There was a time when business leaders were respected The Boeing Company, its reputation tarnished by charges of ethical misconduct and its share of the aircraft market falling, said yesterday that its chief executive, Philip M. Condit, had resigned.

Worthy of respect. Joey Ramone Place is now official! After two years of talks, Joey Ramone Place is now a reality. The mood was both sombre and festive as hundreds of people gathered Sunday afternoon on the corner of Bowery…

Bloggers for Matt Gonzalez Weblogs! Friendster!! Yahoo groups!!!Green Matt Gonzalez is now the odds-on favorite to become mayor of San Francisco just eight days from now. Meanwhile his Democratic opponent, Gavin Newsom, continues to make truly bone-headed mistakes. Newsom camp busted trying to manufacture…

Another billionaire joins Soros to defeat Bush Peter B. Lewis, a Cleveland-based insurance billionaire, Soros has pledged $5 million to MoveOn.org And there are others Joel Hyatt, founder of the Hyatt Legal Services chain of storefront legal clinics and a…

Patriot Act author has concerns Detaining citizens as ‘enemy combatants’ — a policy not spelled out in the act — — is flawed, the legal scholar says. Lordy, even the author of the noxious Patriot Act now thinks the Bushies…

Bush blinks White House Signals Reverse of Steel Tariffs. President Bush is expected to announce this week that he will immediately lift most of the tariffs he placed on foreign steel in an effort to protect American industry. Actually it…

Kill! Kill! Kill! The Soldiers At My Front Door. “I looked out the front window of the house where I live, next door to the church, and there they were–all 75 of them, standing yards away from my front door,…