The Week

George Bush says that now that he’s President, he doesn’t have to eat broccoli. Let’s see Tom Foley top that.

The anguished Richard Gephardt pronounced himself “embarrassed, almost ashamed” over the fact that we Americans “have so much and are asking so little of ourselves.” President Bush and other leaders must, cried Gephardt, demand greater “sacrifices” from the American people. Read our lips, Mr. Gephardt: No new sacrifices.