On the magazine cover, the big headline next to Oprah's shoulder
is as warm and cuddly as the pair of cocker spaniels in her lap. "WE ARE
FAMILY," it says. "Now more than ever: the power and pleasure of feeling
connected."
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AUSTIN -- WHOA! The problem is the premise. We are having one of
those circular arguments about how many civil liberties we can trade away in
order to make ourselves safe from terrorism, without even looking at the
assumption -- can we...
For most people in the United States, the picture of events since
Sept. 11 has been largely framed by television. When pollsters with
Princeton Survey Research asked "Where have you gotten most of your news
about the attacks?" more than...
AUSTIN, Texas -- The fate of Flight 587 is not just a
free-standing tragedy, but almost the last thing we needed. Even if the
cause remains a mystery, the edginess quotient just shot back up again.
CHICAGO -- Good news, bad news; bad news, good news. Plane
crash: bad news. "Just" a plane crash: good news. Our side takes Kabul.
Ooops, our side could be a problem.
AUSTIN --- This being the season of thanksgiving, I am come to
toast Bob Eckhardt, the great Texas congressman, who died last week at 88.
We owe him thanks and are so lucky to have had him with us. What a rare one.
And a lot of fun, too...