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Well, your humble correspondent is again causing trouble from coast- to-coast. I just don’t know how these things happen, but that’s the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. In my syndicated newspaper column this week, I accused the elite media of classism in the Chandra Levy case. Basically, my …

What do Alan Greenspan and Gary Condit have in common? They’re both lousy at public relations and it’s killing them. In the world that I cover, PR is important. It’s a pity neither of these guys realizes that. And I think, for both, it’s too late to change that. Good …

All right, I know this sounds unpatriotic, but I have a message for Uncle Sam. Take your stimulus plan and stick it. Get rid of it. Kill it. Dump it. Be done with it. Because, frankly, Washington, I’ve had enough of it. You’re already late with it — very late …

Weakest Link | The Producers | Old-Fashioned Premiere Weakest Link Host in High Stakes Book Auction Anne Robinson, the much-maligned British host of game show The Weakest Link, will sell a book Monday in a very hot auction. British-based American agent Ed Victoris headquartered at New York’s Regency hotel, and …

Modesto, Ca. – The woman came from Modesto, Calif., and she hada bright future ahead of her — and when she vanished without a trace, her parents’ world crumbled. But her name wasn’tChandra Levy, whosedisappearance has become headline news because ofher possible relationship with her hometown congressman. This womanwas36-year-old Dena …

Paging Jim Carrey for Grammy Host | Oscar Movies Playing to Empty Theaters | Britney Spears Walks the Right Way Paging Jim Carrey for Grammy Host There’s a bit of terror in GrammyLand. The CBS broadcast is less than a month away and there’s still no host. Rosie O’Donnell, who …

Diane Warren | Michele Lee | Michael Jackson | Hollywood Execs Change Places Songwriter Churns ‘Em Out for Bruckheimer At the end of the interminably long, mostly insufferable three-hour extravaganza called Pearl Harbor you will hear a song. It’s played over the end credits. That is, if you bother to …

This is just me talking here, but you want to know the secret to getting ahead? I mean, the real secret? It has nothing to do with talent. Nothing to do with connections. I’m not saying those things don’t help, but here’s what clinches it: Keeping your word. Doing what …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Hate Speech? A week before a series of meetings at George Washington University about the dangers of radical Islam — called “Islamo-Fascism Week” — posters ostensibly promoting the events — with messages of hate against Muslims —have stirred outrage on campus. They …

Two scientists think they may have found a way to weaken, slow down and even change the direction of hurricanes. If it works, the method could be used to divert powerful storms from hitting large cities — but could also create its own maelstrom of problems. Using computer simulations, Boston-area …