We want to improve the revolutionary process, to change what is wrong.

The ruling Communist Party at first censored rap music but then sought to assimilate the rapidly growing social phenomenon by allowing rap on radio and television, and organizing an annual festival.

Meanwhile, the left has an hilarious bumper sticker: "Celebrate Diversity." In the newsrooms of America, they celebrate diversity of race, diversity of gender, diversity of orientation, diversity of everything except the only diversity that matters: diversity of thought.

I think it's -- that it certainly says that the folks who have been working day and night to finish this building have just done a superb job. And it is a real compliment to them that they are able to begin the process of moving in this E Ring, and they expect to be able to complete it, as I understand it, by September 11th. And we are all grateful to them for what they've done and for the dedication and the patriotism that they've shown.

I think the fact that this building never shut down and the fact that it is going to be well along on September 11th, back in the shape it was in before September 11th last year, is an indication that the Department of Defense is in business, and it intends to stay in business.

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[W]e intend to live our lives as free people and to go about our business and to do everything we can to defend our people, our country, our allies and our deployed forces against terrorist acts. And we know that terrorists can attack at any time, at any place, using any technique, and it's not possible to defend every time at every place against every technique. So it is a difficult task that we're faced with, but we are determined to go about our lives like free people and not allow a terrorist to win simply by threatening and intimidating.

There are not enough Americans like him, I fear. In the past year, the anger and resolve that gripped the nation in the immediate aftermath of September 11 seems to have dissipated. Not everywhere, mind you: on my recent trip down South, I saw American flags everywhere, and lots of men wearing NYPD and FDNY caps, and fading T-shirts trumpeting slogans like, "Never forget!" But nobody can doubt that America is not where it needs to be, emotionally and psychologically, as we get ready for a war that could result in thousands of American casualties, and perhaps even biological, chemical and even nuclear attacks on our cities.

Make no mistake: The party will be just as heartfelt as others across the country. But Bunker owners Jeff Hartzheim, Steve Oschmann and Mike Fischer didn't want people to end Sept. 11 with heavy hearts.

Hence, they developed an elaborate memorial celebration that will begin with a traditional military-style memorial ceremony and culminate with a "payback" where a figure of Osama Bin Laden will go up in flames.

Yet things are not so bad as either side likes to make out--and both sides would have good points to make if there were a genuine debate. Mr. Sells's supporters, the ACLU and the characteristically spineless university administrators at Chapel Hill are perfectly correct in saying that it is completely unfair of conservatives to imply that they are apologists for terrorism just because they believe in studying Islam. But the conservatives are also right to say that the version of Islam given in Mr. Sells's book is bowdlerized, and many of the more bloodthirsty texts from the Koran, particularly those to do with the slaying of infidels--by which is intended most of those who will read these words--are silently omitted.

It seems to me that studying religions is an important thing on a college campus. It helps us begin to recognize that we need to understand other people. I hope it will lead Christian students in making an effort to better understand their own religion.

But I wasn't about to get into an in-depth discussion with women who are obviously not interested in candor and I came away from that reception with two impressions. The first is that moderate Republican women are really just wealthy liberal Democrats who do not want their taxes raised. The second is that they have no concept of the core principles guiding the party of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan.

At that point, I expect Syria and Lebanon to just roll over rather than take us on militarily, Saudi Arabia is so reliant on our oil dollars that they'll almost have to comply once we have full access to Iraqi oil, and the Israelis can handle the Palestinians. Then our military's work will largely be done in the Middle East and we'll only have North Korea to deal with.

The weirdest "Rally animal" belongs to the Milwaukee Brewers, who always flash the Rally Rabbit on the replay screen. The Rally Rabbit is a grown man dressed in shorts, old tennis shoes, a Brewers jersey and an Easter Rabbit head. Just before the bottom of the 8th or 9th of a close game at Miller Park, they show this strange creature (who I'm sure would scare small children) prancing around the parking lot and then playing some drum set in front of Miller Park. They even brought out the Rally Rabbit before the bottom of the 9th of the All-Star Game. It's not very effective, judging by the Brewers' record.

I'll grant you that the Republican party isn't the right choice for every black American. If you believe in group identity politics, view everything through a racial prism, are ultra-sensitive to perceived racial slights, are for Affirmative Action, racial set-asides for minority businesses, & reparations then you are probably better off voting Democrat.

On the other hand, if you're Conservative, own a business, want school vouchers, are sick of having the government take so much of your paycheck in taxes, and want criminals in jail instead of walking the street, then you should be voting Republican.

As Microsoft and others await Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly?s imposition of a remedy for the company?s violation of antitrust laws, Microsoft is already developing new operating systems and features intended to replace Windows in the same way that Windows replaced DOS. This technology could very well render pointless all the litigation against Microsoft?s dominant position in the PC operating systems market by changing the very definition of the market itself.

Consumer choices made DVDs one of the fastest growing electronics products ever, toppling VHS?s 20-year dominance of the recorded media market. Similarly, it should be consumer choices, not court-imposed restrictions or mandates, which select the new standard in OS technology ? one that will likely break Windows.

Dr. Melton, who receives a mix of private and federal financing, said he had derived new stem cell lines in his laboratory. "Some of these presidential lines aren't as robust as we'd like," he said, referring to the lines covered by Mr. Bush's announcement. "That's why we have gone through the trouble to derive our own lines. But it's still early days."

As a memoir, however, every page of "Bronx Boy" rings false. Shouldn't something called a memoir by its author be a memoir, as opposed to a piece of fiction?

Although this memoir was inspired by the experiences of my childhood, certain characters, places, and incidents portrayed in the book are the product of imaginative re-creation and these re-creations are not intended to portray actual characters, places, or events.

Not only is it building an arsenal the like of which the world has never seen, it has unilaterally withdrawn from the treaties designed to limit the spread of nuclear weapons, and has refused to accept any kind of international monitoring of its chemical or nuclear weapons facilities.

It has a government in power without the legitimacy of a democratic majority, in the hands of a coterie from a single part of the country and clearly aiming at a dynasty of rule. Its rhetoric is one of violent aggression against anyone seen as its enemies. It opponents are locked up without trial or the right to habeas corpus.

Of course it has a peculiarly obnoxious regime, ready to poison its own people with corrupt capitalism and deregulated pollution.

A challenger's sole reason for being in our political system is to attack. And Bill Simon should attack. Simon should give a quick, candid mea-culpa, and then he should put this behind him and lunge to the attack--on Oracle, on energy, on taxes. That's what challengers ultimately must do, even if they're losing (and the polls don't seem to show that Bill Simon is). A challenger's has only a brief and limited time to convince voters and not a moment of it can be wasted in a defensive posture. If Simon defines a vulnerable Gray Davis well and relentlessly enough, political reality will eventually catch up with him.