Tag Archives: The Nation

Dead Blogging ‘Whistler and the Thames’ at Addison Gallery

Well the Missus and I trundled up to Andover to catch An American in London: Whistler and the Thames at the Addison Gallery of American Art and say, it was swell. From the Addison’s website: In the 1860s and 1870s, … Continue reading

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NYT’s Cruise To Nowhere

From Politico’s Playbook: N.Y. TIMES GOES CRUISING: A full-page ad in Friday’s Times offers a “European Cruise” from Oct. 12-24 (England to Paris to Bordeaux to Spain to Portugal) with Elisabeth Bumiller talking defense, Timothy Egan talking opinion and David Sanger … Continue reading

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The Case Of The Missing Link (NYT Division)

Right after the hardworking staff wrote about the New York Times’ failure to credit the Nation for its groundbreaking investigation of the U.S. military’s digraceful personality disorder discharges, this turns up in GigaOM (via Mediabistro’s Morning Media Newsfeed): Is linking … Continue reading

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NYT Behind The Times On Military Bait ‘n’ Switch Discharges

Saturday’s New York Times featured this Page One report about the U.S. military using “personality disorder” diagnoses to discharge thousands of soldiers and save billions of dollars. Nut graf: Since 2001, the military has discharged at least 31,000 service members because … Continue reading

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The New (Fatter) Republic

Is it just me, or has The New Republic gotten buff alongside Sixpack-in-Chief Barack Obama? The eight-year reign of Bush the Younger was advertising Viagra for liberal opinion journals. The Nation, for one, turned into the lefty-magazine Sidney Greenstreet. But the … Continue reading

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