Oh, wait.  It was Harry Reid: Nevada’s senators _ both winning leadership posts in opposite parties _ pledged Wednesday to stay close on issues of mutual interest, but not too close. “He and I just like each other, and I think we set a good example here in the Senate,” Majority Leader-elect Harry Reid said of colleague John Ensign, who was chosen Wednesday by Senate Republicans to head their campaign

French economy posts zero growth in 3Q PARIS, Nov. 15 (UPI)—Most nations that use the euro currency are growing, but French economic growth in the last quarter completely stagnated. Paris Link reported Wednesday the Eurozone’s combined gross domestic product in the third quarter was up 0.5 percent. The increase reflects growth in such countries as Spain, up 0.9 percent, and Germany, up 0.6 percent. France, however, did not grow at

According to People Magazine. Deep thoughts on whether he’ll ever have children: “I think it’s the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It’s not something to be taken lightly. I don’t have that gene that people have to replicate. But everything in my life has changed over time.” Wow.  I can hardly wait for their interview with whoever gets named Sexiest Dead Guy. “To MayBee Baby, XOXOX

Most of the media will tell you it was Sen. Trent Lott, by one vote. TIME magazine has the correct answer, though it missed the point: G.O.P. Senators said they were eager to have Lott back in the leadership, as he’s known as a clever back-room dealer and tactician on the Senate floor, which operates through a bizarre, complicated rules that at times outgoing Majority Leader Bill Frist didn’t seem

That sucking sound you hear is probably Murtha going under in a quagmire of his own excrement, like some mastadon-sized donkey’s last struggling in a tar pit.  That other sound you hear (“Soylent Green is . . . !”) is Abramoff being hauled off to prison, even as he promises to give up the goods on a variety of legislators, among whom are probably 6 to 8 Democratic (happy now?)

Unfit for Majority Leader Best part: He’s the guy who, brought into the deal by two other House members—Frank Thompson (D-N.J.) and John Murphy (D-N.Y.)—agreed to meet with men offering money in return for official action. He’s the guy who knew these two colleagues expected a payoff and even vouched for them with the would-be bribers (“Both of them are solid.”). He’s the guy who, when offered a bribe, still

While at Sports Clips yesterday, I watched ESPN for a while after not having seen it in….well, since the last time a kid needed a haircut, and whose mug was front and center? Bobby Knight. Bobby was at it again. I watched the clip and here’s my interpretation: The kid, a tall forward, second-stringer (I think) gets out of position on a rebound and goes over the back. A foul

Fantastic! Now, if somebody will volunteer to dig up Dick Nixon and get him on the ticket for ‘08—maybe with Buchanan as a running mate (if Agnew’s moldering corpse proves too difficult to keep tethered to a chair in one solid piece)—the GOP can officially finish itself off with one last glut of pork, then, by way of massive party coronary, return us all to our republic’s salad days of

me: “So shouldn’t you be, like, writing yourself about now?” unfinished screenplay: me: “Isn’t that what writers always say happens once the momentum gets going?’ unfinished screenplay: me: unfinished screenplay: me: unfinished screenplay: me: “I loathe you.” unfinished screenplay: “Uh huh.  Say, mind if I finish off the rest of these Golden Grahams?”

Last Tuesday the American public decided to lose the war in Iraq and though they may not have realized it, maybe the war in Afghanistan. In doing so, they have delayed the war on terror, not realizing that even if we run away like scared rabbits, the war will continue until they can no longer hide their heads in the sand. Sadly, having voted to withdraw from the enemies homeland,