Bill Dedman Quotes
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I'm not in the what-people-feel business. It is not my place to guess.
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The Iraq war fueled distrust of the press from both sides.
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William Andrews Clark was caught in a bribery scandal during a campaign for the U.S. Senate - he was said to describe the Montana legislators this way: 'I never bought a man who wasn't for sale.'
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Huguette Clark was an artist, a painter and doll collector.
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The real Representative McDermott said Jason McDermott is no relation. The Congressman does have a son, but his name is James and he does not live in the Midwest.
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Subprime lending is growing faster in black areas than in white areas.
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Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.
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Though some student activists of the 1960s may have idolized Alinsky, he didn't particularly idolize them.
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In Chicago, integrated neighborhoods do not stay integrated for long.
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Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups.
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Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment.
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For the first six years of his career, Sammy Sosa was one of the least patient players in the game. He could hit the long ball and steal a base, but he was undisciplined.
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At one point, Sarah Palin sent her husband instructions to stock up on 'fresh fruit and veggies' for the kids, and 'as little processed foods as possible.'
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I'm pretty much a documents reporter. I'm a public records geek.
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After every massacre in a school, Americans grasp at quick cures. 'Let's install metal detectors and give guns to teachers' Let's crack down on troublemakers, weeding out kids who fit the profile of a gunman. Let's buy bulletproof whiteboards for the students to scurry behind, or train kids to throw erasers or cans of soup at an attacker.'
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Todd Palin's frequent presence in the governor's office led some in Juneau to call him the 'Shadow Governor.' But it had never been clear, at least to the public, what roles he played.
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Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor's core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required.
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Huguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her.
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Mohammed al-Qahtani was not alleged to be a leader of the Sept. 11 plot. He was not trained as a pilot. If he was involved, he was one of the 'muscle' hijackers.
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ABC forbids political activity by journalists.
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Wal-Mart has always paid low wages, or, as Sam Walton put it, 'as little as we could get by with at the time.'
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As more workers lose manufacturing jobs as companies cut back, some are being forced into lower-paying retail jobs. But they still have union cards in their wallets.
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I'm not a person who has people tell me things in parking garages.