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If you watch us, you know I believe the American Civil Liberties Union (search) is the most dangerous organization in the country. Now another example: The ACLU has sued the Defense Department, demanding it release even more disturbing photographs from the Abu Ghraib (search) prison scandal. The government doesn’t want …

You know the one great thing about a book tour is you meet some great people, one in particular who decided to let me know how she feels about Washington. “They’re clueless,” she said. But it’s what she said next that struck me as absolutely brilliant. “I’m a middle-aged mom …

In my last entry I described a restaurant in Tehran that had a large display of miniature flags beside the salad bar — only the Stars and Stripes were missing. The management was very apologetic, but frankly, if they hadn’t brought it up, I wouldn’t have noticed! It turns out …

‘Jersey Boys’ | Tom Cruise | Al Green De Niro, Pesci Turn Out for ‘Jersey Boys’ Two guys we think of as New York boys turned out for “Jersey Boys” last night on Broadway. Robert De Niro and wife Grace Hightower came to support their buddy Joe Pesci for the …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Time Trials Retiring CBS anchor Dan Rather says he wishes he’d had more time before airing the controversial “60 Minutes” report on President Bush’s National Guard service because he thinks CBS could have authenticated those disputed documents. Rather told David Letterman that …

We were wondering when the ACLU (search) would say something. After all, this Churchill controversy is the ultimate free speech issue, is it not? But, for weeks, the ACLU remained silent on the matter. Now it has finally broken that silence and the ACLU backs Churchill. Talking Points is stunned. …

And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Focused on SEC InvestigationThe New York Times and Washington Post carried front-page stories on the cat energy stock President Bush sold 10 years ago. Both papers said that Mr. Bush, as the Post put it, …

Beware of slippery people offering ethical advice. I’m at this investing forum the other day and some hot shot money managers and brokers start talking about the need for corporate accountability and CEOs who aren’t crooks. Now keep in mind these are the same guys whose firms freely touted stocks …

Clint Eastwood | Michael Jackson Did Warner Bros. Forget Eastwood’s Blood Work? Did Warner Bros. blow Clint Eastwood‘s latest release, Blood Work? The answer, from where I sit, would have to be yes with a capital Y. And why is the question. Why didn’t they have a New York premiere …

Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Some amazing things have happened to me. First, I had to fly to Colorado and California last week, and there were no lines. Things went very smoothly at both United and American Airlines. The only problem I saw was at Southwest …