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Off to D.C.-and how about that guy Gregg

Thursday, February 12, 2009

We’re off to the Nation’s Capital to visit our first born. If things go as planned, we’ll also be attending a presentation by George McGovern on Abraham Lincoln. McGovern will be speaking at the National Press Club about his Lincoln biography, which is part of the Presidential Biography Series. He certainly drew a winner. Can […]

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Unmitigated gall

Monday, January 5, 2009

It’s hard to decide which is more egregious: the gall of John Yoo and John Bolton warning Barack Obama to stay within the constitutional limitations of the presidency, or the outrageousness of the New York Times decision to give these two fascists a platform. I have said on numerous occasions that both the courts and […]

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Spreading the guilt in Illinois

Thursday, December 11, 2008

First, let me register a protest against the Governor of Illinois. He could have made life a lot easier had he been named Smith. I fear I shall never get the spelling right. I realize I lack standing to make such a complaint, but there it is. But spelling’s not my subject; only my intro. […]

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Tribune Company files for bankruptcy

Monday, December 8, 2008

My wife and I stopped getting the Hartford Courant two or three months ago. We had been thinking about it for a long time, and finally took the step when we found out we could get the Boston Globe delivered to our home. Over the last few years the Courant has declined dramatically. It is […]

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I’ll go out on a limb

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

For some reason, this Washington Monthly post only came to my attention today. Steve Benen speculates about William Kristol’s tenure at the New York Times. Embedded in his post are some thoughts of George Packer from the New Yorker, the gist being that Kristol should lose his job not because he’s dumber than shit, not […]

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Crazy

Thursday, November 20, 2008

What were these judges thinking? A state appeals court has ruled that a newspaper can be sued for libel for reporting allegations from a lawsuit before any court proceedings have taken place. The ruling reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed a libel claim against The Record of Bergen County brought by Thomas John Salzano, […]

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Dirty tricks, a Republican tradition since the 60s

Monday, November 3, 2008

Well, I am far too nervous and stressed to do any serious thinking, so I’m going to do a little serious ranting. This morning the Day ran an AP article about the dirty tricks that are as inevitable at this point in the election cycle as sunrise in the morning. (The Inevitable Onslaught Of Dirty […]

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More false equivalency

Monday, October 27, 2008

From the Times: With heavy voter turnout expected on Election Day, both parties are amassing thousands and thousands of lawyers to keep an eye on the polls. Senator Barack Obama’s campaign is expected to send at least 5,000 lawyers to Florida alone. The first recruitment e-mail message the campaign sent out nationally received 6,000 responses […]

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Apparently I was wrong

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

This would be embarrassing, if it was not so satisfying. Yesterday, I opined that the Sarah Palin wardrobe story would sink from sight. Apparently, I was wrong, as I am reliably informed that it dominated the morning talk shows, at least. That means, if I understand the rules of cable news at all, that it […]

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Shorter Maureen Dowd

Monday, September 29, 2008

Barack Obama lost the debate because he didn’t spew snark like I would have done. Except, Maureen, he won.

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