The day before he was attacked, Carter had appeared on a news program to argue against the strike. Later that day, he received a threatening phone call originating from the home of Local 769's president. The same U.S. Department of Education that President Bush wants to give billions more to has now failed audits three years in a row. So says the Education Department's inspector general. This is a big deal.
Much work still remains.
Heterodoxy, edited by David Horowitz and published by the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, did more reporting on the activities of the loony academic left than any other publication in that time. The Clintons, as close to Faulkner's Snopses as our political system is likely to see, have retreated to their New York redoubt. There is a new sense of optimism on the political scene. Perhaps, but readers will miss the good laughs Heterodoxy provided simply by printing leftist's own words. Conservatives are increasingly applauding Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and her recent choices for key slots at the department.