Israeli forces have raided Arab banks on the West Bank, seizing millions of dollars that Israel said was financing Palestinian terrorism.

But Greenspan allowed that spending restraint alone might not be enough. He also said Congress should reinstate rules to offset tax cuts or spending hikes with other spending cuts.

If the president is truly concerned about preserving the sanctity of marriage, as one of my readers suggested, why not make divorce illegal and stone adulterers?

Richard Perle, a lightning rod for critics of the Bush administration's national security policies, informed Rumsfeld more than two weeks ago he was quitting the Defense Policy Board. He confirmed the decision in a letter to the defense chief last Wednesday.

dec03: Meanwhile, in a recent, telling quote to Newsweek, Mylroie observed: "I take satisfaction that we went to war with Iraq and got rid of Saddam Hussein. The rest is details." Now she tells us.
mred - sounds like chalabis words...

Hoping to mollify its critics, the Bush administration said Wednesday that it would conduct a yearlong study of how prescription drugs might be safely imported from Canada. But it then infuriated the critics by selecting Dr. Mark B. McClellan, the commissioner of food and drugs, to lead the study.
"It's like putting the fox in charge of the chicken house," Mr. Dorgan said. "Dr. McClellan has clearly made up his mind not to allow importation and has done everything in his power to stop it."

About 7 percent of the ordained priests who served in the Archdiocese of Boston between 1950 and 2003 have been accused of sexual abuse of children, according to a new report issued today by the archbishop.
In addition to the archdiocesan priests who were accused, 3 deacons, 10 priests living in the archdiocese but not under its supervision and 44 priests from religious orders were accused.

Legendary investor Warren Buffet added $US12.4 billion ($16.11 billion) - the biggest gain of anyone on the list - to leave him just short of Gates with $US42.9 billion ($55.75 billion).