on Thursday Israel should have killed Yasser Arafat in 1982 when it had the Palestinian leader under siege in Beirut,” Reuters reports. “His remarks were condemned by Palestinian officials.” ‘I think this reflects what has been always said — that Sharon is trying to finish what he began in 1982,’ cabinet member Saeb Erekat said. ‘And for prime ministers to announce openly

“Five women were charged with trespassing and reckless endangerment in lower Manhattan for climbing to a building rooftop and unfurling a banner that read, ‘Bush and big biz agree that people with AIDS drop dead,’” the AP reports. “Police also reported vandalism at several chain businesses around Manhattan. A California man was arrested for defacing the front door of a Starbucks coffee shop, police said.” Well, that’ll teach those evil

“D.C. librarians are furious with a decision not to recognize Martin Luther King and other black historical figures in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s public art galleries during February, which is National Black History Month,” The Washington Times reports. “Staffers said exhibit coordinator Elena Tscherny, who scheduled no exhibits of black history or culture, told them the library’s policy is not to give special consideration to race in

“A tenured math professor who complained Temple University wanted him to inflate grades and ‘dummy down’ course work has been fired on grounds of incompetence, his attorney said. Martin Eisen, 69, who worked at Temple for nearly 35 years, had been on paid leave since August 1999 while the university investigated students’ complaints about his grading practices.” ‘Our position is that he is not incompetent,’ Daily said. ‘What Temple demanded

“The FBI’s National Infrastructure Protection Center has issued a ‘high-importance’ bulletin warning about potential terrorist threats to American water-supply systems,” FOXNews reports. “The alert was issued after a computer owned by an individual indirectly linked to Usama bin Laden was found to contain several software programs used for structural engineering of ‘dams and other water-retaining structures.’ The NIPC bulletin also noted that terror suspects have shown ‘interest’ in insecticides and

The Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes examines the upsurge in recent support for the GOP and asks (rhetorically), why the dramatic shift in polling numbers? For Barnes, the answer is issue inversion. Issues that were paramount in voters’ minds before the attacks–health care, Social Security, the environment–are now peripheral. These are Democratic issues. And issues that were peripheral–terrorism, national security, homeland security–are now central. These are Republican issues. Bush pursues the

Sometimes a headline says it all: from The Houston Chronicle: Johnnie Cochran hired to represent Enron workers.” Good grief. …Okay, okay…I’ll go first: “If the figures don’t fit, you must remit…!” Post yours below using the convenient “comments” link. Go ‘head, you know ya wants to…

“Israel’s Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, approved a plan yesterday for security measures to seal off Jerusalem from the West Bank,” The Independent reports. “The plan is expected to include look-out towers, electronic cameras, trenches and more military checkpoints.” Proposals to fortify the entire metropolis — including its occupied Arab eastern half — came as the city spent another day on the highest alert. Mr Sharon — who campaigned for election

“Republicans say they may take action to stop congressional investigators from suing Vice President Dick Cheney to get information on business executives who met with him and his aides on energy policy.” the AP reports. ‘I think it may come to that,’ said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Congress’ investigative arm, the General Accounting Office, shouldn’t be ‘trying to impose disclosure on internal

“A Utah woman has won $270,000 in damages against a fundamentalist church which promised her the Second Coming. Kaziah Hancock was told she could meet Jesus in the flesh if she handed over land and water rights to the Salt Lake City church. When he didn’t show up, she sued the church for breach of contract, fraud and emotional distress and won.” Textbook contract law — which (blessedly?) protects idiots