Detroit There have been so many now that the games and the circumstances tend to run together, but when Brett Favre thinks "Detroit Lions," two images gain high-definition clarity in his mind. There was the 1994 playoff game at the Silverdome, the scrambling, across-the-body throw, extreme left to extreme right, 40 yards to Sterling Sharpe for the winning touchdown inside the final minute. And there was Fritz Shurmur's magnificent stand, the lion- snare of a defensive scheme that somehow limited Barry Sanders to minus-1 yard the following season on a frigid New Year's Eve at Lambeau Field.
Thank you LaVarr Webb and Frank Pignanelli for your column on the lack of civility in national politics (April 11). You are right on the nose. Is there no desire in any member of Congress to solve the problems we face? Each side seems to want to do nothing but prove their point by stonewalling normal politics. If political sides continue as they are now, our country will be destroyed from within. Our Constitution was never meant for a country so divided. The extreme left and the extreme right will destroy our government.
It is said that, politically, the extreme left and the extreme right are diametrically opposed in their core beliefs, but that the two groups are cut out of the same cloth. There is more than a little truth to this notion and the results of the Nov. 7, 2006, midterm elections prove the point. While the antiwar Progressive- Left voted for their candidates, the paleoconservative right extremely or stubbornly conservative in political matters didn't vote against them. Thanks to both groups, we will have Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the next Congress. I awoke the day after the Republican bloodletting thinking conservatives have been through worse and that, just as before, we would carry on through this liberal storm. Then I read the first e- ma...
The Supreme Court of the United States of America is the principal component of one third of the U.S. government. The convenient conservative or fluoride fundamentalist may view the appointment of Supreme Court justices as the province of "their" president. This view proves that one might be able to read and yet not understand. The U.S. Constitution is the document for all Americans. It is the document that serves the extreme left and the extreme right. It serves and protects this nation in its entirety. The 51 percent of America that voted for President Bush and the 49 percent that voted for U.S. Sen. John Kerry will select the next justice through their elected representatives. That is what a conservative and a liberal reading of the constitution requires.
This idea to close 11 Farm Service Agency offices and merge them with other counties' in Kansas is a bad one whose time has come to be whacked, shredded and landfilled. It began in early 2006, months before the national election when Democrats swept majorities into both houses of Congress. Loan deficiency payments were costing taxpayers billions of dollars, and the extreme right and the extreme left were crying about profligate spending. There arose a perceived need to show that efforts to cut spending were under way. So the call came down: consolidate. Or else.
Webster's tells us that an extremist is one who is "at the end or outermost point; farthest away; most remote." In politics, extremism is "the extreme right or the extreme left." Both sides have their respective ideological embarrassments, but with one striking difference: If you're a left-wing environmental extremist, you are treated as sensible, even praiseworthy, by ABC News. Meet Colin Beavan, a man who touts himself as "No Impact Man," a walking Manhattan publicity stunt with a book deal and a documentary filmmaker to publicize his year of monastic self-denial. He sounds like a comic-book superhero, but the more you hear of his story, the more it's simply comic.
A mentor once explained to me his theory of what kinds of people get involved in politics in Our Great American Democracy. His opinion was that there were three types of personalities who did. The first is perhaps the most admirable. That would be the person who feels strongly about a particular cause or issue such as civil rights, war and peace, the environment, education, etc.
...This trend manifests itself on both the extreme right and the extreme left, although the right is ...
...The left-right political spectrum is a common way of classi... spectrum should be measured from one extreme to the other. One way to do this is by constructin...
Some FBI secrets are secrets no more -- thanks to Ronald Kessler, award-winning Newsmax.com chief Washington correspondent and best- selling author. In "The Secrets of the FBI" (Crown), he discusses many FBI triumphs and tribulations, including J. Edgar Hoover's personal life; FBI involvement with Marilyn Monroe, Robert Kennedy, organized crime, major spy cases and the Ruby Ridge and Waco fiascoes; and its post-9/11 anti-terrorism orientation. Revelations give unprecedented insight, and Kessler says the book project enhanced his opinion of the bureau. Following are excerpts from the Trib's phone conversation with him.
... aware of the importance of doing things the right way and there really has been no abuse, meaning an...You hear all these claims from the extreme left and the extreme right, both, that the FBI is ...
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's next governor is likely to be a man who once hosted a talk radio show and worked as an attorney. It will be someone who claims the mantle of fiscal conservatism, opposes abortion and supports gun rights. The description fits two candidates, both with establishment support: Democrat John Gregg, the former Indiana House speaker who publicly launched his campaign Monday, and Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, who entered the race this month.
... As speaker, Feigenbaum said, Gregg "was extremely genial.". "He tried to defuse situations with humo...Gregg, 56, left the House in 2002 so he could spend more time with...
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