Wednesday, June 26, 2002

Finally, Someone Asked: Dennis Prager takes a minute or two to ask and answer a question everyone seems to be avoiding, "Why does the left support Palestine?" This simple question may have been asked by other columnists and we missed it. Nice clear thinking here.

Chopped Salad and Scrambled Brains: As days roll by the feeding frenzy to damage Martha Stewart more than she and her friends have already accomplished is reaching Leona Helmsley proportions. Lord help us if a sexual component can be found. So far it's just chopped salad. Anyone want to bet she's forced off her TV gig at CBS until this thing is resolved?

Beard Alert: Richard Johnson, master of the revels on the NYPost's Page Six, actually says what a lot of New York types have been saying behind their hands. BJ has a "beard," personal assistant Doug Band and Band's latest charge is the dusky Model-Addict Naomi Campbell. No wonder the Bubba hasn't had time to even begin his 15 million dollar book.

Hardball Heaven: Look what the RNC is up to thanks to McCain-Feingold. They have issued "subpoenas to a wide range of liberal and Democratic-leaning interest groups, demanding detailed financial records, internal communications and strategic political documents." Opponents call it a "strip search" - We call it about time. We are no longer our father's Republican party.

Today's Ka-ching Thing: WorldCom announced late in the news cycle yesterday that it had overstated its cash flow by billions. This is going to be the next huge story so perhaps you better put down the iced tea and that old Judith Krantz paperback and get up to speed. Start here: and stand back - this one is going to splatter on some interest types from the immediate past - if we aren't being too coy.

Socks Not Stocks: Take your mind off the market for a moment and read this delightful examination of Sock Transmutation. This is a subject that has troubled many for years. Could this writer be putting us on?

-Your Sandal-Footed and Sock-Free LComStaff