You might have heard we’re going to be out in Sacramento a week from today to cover this tea party protest. You might also have heard a lot of other news organizations are not. I know why we’re there. I’m not quite sure why they’re not. Apparently these populist protests …
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We talk about our long-term economic troubles on my show. But I always thought our bigger, short-term problem is a recession of trust. We’re lying to each other. We’re lying to ourselves. That was the theme of Monday’s show: We have to be able to tell each other the truth. …
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Final preparations are under way for NASA’s planned launch next week of the space shuttle Atlantis to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. The weather looks promising for the shuttle’s planned liftoff May 11 at 2:01 p.m. EDT (1802 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Shuttle …
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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Educated Guessing Scientists have cut in half their prediction of how much sea levels could rise if Antarctica’s western ice sheets melt due to global warming. The journal Science reports water levels would rise about 11 feet, rather than around 20. Scientists …
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As you know, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are the two most powerful Democrats in the country — next to President Obama, of course. Well Tuesday, speaking after their meeting with the president about Afghanistan, there was this display: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. …
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If you are wondering why President Obama and his congressional allies are finding health care reform, and much of the rest of his agenda such heavy lifting, look no farther than the Gallup poll out today. It finds 40 percent of Americans call themselves conservatives, 36 percent say they are …
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As investigators search for clues to why Air France Flight 447 crashed, former pilots and aviation experts are debating whether the “fly-by-wire” technology in modern aircraft makes it difficult or impossible for a pilot to control a plane in distress. The Airbus A330-200 that crashed into the Atlantic on May …
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Did you know that almost 9,000 American men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer this year, and 360 of those will die because they didn’t take the time to find out more about it? Don’t be a statistic. Find out all you can to keep your family jewels healthy. What …
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The one thing that Washington doesn’t understand is how tired people really are. I got a letter from a viewer and a listener of mine. She wrote it after the show a couple of days ago. I read it on the radio show and I’ve posted it here. I want …
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A Muslim veteran affairs organization says it has not received reports of harassment from Islamic soldiers, contrary to claims by a relative of the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Abdul-Rashid Abdullah, deputy director of the American Muslim Armed Forces and …
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