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NYT Needs a Subscription to TNR
Yesterday’s New York Times featured Sam Tanenhaus’ fulsome preview of the new Broadway production of “All the Way,” Robert Schenkkan’s play about Lyndon Johnson’s push for the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Times piece calls it “[t]he story of a ruthless … Continue reading
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Tagged All the Way, Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston, Clay Risen, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, Master of the Senate, New York Times, Robert Caro, Robert Schenkkan, Sam Tanenhaus, The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act
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The New ‘New Republic’ (Marty Peretz Hates It Edition)
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, former owner/editor-in-chief of The New Republic Martin Peretz sandblasted the refurbished edition now being published by new owner (and juice-box Facebook co-founder) Chris Hughes. The first edition of The New New Republic was fat – 68 … Continue reading