BDS is such a pernicious thing and infects a wide variety of people. It’s such a shame when it leads to the loss of income: In the genteel world of bridge, disputes are usually handled quietly and rarely involve issues of national policy. But in a fight reminiscent of the brouhaha over an anti-Bush statement…

Well, he might as well have vowed it because this comes close to doing it: A budget dispute erupted into a full-scale battle Tuesday as President Bush vetoed the Democrats’ top-priority domestic spending bill and the party’s Senate leader threatened to withhold war funding if the president does not agree to pull out of Iraq.…

Pretty convenient timing for Hillary, isn’t it? Right before the next debate. Gov. Eliot Spitzer is abandoning his plan to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, saying that opposition is just too overwhelming to move forward with such a policy. The governor, who is to announce the move formally on Wednesday, said in an interview…

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor retired from the bench last year in order to care for her husband who suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease. An article in today’s USA Today informs us (in glowing terms, no less) that Mr. O’Connor has forgotten his wife and has “fallen in love” with another resident of the…

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