Lame-Duck Watch: Parting Shots Edition

EAT MY DUST In his last days in office, George Bush laid a few land mines for Bill Clinton, such as sending troops to Somalia and bombing Iraq only days before Clinton's Inauguration. Returning the favor with a raft of last-minute appointments, pardons and Executive Orders that thumb a nose at George W.'s Administration, Clinton has:

--Announced a plan to protect 58.5 million acres of federal land by banning commercial logging and new roads. Bush criticized such a plan during the campaign

--Issued ergonomic standards to protect workers, a poke at Bush's Big Business benefactors

--Ordered medical-privacy protections opposed by...

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