24 March 2004 >> Some people would like you to think President Bush lied when he talked about Saddam Hussein’s weapons. The funny thing is, many of the president’s current critics are politicians who made strikingly similar claims about Iraq in the not-too-distant past. To find out if the current spin was sticking, I impersonated a game show host and quizzed a few protesters about some particularly hawkish quotes from notable Democrats. Video >>

19 January 2004 >> On January 15th, New Yorkers awoke to single-digit temperatures and a few inches of new snowfall. In what has since become known as “the Gore effect,” former Vice President Al Gore chose that day to give a speech on global warming. The speech was sponsored by MoveOn.org, a website-turned-political-action-committee that recently gained notoriety by hosting two political ads equating President Bush with Adolf Hitler. Although such comparisons were common at anti-war rallies, I still wasn’t sure whether this mindset was now infecting the Democratic base—the sort of folks who’d brave the cold to hear Al Gore speak. To find out, I spent a few shivering hours outside the Beacon. Video >>

4 May 2003 >> Hollywood free-speech advocates shut down website critical of Hollywood free-speech advocates / U.N. worries over looting in Baghdad, then does a little looting of its own / The tip of the iceberg? Iraqi documents discovered in Baghdad reveal al Qaeda ties, more evidence of the French selling us out to Saddam Hussein, and that a prominent anti-war British MP was apparently taking bribes from Saddam’s regime / 7 steps to stable, long-term freedom for Iraq / Slim Shady Saddam / Blair, Bush, Clinton in bizarre love triangle / Why it’s not possible to target more tax cuts towards lower incomes More >>

4 April 2002 >> “We’re in a fight for survival, we must destroy our enemy before we ourselves are destroyed. Some of us understand this; people can call us ’simple’ if that makes them feel superior. But we simpletons apparently see something that smarter people can’t: we must defeat al Qaeda before they get the bomb, or we’re toast. Not recognizing that simple fact is a sign of someone who’s a little too smart for their own good.” More >>

1 February 2002 >> “Democrats believe they have politics on their side, and they may be right. After all, there are many more non-rich than rich. Pandering to the non-rich by attacking the rich is as old as Karl Marx, and it certainly may get the Democrats some votes. But it won’t get the economy moving any faster. Injecting more capital into the markets will. And if it just so happens to make the rich a little richer, is that so bad if we all benefit?” More >>