Washington Affairs

29 December 2003


America Snoozes Through Code Orange
The Yuletide Christmas colors of red and green were displayed in the US against a backdrop of orange, the second highest threat level in the Bush administration's spectrum of terror risk. The highest, red, is reserved for instances when an actual terror attack is underway, and so, the White House has told Americans that the current state of threat is just this side of an ongoing strike against the country. It is a good thing that the enemy has little capacity to strike because America is asleep at the wheel. Click here to read more.

Novak Reveals How Omnibus Bill Undermines American System
Conservative columnist and talking head Bob Novak is not flavor of the month in this space, ever. Still, he did come into the game as a journalist, and his training floats to the top from time to time. He has done the nation a great service in a piece put out Christmas Day on how the US government actually funds itself. Click here for more.

Rush Limbaugh's Medical Records May Be Reviewed by Prosecutors
People fighting drug addiction need jail, not sympathy, according to Rush Limbaugh, radio talk-show host. Now that he is out of rehab himself, one feels he is fair game again on this score. So it was good to see the courts in Florida reject his effort to keep his medical records confidential. He is accused of abusing the medical system to get his fix of prescription painkillers, and those records hold the proof of his guilt or innocence. They must be opened to inspection. Click here to read on.