7 February 2002

  • One of five Americans was either born abroad or has parents that were.
  • GOP ready to do anything to defeat next week's vote on campaign finance reform.
  • GOP, fearful of finance reform, funnels layabout dollars to state candidates where laws are loose.
  • Today: Sharon looks for Bush to ditch Arafat; Arafat looks for U.S.-led peace process.
  • Wealthy paid less taxes, middle and lowers classes paid more under Clinton; Bush's plans look to continue same.
  • Speechwriter's wife brags about coining "Axis of Evil," somehow different from WWII's "Axis of Evil."
  • The Botox boom is slowly removing the frown from America, land of the happiest people on earth.
  • Artbomb reviews graphic novels.
  • Physicist Neil Bohr's letters released--describe "Copenhagen" meeting (inspiration for play of same name)--and say that Werner Heisenberg intended to make the bomb for Germany.
  • President calls for Americans to pray, saying faith teaches humility and tolerance, somehow completely out of touch with reality.