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And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Time for a New Capitol?A Beijing newspaper thought it had a great scoop: The U.S. Congress was demanding a flashy new Capitol building — or it would pack up and move to a sunnier clime, such as Charlotte, N.C., or Memphis. …

It looks like top brokerage firms could pay up to $1 billion to settle claims they had tainted research. I could have saved them a lot of dough with this simple advice: Stop lying. Don’t just pay up — straighten up. When your analysts are sitting on the boards of …

President Bush enters the No Spin Zone. That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” First of all, I really respect the president for doing the interview. He didn’t have to. He’s ahead in the polls and could have avoided us as many politicians do. But Mr. Bush …

Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching tonight. Is enough on the Iraqi prisoner story? That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Here’s some inside TV stuff for you.From the very beginning of theAbu Ghraib (search)story, ratings for the cable news networks have actually gone down.Seems …

WASHINGTON – Despite a numerical advantage among voters in the state, Democrats in the 1st Congressional District of New Mexico have been unable to topple incumbent Rep. Heather Wilson (search), an Oxford scholar and former Air Force officer who sits on the Armed Services Committee. Political analysts say this year, …

July 4 is, or ought to be, more than another holiday in which we indulge ourselves with food, drink and in this case, fireworks. It is, more than any other day, a celebration of the principles that founded and have sustained America for 228 years. The idea of principles and …

As far as this summer goes, I think Bob Costas and Katie Couric beat out even Michael Moore (search) for their Grrr! factor. And that’s saying a lot. The NBC Olympics co-hosts did not make good on their promise to talk less and let the pictures tell the stories during …

Among the record setting number of e-mails I received onMonday’s Common Sense, came this note from Brian Escapo: “It’s easy for you to sit high and mighty, likely having never known a single day of suffering yourself, yet advising your viewers to suffer. Walk a mile in my shoes, Cavuto, …

This holiday shopping season, parents aren’t scratching each other’s eyes out “Tickle Me Elmo”-style for that one must-have, gotta-get-it toy. Instead, a mish-mash of kiddie gifts is on wish lists this year, from retro items like “Cabbage Patch Kids” and “My Little Pony” to new versions of old favorites like …

I bet that some time in your life, you’ve done a favor for somebody and suffered because of it. Well, that’s what’s happening to the USA right now. We did a favor for the world by removing a brutal dictator and giving millions of people a chance for freedom inIraq …