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Daily Archives: March 20th, 2008

The news, 21st Century style

Thursday, March 20, 2008

This morning’s Day (I couldn’t find the article on-line), on page A-3 (not the Entertainment section), contains a short AP article reporting the latest developments in American Idol. The doings on the TV show are reported as straight news. We are informed that a contestant that one of the judge’s didn’t like has been voted […]

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Vidal gets in the last word

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Old enmities die hard. Gore Vidal takes a swipe at Newsweek for sullying his reputation in the course of burnishing that of the loathsome William F. Buckley. It’s worth reading, if just for the prose stylings, though it appears to suffer from a lack of editing. I’m old enough to dimly remember the debate to […]

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