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As everyone knows by now, it was revealed in late May that the Bush administration had received numerous, if relatively nonspecific, indications that al Quaeda, a terrorist organization led by Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, was planning an attack on America. There was a report that planes might be used as suicide missiles. One agent [...]

"We know as a law of physics that heat is the chief, if not the only, source of light. Reducing the sun to room temperature would decrease light to nothing at all, as well as generating a definite chill. The truth cannot lie, but if it could, it would lie somewhere in between. [...]

"So when does the molesting commence?" I can't remember whether I saw the original Austin Powers in the theater. Something makes me think I didn't - I'm pretty sure that was the summer I dated three girls in three months. One would think that would mean I'd be at the movies even more frequently, but I've [...]

DON BROCKETT: The other day I was walking through Grand Central Station only to notice one of the few small memorials left over from the 9/11 tragedy. There are a few pieces of plywood hinged together and covered with all sorts of pictures and "missing" signs. The missing signs seem to represent the hopefulness that [...]

A few years ago, The Simpsons celebrated its 100th episode with an allegorical tale in which the show's "cartoon within a cartoon," Itchy and Scratchy, attempted to boost its sagging ratings and prevent its stagnation by introducing a new character. It's a time-honored television gimmick, like weddings, births and deaths. But the gimmick itself wasn't [...]