Noteworthy News in 2001

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Monday, December 17th, 2001
Mancow Won't Let Up Despite Politician's Suit

If Cicero [Illinois] Town President Betty Loren-Maltese thought she could silence Mancow Muller by suing him, she might want to rethink her strategy.

Despite filing defamation lawsuit last week against the shock jock for comments he made about her on his WKQX-FM (101.1) morning show, Loren-Maltese continues to inspire some colorful rhetoric flourishes from Muller.

"She is a very ugly and vile human being, and she couldn't be a better adversary," Muller said in his first comments since Loren-Maltese sued him for telling listeners June 18th that she demanded payoffs to do town business.

"It's the end of free speech in America as we know it if politicians are able to silence those who criticize them," he said. "If you can judge a man by his enemies, then I must be a saint."

Loren-Maltese is under federal indictment on conspiracy and racketeering charges for allegedly stealing millions from taxpayers. She is represented in the defamation suit by attourney Edward R. Vrdolyak, a onetime Chicago radio talk show host himself.

[Robert Feder, December 5th, Chicago Sun-Times]

Friday, November 23rd, 2001
Wendy McElroy's latest article combines feminism, gun rights and Afghanistan! She believes that "[a] gun in the hand of a mother who is protecting her child may be the most humanitarian relief of all." Read the article for yourself at ifeminists.com, called Arm the Afghan Women.

Monday, November 19th, 2001
PBS' Frontline offers extremely detailed information regarding the most wanted man on Earth, Osama Bin Laden. Find out who he is, what he wants, and the evidence of his acts of terrorism which includes the September 11th attack by CLICKING HERE.