Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: A new Gallup poll (search) out today shows that a solid majority of Americans believes Supreme Court Justice Nominee John Roberts (search) should be confirmed by the Senate. Less than a quarter say he shouldn’t be confirmed. And while 61 percent say …

Martin Bashir | Patti LaBelle Bashir In for Koppel Congratulations, David Westin. You’ve replaced serious, competent, respected Ted Koppel with the oily, obsequious Martin Bashir on “Nightline.” My only question is, was Jerry Springer not available? Perhaps Westin, the head of ABC News, has not seen the “outtakes” of Bashir’s …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! We have been “scrambling” for many days and we are pretty tired. The days are long — from about 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. — and sometimes we work until midnight. We don’t stop when we …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: A Sweeping Change in the U.S. Labor Movement The executive board of the Service Employees International Union (search), the nation’s largest labor union, has given its organization, “full and final” approval to abandon the AFL-CIO (search) — a move that could lead …

Now some fresh pickings from the Hurricane Grapevine: New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin (search) greeted President Bush when he arrived in Louisiana last night, and was at his side as he fielded questions on the Katrina relief efforts this morning. That quality time with the president, however, marks the mayor’s …

Disney World – Your Grrrs, and for the record — from the last column in the AC/DC article — I know Bon Scott is dead. I was referring to him rolling over in his grave after listening to Elgus Proungly’s renditions. It didn’t come across too well. Thanks for the …

When the Internet was just getting big I remember one retail analyst predicted that the shopping mall would die. Why go out and hassle with parking and the elements, when you can just point, click and buy, he said. I remember thinking then: you don’t know my wife. Rarely does …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Just when you thought the Scott Peterson (search) case is over… it isn’t. Next week — Wednesday, March 16 — Peterson will be formally sentenced. The anticipated schedule for that hearing will be this: A hearing …

More trouble for America in the Muslim world. And that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Iran and Syria say they are uniting against the USA because it’s becoming increasingly obvious that sooner or later both countries will have to be confronted. Iran is developing nuclear capabilities …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! You will like the pictures posted today — or at least I hope you will. We went to the Columbus Zoo (search) on Friday and got a great tour by Jack Hanna (search). He is the …