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...conservative Republicans, however, Gonzales is not even on the top10 list. They crave a Justice who is strict and outspoken on core conservative issues, namely abortion and affirmative action, and for them Gonzales is too much of a cipher, perhaps too moderate. "To Bush's core constituency," says Phyllis Schlafly, president of the conservative action group the Eagle Forum, "the appointment to the Supreme Court ranks as the No. 1 issue that they care about. Bush went through the campaign saying his favorite Justices were [Antonin] Scalia and [Clarence] Thomas. We are not going to put up with another [David...
...raise economy is partly a predictable, temporary aftershock from the burst Internet bubble and recession. With core inflation (excluding food and energy) officially running at just 1.5%, workers are relatively well equipped to cope with stingy employers--particularly in an era of 0% auto financing and mortgage rates that last week dropped yet again to historic lows. Dramatically declining energy prices since the Iraq war ended are another welcome buffer, allowing consumers to keep more of what they earn...
...with what you're measuring. The core Consumer Price Index (CPI), which the Fed chairman watches, is up only 1.5% (and could turn negative, the Fed warns), but it doesn't include volatile food and energy prices. The cost of services, which includes out-of-pocket expenses that you notice most, has risen nearly twice as much as the core CPI--2.8% in April over the year before. Car insurance rose 9%, consumer health premiums 8%, college tuition 7%. Altogether, services make up about 24% of household spending. Then there's housing, which accounts for 32% of spending. It rose...
...Deftones' self-titled fourth album has enough of the usual brain-crunching power chords, curdling screams and angst to keep the band's core audience blissfully alienated. Minerva, the first single, is a churning semiballad about a failed relationship that, with minimal allegorization, could also be addressed to the kids in the pit. With his voice floating over a crisp hurricane of guitar, Moreno sings, "I get all numb/We're the same numb/And it brings our knees to the earth." It's not subtle, but then it doesn't objectify anybody, and it has a winner of a hook. That...
...Dirrty doppelgänger, is perceived as being a cut above his peers, mainly because he can sing and occasionally because he can think. The Deftones' self-titled fourth album has enough of the usual brain-crunching power chords, curdling screams and angst to keep the band's core audience blissfully alienated. Minerva, the first single, is a churning semiballad about a failed relationship that, with minimal allegorization, could also be addressed to the kids in the pit. With his voice floating over a crisp hurricane of guitar, Moreno sings, "I get all numb/ We're the same numb...