GEORGE ON GEORGE

Stephanopoulos predicts a likely Bush win in 2004.

COLEMAN REPUBLICANS: Another term for Jewish “eagles,” I’d say. Interesting and long overdue development.

THE U.N. DELUSION: The current position of many Democrats is that the U.S. should leave Iraq to the auspices of the United Nations. Yet the U.N. is leaving at the slightest whiff of danger. Shouldn’t the press ask the Democrats what they’d do now? Or are they just flailing as usual?

THE O’REILLY/LUSKIN SYNDROME: Fox News nearly sued Fox TV over the Simpsons! Or so says Matt Groening.

NPR ON ISRAEL: More flagrant BBC-style bias.

BURSTING MY BUBBLE: Damn you, Virginia.

EMAIL OF THE DAY: “I submitted my nonfiction prose to Gender Genie. I was told I was male and when I submitted my true gender, I was described as some “butch chick.” Imagine my surprise.
As a 52 year old, delightfully married for 29+ years, mother of four,(two of whom were adopted), born-again Christian, politically liberal to moderate except concerning abortion, female, I have decided that perhaps their methodology needs a bit more tweaking.” – more feedback on the liveliest Letters Page on the web.

THE DEMOCRATS’ DELUSION: A belated but heart-felt link to my boss’s latest TRB column on the Democrats and the war. It’s devastating and right. Is this the time to congratulate him on his marriage as well? Mazel Tov, Peter, on both counts.