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Talking Points: High Taxes are Hurting Children

The Talking Points memo this evening zeros in on how high taxes in America are hurting children. Researchers have learned that kids who go to daycare are three times more likely to have behavioral problems in kindergarten than kids who stay home. We’ll have a report on that in just …

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Common Sense: Money, the Media and Public Office

Have you heardof Michael Bloomberg? Don’t feel ashamed. Most people haven’t. Even in the city he hopes to someday run. Mr. Bloomberg is running for mayor of New York City. But here’s the problem. He’s never held elective office. I don’t have a problem with that. But a lot of …

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What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been: Best of 2000, Part 1

Looking Back on 2000 | 3.8.00: Phil Spector | 5.4.00: Rudy Giuliani | 5.11.00: Rudy Giuliani 2000: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been Here’s just a sampling of some things that either happened on their own in 2000, or were helped along by this column. Some themes: the continuing …

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Saddle Up and Play Ball

NEW YORK – It’s a game where you want to land on your ass. Or where a 20-point basketball score puts you up with the all-time greats. If you haven’t yet had a chance to play donkey ball— that venerable version of basketball where the players take to the court …

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Angelina Jolie's Press Ban Touches Nerve

Angelina Jolie | Tony Soprano | ‘Entourage’ Movie; Yoko Angelina Jolie’s Anti-Press Touches Nerve Our report yesterday about Angelina Jolie banning press from interviews and requiring interviewers to sign contracts touched off a firestorm. Mostly it was from colleagues who were relieved that we’d finally lifted the veil on all …

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Remembering the Heroes of D-Day

My dad’s long gone now, but this time of year I still get reunion notices from what’s left of his buddies who served with him in World War II in the Eighth Air Force. There aren’t many buddies left now. The generation that rocked this world is quietly leaving this …

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Another Example of Moral Laziness

As a media insider, I’m often wined and dined at the most fashionable restaurants: Bennigan’s, Applebee’s, The Outback — home to the bloomin’ Onion, which is my nickname for their bartender, Seth. He has so many layers and sometimes he makes me cry. But when I’m out, I’m always told …

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Telling the Truth about Torture

Happy birthday to the FOX News Channel. We are 11 years old and number 1 for six consecutive years. Now that’s directly because of you. And so you are included in our celebration this evening. Thank you all very much. Telling the truth about torture is the subject of this …

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411: Caught on Tape: Alec Baldwin Calls Daughter a 'Rude, Thoughtless Pig'

Actor Alec Baldwin may be finding himself in very big trouble this morning. I mean, big trouble. Baldwin is caught on TMZ.com on an audiotape recording of a scalding message he left for his 12-year-old daughter Ireland. Click here to hear the message Even though it’s obvious that Ireland’s mother, …

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Anna Nicole Smith's Shrink Ignored Drug Expert's Warning

Anna Nicole Smith | ‘Mr. Brooks’ | R.I.P. Luther Ingram Anna Nicole Smith’s Shrink Ignored Drug Expert’s Warning Dr. Khristine Eroshevich is digging a deeper hole for herself on TV. Last night on CBS Paramount TV’s syndicated show “The Insider,” Eroshevich turned up to defend herself against our revelation from …

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