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E Book Remorse
By John Aloysius Farrell I’ve quite enjoyed the first two e-books I purchased. I read them on my iPhone on the subway. I like them so much that I wish I had bought them as hardbacks. The First was “Empire … Continue reading
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Dewey Defeats Truman
By Robert Schlesinger As is so often the case at this time of the political season, the Truman comparisons are coming out. There have been several good takes on this, not only my own over at US News, but also … Continue reading
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Must Read of the Day: Destroy the Economy, Escape to the St. Regis
By Bree Hocking This Washington Post story begs the question…at one point is failure actually punished? I can barely afford a measly massage, but AIG dropped $23,000 at the spa in one week (its total hotel bill ran to $440,000), just after … Continue reading
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Pirates of the Where?
By Robert Schlesinger This is so going to be a movie some day.
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Sarah Palin doesn’t “blink”
By Bree Hocking Give Sarah Palin an A for effort. This girl may not have known the answers to many of Charlie Gibson’s questions during her big interview Thursday, but she wasn’t about to start blinking. No sirree, Charlie, Palin said, … Continue reading
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Sarah Palin, Woman of the World
By Bree Hocking You know, it just occurred to me that prior to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s selection as John McCain’s running mate Friday, I had both traveled outside of the United States and met McCain more times than Palin. The New York Times … Continue reading
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Still the One
By Bree Hocking Say what you will about Bill Clinton, but he hit his convention speech out of the park tonight. He was calm, witty, to the point, and most importantly, comfortable with himself. He admirably repressed his penchant for self-pity … Continue reading
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The McCain Iraq Timeline
By Robert Schlesinger Check it out:, TPM has put together a timeline of McCain’s statements on Iraq. Interesting stuff.
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