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Tag Archives: The Atlantic
Larry Summers Is A Bigger A**hole Than The Winklevoss Twins
The always newsworthy Ron Suskind has a new book out – Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President – which, according to Friday’s New York Times, “quotes White House documents that say [Pres.] Obama’s decisions were … Continue reading
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Tagged Austan Goolsbee, Confidence Men, Larry Summers, Megan McArdle, New York Times, Ron Suskind, The Atlantic
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The Atlantic Outs Elena Kagan As Heterosexual
From Sex and the Married Politician in The Atlantic’s October edition: Last year, when Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan was falsely suspected of being gay, some journalists called for her to reveal more about her sex life, arguing that her … Continue reading
Posting Obituaries From The Grave
This week featured yet another Posthumous Obituary. Via Politico’s On Media blog: Betty Ford lives longer than the writer who wrote her obit in the WaPo. The writer? Donnie Radcliffe. Her obit is here. Radcliffe joins a growing list of late chroniclers of the … Continue reading
Atlantic’s ‘Lazarus File’ Brings L.A. Cold Case Back From the Dead
That’s one terrific article in the Atlantic magazine’s current edition: The Lazarus File In 1986, a young nurse named Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in Los Angeles. Police pinned down no suspects, and the case gradually went cold. It took 23 years—and … Continue reading
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Tagged Lazarus File, Los Angeles, Matthew McGough, Sherri Rasmussen, The Atlantic
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Palindrone
So the hardworking staff opened up the mailbag this week and out poured a letter with this return address: Gov. Sarah Palin And this on the envelope: “2012 can’t come soon enough.” The hardworking staff was intrigued. The letter itself … Continue reading
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Tagged Fox News Channel, Gov. Sarah Palin, Greta van Susteren, Joshua Green, messhegoss, SarahPac, The Atlantic
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Brave News World Of Linkmanship
The hardworking staff has been, well, working hard to keep up with the Tucson-shootings media rumpus, which continuously feeds off itself like some sort of artificial unintelligence. Exhibit A: Sarah Palin’s idiotic “blood libel” accusation about criticism of her. Exhibit … Continue reading
Somewhere Over The Atlantic Ocean . . .
I’m reading a shattering piece in the November Atlantic headlined “The Last Patrol,” story and photographs by Brian Mockenhaupt. The article’s tag says: Brian Mockenhaupt, a former infantryman, is a writer in Detroit. Make that, a helluva writer. Here’s the … Continue reading
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