Christmas Song Riffs and Holiday Gripes Across Homes
A reader vents at holiday tunes on the radio and holiday gatherings. The piece riffs on Jingle Bell Rock The Little Drummer Boy and Twelve Days of Christmas while highlighting humorous mishearing Dreidel Song and Frosty. It closes with season’s well wishes and a playful nod to festive spirits.
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Sarah Frates
Ralph
Jack Frost
Frosty
Public urged to keep snowmobile ban in Yellowstone
Editorial condemns 2000 Yellowstone snowmobile ban reversal by the Bush administration. It notes higher allowed numbers, toll on air and wildlife, risk to rangers, and public support for preservation. Cites 1,100 daily entries in 2008 plan and 20 years of studies, urging adherence to ban.
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Philadelphia Enquirer
Yellowstone National Park
National Park Service
Yellowstone
Bush
America’s First National Park
America
The
Park Service
Shrill rhetoric crosses party lines in media politics
An analysis notes shrill rhetoric from both sides of the political spectrum, naming Roger Ailes and Rush Limbaugh as targets, and cites media figures like Rick Kaplan and Tom Rosenstiel. It discusses death threats against Tom Daschle, contrasts liberal and conservative media voices, and questions double standards in coverage of Clinton era figures.
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United States
Iraq
The
New York Times
Fox News Channel
Roger Ailes
Senate
Tom Daschle
Rush Limbaugh
Times
Ailes
Washington Post
Bob Woodward
White House
Karl Rove
the Times
Clinton
Los Angeles Times
Tom Rosenstiel
Rick Kaplan
ABC
Nightline
World News Tonight
PrimeTime Live
Bill Clinton
Gennifer Flowers
Kaplan
Rosenstiel
Washington Monthly
CNN
USA Today
Trent Lott
Daschle
Limbaugh
Newt Gingrich
House
Richard Gephardt
Today” Show
Bryant Gumbel
Gingrich
NPR
Sunni Khalid
C-Span
Bob Herbert
Julianne Malveaux
Clarence Thomas
Kenneth Starr
James Carville
the People
Carville
Ken Starr
Starr
Total Information Awareness and civil liberties in danger
The piece argues internationalism over isolationism amid fears of a merged state corporate power. It cites Total Information Awareness run by John Poindexter, the Privacy Act rollback, FBI data sharing, and calls for a new civil liberties coalition led by ACLU figures. It frames environmental and energy policy as global concerns.
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Total Information Awareness
John Poindexter
Iran-Contra
Poindexter
Wall Street Journal
FBI
American Civil Liberties Union
Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Anthony Romero
Dick Armey
Ron Paul
Bill Safire
Bob Barr
Georgia
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