SO THE KNOXVILLE TEA PARTY CROWD HAD A RECESS RALLY at the Federal Courthouse, where Rep. Jimmy Duncan and Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker have offices. They had 100-150 people (I heard that...

MICKEY KAUS: “The U.A.W., now a major GM shareholder, has delivered its final punishment to those auto workers who dared move to Spring Hill, Tennessee and show up the rest of the union by...

TAXPROF: Settling Michael Jackson’s Estate May Be a Thriller for the Lawyers.

A REPORT ON THE HOUSTON TEA PARTY’S PELOSI PROTEST: Hundreds of protesters showed up outside the Wortham Theater in Houston to let House Speaker Nancy Pelosi know they weren’t happy with...

DOLLAR LOSING ITS IMPORTANCE? Jeffrey Sachs says that’s a good thing.

FOCUS GROUP: Congress Is Like Satan. Best bit: “One telling moment came after Hart asked each voter to write the name that comes to mind when they think of Congress. Bill, a 62-year-old retired automobile-industry executive and independent who...

A.W.R. HAWKINS: Al Gore: Fraud, Scaredy Cat. “Gore backs out of his planned hand-shaking appearance in Copenhagen. Perhaps because anyone allowed to get that close might be able to ask a question.” He knows it’s all unravelling.

THE COUNTRY, AND AUTO INDUSTRY, ARE IN THE VERY BEST OF HANDS: “he first morning of this year’s Los Angeles auto show, the CEO of General Motors, Fritz Henderson, was scheduled to give the keynote address. The night before, he got...

A REPORT, WITH PHOTOS, from the KSM trial protest in Manhattan.

GOOD QUESTION: “So how do we know there haven’t been other gate-crashers?’