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Beneath the Darkness: Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Away From This Psycho Killer Nonsense

Nagging question of the day: What heinous sin could the otherwise gifted, versatile and generally underappreciated Dennis Quad have committed to deserve a submental punishment called Beneath the Darkness? This sorry rip-off of every horror flick that turns up on late-night cable programming is a major head-scratcher. Filmed in two Texas highway speed bumps called Smithville and Bastrop, and boasting 61 final thank-you credits and endorsements for everything from the Hula Hoops Diner & Soda Shop to the Wells Fargo Bank of Bastrop, it is, from the picture, very much a community effort. God knows no professional appears to have come within a 500-mile radius. Except, of course, Mr. Quaid, who has a lot of explaining to do. Read More

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Happy Trails! Glenn Beck Is Moving to ‘Backwater’ Texas

Now that Glenn Beck is no longer employed by Fox News, he's free to vacate New York, bastion of liberal values and target of God's punitive weather systems.

In April, Glenn Beck first announced would he be leaving New York, though it was unclear where he was headed. After an international speaking tour, the Post reports he's putting down roots in Bosque County, Texas (population 17,204). Mr. Beck will operate GBTV, via Mercury Radio Arts, out of Dallas. Read More

Energy and the Sinking Economy

Last Thursday, former Vice President Al Gore joined the many voices that have been calling for a crash program-a "moon-shot" national effort to get us off of fossil fuels. Senator Obama applauded the speech saying "For decades, Al Gore has challenged the skeptics in Washington on climate change and awakened the conscience of a nation Read More

Night Shift: Super Tuesday II in the Fox News Studio

Tuesday, March 4, around 8 p.m., Bill O’Reilly bounded across a chilly studio on the first floor of the News Corp. building on Sixth Avenue toward the desk at the back of the room.

There, the members of the Fox News Super Tuesday II political team—Brit Hume, Juan Williams, Bill Kristol, Nina Easton and Fred Read More

Clinton Sells Age and Experience, Austin Crowd Buys

AUSTIN, Texas—Last night, at her final pre-election rally here in Texas, Hillary Clinton once again invoked the prospect of a 3 a.m. call to the White House.

She told a crowd of around 3000 at the Burger Center sports facility that they should choose whichever candidate they would prefer to answer such a call.

Clinton also said Read More

The March 4 Stakes for Hillary

Two things are obvious: If Hillary Clinton can somehow win both Texas and Ohio, she stays; if she loses both states, she’s tuna fish.

A third possibility—a split decision—will present Clinton the justification to push on if she wishes to, but without any clear way to win.

Let’s say Hillary wins Ohio (as the latest polls suggest Read More

Ohio Gov. Says Hillary Could Fight On Without Texas

LAKEWOOD, Ohio—Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio thinks Hillary Clinton should keep pursuing the Democratic nomination even if she emerges from Tuesday’s voting with a victory only in his state.

“In my judgment and if I’m asked, I’ll say to her that if she wins Ohio, I think she should continue this because Pennsylvania is another sizable Read More

Hillary Promises the Moon and the Stars (and a Comeback)

HOUSTON—Hillary Clinton contrasted herself with Barack Obama last night in a new way: she claimed to be more progressive on space exploration.

Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center, where NASA's manned spaceflight programs are based. And Clinton urged a large, fervent crowd at Delmar Fieldhouse to "be sure we have a president who wants Read More

Obama Attacks McCain, Texas State Crowd Cheers

SAN MARCOS, Texas—Barack Obama continued a sharp counter-offensive against John McCain on Wednesday night, bringing a day of intense campaigning to an end before a crowd of several thousand people here at Texas State University.

“There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq until he followed George Bush into war in Iraq,” Obama proclaimed. Read More

Bill to the Rescue

AUSTIN, Texas—Before Bill Clinton proceeded to the serious business of making a pitch for his wife here at Austin Community College, he had to clear something up.

The man who introduced Clinton, former State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos, badly mangled a saying involving a rooster and the dawn.

His point appeared to have something to do with the Read More

Smith & Wollensky Takes It in the Chops

How’s the shampoo?” asked Patrick, the chatty, bespectacled 54-year-old bartender at Wollensky’s Grill on East 49th Street. He meant the champagne, two big flute fills that he’d just served up to a smartly dressed middle-aged couple snacking on a plate of French fries at the bar. “It sucked,” answered the male of the duo, who Read More


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