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Tag Archives: David Halberstam
Slate’s ‘Hang Up and Listen’ Totally Lacks 20-20 Heinz Sight
The hardworking staff yields to no man in our admiration and respect for Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin, hosts of the excellent Hang Up and Listen podcast. But we feel compelled to take issue with last week’s edition in which … Continue reading
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Tagged “The Last American Hero Is Junior Johnson. Yes!”, Bill Littlefield, David Halberstam, Eddie Arcaro, Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O'Connor, Hang Up and Listen, John Swansburg, Josh Levin, Kurt Vonnegut, Mark Kram Jr., New Journalism, New York Times, Pete Reiser, Slate, Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, The Man They Padded the Walls For, The Top of His Game: The Best Sportswriting of W. C. Heinz, Tom Wolfe, W.C. Heinz, William Faulkner
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Quote o’ the Day (Name That President Edition)
During our post-prandial reading last night, the hardworking staff came across this passage: He put, aides noticed, more more concentration into watching the news than into almost anything else, you could watch with him but you could not talk. He … Continue reading
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Tagged David Halberstam, Donald Trump, John F. Kennedy, The Powers That Be
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